UP FOR AUCTION IS A 1837 BOOK ''EMBASSY TO THE EASTERN COURTS OF COCHIN-CHINA, SIAM AND MUSCAT IN THE U.S. SLOOP-OF-WAR PEACOCK DAVID GEISINGER COMMANDER DURING THE YEARS 1832-3-4'' BY EDMUND ROBERTS AND PUBLISHED BY HARPER BROTHERS. HARDCOVER APP.  5.75'' X 9.25'' AND 432 PAGES LONG, TITLE PAGE DATE AND COPYRIGHT DATE 1837 THUS FIRST EDITION, POSSIBLY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR LOOK AT PHOTOS, THERE ARE SOME SIGNATURES ON THE FRONT END-PAPER AND TITLE PAGE, PAGES IN NEAR FINE CONDITION, A FEW PAGES HAVE MINOR FOXING, THE END-BOARDS AND END-PAPERS HAVE SOME FOXING, THE FRONT END-PAPERS TITLE PAGE AND FIRST 70 OR SO PAGES HAVE A WATER SPOT (LOOK AT PHOTOS), THE COVER AS YOU SEE IT IN THE PHOTOS, IT HAS MINOR FADING, A MINOR SLIGHT SURFACE SCRATCH, VERY MINOR WEAR ON THE CORNERS, THE SPINE SURFACE IS MISSING. SOLD AS IS.