[Los Angeles]: Nanka Yamanashi Kaigai Kyokai, 1934. [2],2,2,14,557,[1]pp., profusely illustrated with portraits and other photographs in the text, plus nineteen photographic plates. Original quarter black cloth and textured green and black cloth, gilt spine titles. Moderate edge wear, boards a bit rubbed. Consistent dust-soiling and light foxing to text, short..... More
Los Angeles: Kashu Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1940. [2],2,16,420,[1]pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Minor soiling and light edge wear to wrappers. Text somewhat tanned, small marginal chips to top edge of some leaves, wrappers a bit over-opened at page 415. A rare collection of writings by an important Japanese-American activist, journalist, and editor..... More
![Beikoku No Hainichi [in Japanese characters, translated as Anti-Japanese America]. Sumikiyo Arima](/pictures/thumb/McBRB2531_01.JPG?v=1640020642)
Tokyo: Kensei Shoten, 1922. [2],4,4,6,3,7-8,360,[2]pp. plus calligraphic frontispiece plate. Original plain green cloth, spine gilt. Minor shelf wear. One signature a bit loose, even toning to text. The second printing (dated May 22, following the first printing of January 5) of a rare collection of pieces related to Japanese American..... More
[N.p., likely Havana]: February 22, 1860. Partially-printed folio broadsheet, printed in both Spanish and Chinese, completed in manuscript in Spanish, Chinese, and English, with additional manuscript notations in the margins, 16.5 x 10.5 inches. Old folds, some fold separations and minor chipping along fold lines, with minor loss to text..... More
![Twenty-Seven Issues of the Chinese American Weekly Periodical Da Hua / The China Post Weekly]....](/pictures/thumb/McBRB2387_01.JPG?v=1638286983)
New York: 1956-1958. Twenty-seven issues, each 30pp. Original pictorial wrappers printed in black and reddish-orange, side-stapled, each featuring a portrait of a stylish Chinese-American woman on the front cover. Some chipping and loss to some spines, minor edge wear, mild, mostly unobtrusive insect damage to five issues affecting title of..... More
Tokyo: Seikyosha, 1914. [2],3,1,18,498,[1]pp., plus forty-six plates (two folding). Text in Japanese. Original blue pebbled cloth, gilt titles stamped on front cover and spine, top edge gilt. Minor shelf wear to boards. Binding a bit cracked at page 80, scattered, mostly minor foxing. An acerbic memoir by Japanese author Toichiro..... More
Habana: Imprenta del Gobierno, 1872. 94pp., plus two folding tables. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt ruled. Light scuffing and wear to boards, a bit heavier at corners; minor fraying and rubbing to spine. Minor tanning and dust soiling, but quite a clean copy, overall. A rare Cuban..... More
![Japanese Returnees on the Road to Recovery] Fukko Senjo ni Odoru Kikan Doho. Motomitsu Matsumoto](/pictures/thumb/McBRB2304_01.jpg?v=1638221649)
Los Angeles: Rafu Shoten, 1949. [8],120,336,[1]pp. Text in Japanese. Original blue textured cloth, front cover and spine stamped in yellow. Minor rubbing and wear to spine and edges. Mild toning to text. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Lacking Errata leaf, facsimile laid in. An extraordinary work by Motomitsu Matsumoto..... More
![Identification Document for a Chinese Indentured Servant in Cuba]. Cuba, Slavery](/pictures/thumb/McBRB2205.jpg?v=1638221976)
Havana: July 13, 1863. Partially-printed broadside, completed in manuscript, with additional manuscript notations on verso, 8.5 x 12.25 inches. Old folds, moderate toning, a few light creases. An original cedula providing identification information for a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba in 1862. This formal government-issued cedula was the kind first..... More