New York City: Japanese Students' Christian Association in North America, 1926. 39pp. Original blue printed wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and fading to edges. A scarce pamphlet issued by the Japanese Students' Christian Association in North America (JSCA, a branch of the YMCA), and written by Roy Hidemichi Akagi, intended as..... More

Boston: 1925. 104pp. Original light blue wrappers printed in dark blue. Some chipping to spine, moderate edge wear and soiling. Internally clean. Inscribed by the translator on the title page. An unrecorded Armenian translation of the transcript of an important trial in Portland, Oregon involving Armenian-American rug dealer Tatos O...... More

San Francisco: Bacon & Company, 1886. 64pp., plus two folding plates. Original printed wrappers. Spine and wrapper corners chipped; relatively sympathetic tape repairs to spine. Contemporary ownership inscription on front wrapper. Plates separating at folds. Even tanning, scattered foxing. Scarce, 1886 promotional pamphlet for San Joaquin County and its county..... More

Colorado Springs: [ca. 1900]. [5]pp. on an accordion folded sheet. Original green wrappers, printed in red. Wear and soiling, lightly creased. Contemporary notations to text. "A few matter of fact statements concerning the Solid Little City of the Cucharas Valley, with a brief description of the surrounding country." Promotional work..... More

[N.p., but probably New York: ca. 1935]. [118] leaves of typescript printed on rectos only, plus a photographic frontispiece, three plates (one folding), and color manuscript map. Contemporary stiff card covers, tan leather backstrip, with a cyanotype of the author laid under a chipped clear acetate dust jacket. One other..... More

[N.p. ca. 1890]. 16pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Minor chipping and wear to wraps. Scarce, late 19th-century promotional for five counties in Idaho. The counties represented include Shoshone and Kootenai, which occupy the northernmost Idaho Panhandle; and Blaine, Bannock, and Bear Lake, which range across the center and southwest portions..... More

Tokyo: Nippon Renmi -- Nippon Kogyu Bu, 1930. [2],9pp. Original printed wrappers. Minor wear and dust-soiling. An unrecorded pamphlet printing the text of a speech delivered to the Japanese Industrial Club by the Japanese Ambassador to Brazil. The title of the speech is translated as Back from Brazil or Returning..... More

Tokyo: Gaimusho Tsushokyoku [Ministry of Foreign Affairs], 1929. [2],2,74pp., plus three photographic plates and a large folding map. Original printed wrappers. Small quarter-sized hole in front wrapper, old paper clip stains to rear wrappers, else minor wear and dust-soiling. A rare overview of Mexico authored by the Japanese consulate, promoting..... More

[Tokyo?]: Kyouiku Kenkyuu Kai [Education and Research Group], 1958. [5],5,106,[6]pp. Original pictorial wrappers, marbled paper spine. Spine mostly perished, moderate soiling, staining, and minor scuffing to wrappers. Occasional light foxing to text. First edition of this interesting history of Brazil, printed mostly in Japanese but with section headings and other..... More

Sao Paulo: Tenrikyo Brazil Mission, 1958. [52],16,[2],511pp., including [32]pp. of photographically-illustrated plates. Original orange cloth, gilt spine titles, housed in original cardboard slipcase with black spine lettering. Very minor wear, internally clean. Some chipping and toning to slipcase. An unrecorded history of the Japanese immigrant Tenrikyo Mission in Brazil, providing..... More

New Orleans: June 30, 1832. [3]pp. on a single folded sheet, addressed on verso of second leaf. Old mailing folds, minor foxing, tiny hole in second leaf from removal of wax seal costing a couple of words, significant fading to text. An informative and content-rich manuscript letter from Abner Phelps..... More

[Various locations around New York City: Chester Studios and others, 1950-1960]. Eighty-eight black-and-white photographs, most approximately 8 x 10 inches, with five in slightly smaller format. Minor wear, some with adhesive remnants on versos, a few with editorial markings in the image area, most with photo credits and other information..... More

Tokyo: 1936-1937. Three volumes. 164; 181; [12],165pp. plus two plates in each volume. Original printed pictorial wrappers. Spines lightly worn with some chipping to ends. First volume stamped with the compliments of the author. Light occasional foxing in text, wrappers browned and a little soiled, some chips on spines. Niisato..... More