[Attu, Ak. ca. 1942-1943]. Five original photographs, most 8 x 10 inches, one smaller. Light wear and dust soiling. Contemporary ink stamps and manuscript captions on blank versos. The Japanese Army occupied Attu in the far western Aleutian Islands on June 7, 1942, and remained on the island for almost..... More

[New York: ca. 1930-1940]. Seven pamphlets, plus two duplicates. Some staples, with minor oxidation. Otherwise minor wear and dustsoiling; a few scattered patched of browning. A group of eight uncommon pamphlets issued by the Committee on Militarism Education to disseminate their arguments against military training in schools. The group was..... More

Glendora, Ca. Pacifica Library Associates, 1942. [2],137,[4] leaves. Folio. Reproduced typescript, with "Explanatory Note" taped to inside front cover. Original brad-bound, printed card wrappers. Light wear. Without the five leaves of "Authors cited" at the end, as noted in the OCLC record, but perhaps not present in all copies. A..... More

Guam: [1945]. Ninety-five silver gelatin photographs, each 4 x 5 inches, over seventy with printed or manuscript captions in the margin or verso, eighteen captioned in the negative. Minor overall wear, slight fading to a few images, all removed from photo album, with paper remnants on verso, about ten images..... More

[Oakland]: Daireikyo Kenkyujo, 1950. [14],336,[2],59,[1]pp., plus one two-sided plate. Original illustrated wrappers, printed in black, blue, red, and white, blue cloth backstrip with titles printed in yellow. Some scuffing and chipping to extremities, moderate sunning and rubbing to spine. Front hinge somewhat tender. Internally clean. The important first volume of..... More

Tokyo: Nihon Rikkokai, 1942. [1],[3],[7],26,[336]pp. Original pictorial wrappers printed in blue and brown. Moderate foxing and soiling, minor edge wear to wrappers, some scuffing and minor losses to front wrapper. Text somewhat foxed and evenly toned, reflecting wartime book production standards. A very rare work encouraging Japanese civilians "of all..... More

Seattle: September 11, 1981. Two typed documents: 3; 3pp., each stapled. Minor wear. A pair of documents from the Seattle Public Hearing of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, both with extensive handwritten notes taken at the meeting in September 1981. The first document is the agenda..... More

Poston, Az. June 25, 1944. [2]pp., on a bifolium. Light wear at bottom edge. Even tanning. The program for the second event of the Young Buddhists Association at the Poston relocation center to bring members of the different camp units together. The units were set apart from each other in..... More

[New York]: Fortune Magazine, October, 1944. 20pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Minor wear, two institutional ink stamps on front wrapper, one reading "Withdrawn." A scarce offprint of an article in Fortune Magazine on the "program of the War Relocation Authority and the problems created by the evacuation from the West..... More

Washington DC: El Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos, 1942. Pictorial lithograph, 20 x 14.25 inches, printed in red, gray, yellow, and black. Minor surface wear, mild creasing, light dust-soiling, a few pinholes. A rare poster issued by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (CIAA) during World War II, attempting..... More

Billings, Mt. Billings Gazette, [ca. 1944]. 7pp. Original illustrated wrappers, stapled. Vertical crease from previous fold. Minor soiling and rubbing. A rare pamphlet that criticizes Japanese internment during World War II, authored by one of its prisoners and signed in type on the final page of text, "Samual Nagata, Heart..... More

[Scottdale, Pa. 1939-1949]. Four pamphlets, paginations below. Small quartos, in light card wrappers, stapled. Minor soiling and wear. A group of four tracts on the Mennonite pacifist philosophy and its consequences. The titles present are as follows: 1) Horsch, John. The Principle of Nonresistance As Held by the Mennonite Church..... More

Philadelphia: 1940-1945; 1954. Thirty-five printed and typescript items, approximately [150]pp. total. Some staples, old folds. Scattered contemporary ink stamps. Light toning and minor wear, heavier in places. Scattered chipping and occasional short edge tears. A fascinating and scarce group of newsletters, pamphlets, and ephemera published by the American Friends Service..... More