Beijing: 1954. [4],282,[1]pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Light foxing and wear, ink stamp on rear cover and half title. Minor toning to text. Rare Chinese translation of Harry Haywood's important political work, first published in 1948. Harry Haywood (1898-1985) was an early Black activist in the Communist Party and the first..... More

[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

Peiping, China: June 4, 1936. [2]pp. Folio. Old fold lines, minor wear, a few contemporary annotations. Letter written by a nurse visiting China, relating her itinerary in China which includes numerous trips to local hospitals and leper colonies. Minnie Goodnow was a registered nurse who served in France during the..... More

[Providence: 1853]. 16pp. Original self-wrappers, stitching perished. Old shelf label and erased ownership inscription on front wrap. Scattered underlining and annotation. Some tanning and dust soiling. A lengthy article by famed Rhode Islander Thomas Wilson Dorr on the geography, politics, and history of Russia and Turkey and the causes of..... More

Nueva York: 1833. 254,iii pp. 16mo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine ornately gilt, edges marbled. Minor wear to binding, library ink stamps on edges of text block. Contemporary presentation inscription on front flyleaf. Moderately foxed. A scarce Nueva York imprint describing travel through the region in and around the Holy Land..... More

Tokyo: 1929. 249pp. Original drab printed wrappers. Spine lightly toned and chipped, light soiling and wear to covers. Inscribed on title page, contemporary ink notation on rear endpapers. First edition. A collection of essays originally published in the Japanese American News; the author worked for the Los Angeles branch of..... More

Camp Younghans, Japan: 1955-1956. Ten issues. Staple bound self-wrappers. Seven issues mimeograph on newsprint; three issues printed halftone on glossy white stock. Some light wear to margins, newsprint issues uniformly toned, rear wrappers of two issues separated but present. A rare military periodical published during the American occupation of Japan..... More

Nellore: March 17, 1871. Broadside, 8.25 x 5 inches. Old horizontal folds, minor toning. An unrecorded broadside calling a meeting of the General Committee of the Jaffna Auxiliary Bible Society (JABS) at the Wesleyan Mission House in Jaffna in March, 1871. The Jaffna Auxiliary Bible Society is an arm of..... More

Queen's Hill, Kotagiri, Nilgiris, India: June 26, 1926. [5]pp., typed on plain folio sheets. Old folds, minor wear. An informative and entertaining correspondence by Kate M. French, written while serving as a missionary teacher at the Preston Institute in Jangaon, India. Writing to "Friends at Home," French opens by reporting..... More

Shanghai, China: February 24, 1928. [1]p. plus colored woodblock print, 21.5 x 12.5 inches. With original envelope. Old folds, minor wear. Mimeographed fundraising letter sent by Reverend H.G.C. Hallock to a supporter in Vermont. Henry Galloway Comingo Hallock (1870-1951) was a West Virginia native who studied at Princeton Theological Seminary..... 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

New York: 1871. 32pp. Original printed wrappers. Minor dust-soiling and spotting to wrappers. Some marginal insect damage to lower right corner not costing any text. Faint dampstain to upper margin of most leaves. A scarce work in which an "Evangelical Alliance" of American and British religious leaders petition Tsar Alexander..... More

[Bangkok: Royal Publishing House, ca. 1874-1876]. Two volumes. 448; 442pp. Large quarto. First volume in contemporary quarter sheep and pebbled boards; second volume in later library buckram. Even tanning, heavier to second volume. Scattered chipping, small closed tears, worming, and moisture damage to second volume. A substantial and complete two-year..... More