San Francisco: Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1940. 36pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light wear and soiling. Internally clean. A rare issue of this San Francisco phone directory published by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company for the local Chinese community, printed almost entirely in Chinese aside from the front..... More

New York: 1882. [8]pp. Quarto. Printed on a single folded sheet. Closed tear at fore-edge, partially repaired with tape; a few separations along folds. Light tanning; light foxing at edges. A nice example of this Congregational missionary newsletter published weekly in New York, most interesting for its printing of a...... More

Honolulu: 1912. [11] mimeographed typescript leaves. Folio. Duplicated on thin paper. Previously folded; some oxidization at upper corners of first and final leaves where formerly paper clipped. Contemporary docketing on blank verso of final leaf. Minor loss to final two leaves, slightly affecting text. Moderate, even tanning. A mimeograph copy..... More

Los Angeles: Teikoku Printing Office, 1914. [2],76pp. plus [18]pp. advertisements, two plates, and a folding map. Original brown printed wrappers. Light chipping to covers and spine ends, some minor soiling and other wear. Slight biopredation to lower corner of plates; some minor wear to extremities. Internally clean. A directory of..... More

New York: Compiled and Published by the Japanese Times, 1926. [220]pp., in various paginations, plus folding map. Original printed, stiff wrappers. Brief, later pencil annotation on rear of folding map. Light wear at edges. Minor tanning and dust soiling. A scarce guide to New York for visiting Japanese entrepreneurs, published..... More

Los Angeles: 1956. Panoramic photograph, 40.5 x 10 inches. Captioned in Japanese in the negative. Minor wear. Panoramic photograph depicting the funeral of Otoji Hara at Sunnyside Cemetery in Long Beach, California on April 12, 1956. In the foreground a long line of funeral wreaths spreads from one end of..... More

Washington, D.C. 1879. 9pp. Stitched; stitching perished, leaves loose. Lightly soiled, some chipping and wear to first leaf. A rare speech given by the Senator from Ohio, Stanley Matthews, arguing against a bill restricting Chinese immigration to the United States. These debates were part of the political outcry against the..... More

[Chicago: 1946]. [2],25pp. printed on verso only, plus [25] leaves of photographic plates each containing four images. Oblong quarto. Original pictorial card covers with metal spiral binding. Covers scuffed, corners worn. Several leaves loose, some worn at edges. Internally clean. "This book presents actual photographs taken by Sam C. Pappas..... More

Bellows Falls, Vt. [1908]. Broadside, 12 x 5.75 inches. Printed on grey paper. Old folds, formerly mounted in an album with remnant of mount attached to top of broadside. Contemporary manuscript date notation at bottom. Broadside advertising a performance of the play “A Night in Chinatown” starring the “clever little..... More