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

San Francisco: 1938. 34pp. Original green printed wrappers, stapled. Ink stamp on front cover, later paper label at top of spine. Minor 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..... More

Havana: September 8, 1880. Partially-printed broadside, 6.5 x 8.25 inches, completed in manuscript in Spanish and Chinese. Small marginal wormhole, mild edge wear, light toning. Ink stamp of the Consulado General at bottom-center. A scarce certificate issued in 1880 by the Chinese Consulate in Havana, authenticating the registration and details..... More

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

[Various locations: 1914-1915]. Four pamphlets and two promotional pieces, approximately [100]pp. total. Slightly later pain stiff wrappers, manuscript titles on sine and front wrap, riveted at gutter. Slightly later bookplate to inside front wrapper, small ink ownership stamps on title pages. Minor edge wear to a couple of leaves; light..... More

Rivers, Az. July 20, 1943. [44]pp., plus three folding plates. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Minor discoloration and light soiling to wrappers. Internally clean. A scarce program memorializing the first year in the lives of Japanese American internees at the Gila River Relocation Center in Rivers, Arizona. The program includes a...... More

Los Angeles [i.e., Japan]: Shin Nichi-Bei Shinbunsha, 1961. 23,1431,19pp., profusely illustrated with photographs, including several full-page plates after the text. Publisher's limp blue cloth, gilt spine titles. Original cardboard slipcase with black titles. Minor rubbing to spine. A gargantuan Japanese American directory and almanac published by the New Japanese American..... More

Tokyo: Jitsugyo No Nihonsha, 1937. 4,5,456,7,[6]pp., plus three plates. Original cream cloth stamped in blue, black, and gold. In original pictorial slipcase. Moderate staining and soiling to boards. Endpapers toned, very occasional light foxing to text, unobtrusive dampstain to fore-edge. Slipcase very worn and mostly separated, but rarely seen with..... More

Fresno: Frank Kamiyama, 1931. Silver gelatin photograph, 10 x 46 inches. Minor wear and soiling. Image strong and crisp. A handsome panoramic photograph by Japanese-American photographer Frank Kamiyama depicting the worshippers for the service to reinstate the Buddha's statue in the temple. The photo shows a large group of Japanese..... More

[Seattle: 1941]. Color-printed illustration on cardboard, 15 x 6.75 inches, with small 1941 calendar mounted to bottom left. Heavy creases to bottom corners, minor surface and edge wear. A striking calendar produced by and for the Japanese American community in Seattle in 1941, the last peaceful year before the outbreak..... More

Camp Rohwer, Ar. 1942-43. Seven partially-printed report cards, completed in manuscript, together with a partially-printed "Assignment Card for Free Text Books," also completed in ink manuscript. Minor wear and some toning. A collection of documents specially printed by the United States government for the administrators and teachers instructing Japanese American..... More

Newell, Ca. November, 1944. [1],3pp., mimeographed forms printed on rectos only. Minor wear, small paper clip rust stains to top edges. A cover letter datelined "November [blank], 1944 Newell, California" intended to accompany the attached blank version of the actual application, intended for use by Tule Lake internees wishing to..... More

Boston: Four Seas, 1920. First Edition. 12mo. 115pp. Publisher's drab boards with printed paper spine label; in beige printed dust jacket. Boards with minor wear and faint soiling. Light chipping to dust jacket at corners and head of spine, lightly dampstained at lower edge. An uncommon later collection by Japanese..... More