Osaka: [Taio Gold Mining Co.?], 1936. [8],134,57,[36]pp., plus three folding maps and plates. Extensively illustrated in the text with photographs and blueprints. Original blue cloth stamped in white on the front cover. In original tan cardboard slipcase, spine lettered in black. Soiling to slipcase and boards. Minor edge wear. First..... More

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

[Various locations, including Iwo Jima: ca. 1944]. [19] leaves, illustrated with 135 black-and-white silver gelatin photographs in mounting corners, most 3.25 x 2.25 inches, plus Mar's "Neptunus Rex" card, also mounted. Oblong quarto. Contemporary black textured leather, string tied, with "Photographs" in gilt on front cover. Very minor edge wear..... 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

[Corral Falso de Macuriges: 1884]. Four manuscript documents, totaling [14]pp. Sewn with thin thread; previously bound, with small stabholes at left margin; blank front wrapper, lacking rear. Minor worming, minimally affecting text. Toning and foxing. Accomplished in several legible scripts, with two contemporary Chinese ink stamps. A rare and complete..... More

Havana: August 3, 1867. [7]pp. on pre-printed folio forms completed in manuscript. Later staple. Moderate tanning and edge wear, short separations along some folds. A manuscript manifest listing of 285 Chinese field hands, who undoubtedly signed up as indentured laborers in their quest to escape the hardships of China in..... More

[Cuba]: 1879. [3]pp., on a small bifolium. Contemporary ink stamps; accomplished in a fairly legible hand. Minor wear. A few small wormholes. Light tanning and dust soiling. Brief, but very interesting manuscript report on the case of a missing Chinese indentured servant in the district of Alagranes, near Matanzas. On..... More

Los Angeles: Kashu Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1940. [2],2,16,420,[1]pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Minor soiling and light edge wear to wrappers; spine ends a bit chipped; front hinge starting from both ends. Text browned, but not brittle, with scattered foxing and dust soiling. A rare collection of writings by an important Japanese-American activist..... More

Tokyo: Seikyosha, 1914. [2],3,1,18,498,[1]pp., plus forty-six plates (two folding). Text in Japanese. Original blue pebbled cloth, gilt titles stamped on front cover and spine, top edge gilt. Minor shelf wear to boards. Binding a bit cracked at page 80, scattered, mostly minor foxing. An acerbic memoir by Japanese author Toichiro..... More

[N.p., likely San Luis Obispo]: Aston, [1947 or earlier]. Panoramic photograph, 8 x 29.25 inches. "Aston Photo Shop" stamp on verso. Small crease at lower left corner, otherwise a very nice image. A somber scene of the funeral of a Japanese-American child, photographed by Frank Aston, a notable photographer in..... More

[Denver: Colorado Council of Churches, 1942]. 8pp. (including text block numbered 3-7 plus wrappers). Original printed self wrappers, stapled. Minor edge wear and some soiling to wrappers, short split at top of spine. Vertical crease throughout. A rare informational pamphlet issued by the Colorado Council of Churches, treating with the..... 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