[At sea. June 1934]. Five issues of The Morning Alaskan, each 4pp. Also, four leaves of manuscript, four mimeo news sheets, two passenger lists, thirteen menus, and related material. Light wear and chipping to edges of newsletters and news sheets, heavier to news sheets. Light wear overall. A nice archive..... 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: 1880. Eight printed forms, completed in manuscript, each approximately 6.5 x 8.25 inches. Contemporary ink stamps. Unobtrusive perforations at top edge where previously bound. Some soiling and minor chipping at edges. A set of eight forms issued in 1880 by the Chinese Consulate in Havana, certifying the immigration registration..... 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

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

Poston, Az. [ca.1943]. 96 photographs on eleven leaves, plus seventeen loose images. Oblong quarto. Original brown cloth album, string-tied, with black paper leaves. Light wear to binding. Several leaves loose, many with substantial chipping and wear. Several photographs missing from corner mounts, images clean and captioned throughout. Photo album kept..... More

Berkeley, Ca. 1907. 133pp. Original printed wraps. Corners and spine ends chipped; minor fading to spine and wrapper edges. Contemporary ownership inscription on title page. Minor toning. An extensive treatment of institutional and social racism against Japanese immigrants in California during the early 20th century. The author, Herbert Johnson, had..... More

Seattle: 1911. Original cloth boards, gilt lettered. Light dampstaining to front board; light wear at corners and spine extremities. Contemporary and slightly later presentation inscriptions on title page verso. Light tanning, heavier to title page. A scarce account of anti-Chinese riots that occurred in Seattle in February 1886, published on..... More

[Los Angeles: ca. 1960]. Panoramic photograph, 10 x 25 inches. Some light creasing at edges. A panoramic portrait by important Japanese-American photographer Toyo Miyatake. Miyatake operated a studio in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles for many years before World War II, when he was interned at Manzanar and..... 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

Tokyo: Salesian Orphanage, 1949. 84pp. Original pictorial printed wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Second edition. Written by a Catholic priest, this work reports on the efforts of the Church and others to assist with the orphans and other wandering persons, particularly children, displaced in the wake of World War..... More