Rare and unusual books, photographs, ephemera, and art from 1872 to 2006, documenting the role of played by Asians in the formation of American culture and society.
A short list prepared for the "Boston" ABAA Virtual Book Fair, December 8–11, 2022. Highlights include unusual cookbooks, a signed book from the most elusive author of the 21st century, and a famous anti-Texas tirade.
Kurt Vonnegut was born on November 11, 1922, almost exactly 100 years ago. Few writers still feel as modern as Vonnegut, perhaps because his writing was driven by the absurdity and horror of the Second World War, and we still live in the atomic blast shadow of that conflict. This is a list of unusual and even unique Vonnegut items; there are also some books.
![Confucius’ Great Art of Equality] Kongzi zhi ping deng da yi](http://www.downtownbrown.com/pictures/thumb/308171.jpg?v=1674005154)
![The Japanese of North America: The Development of the Japanese in the U.S.] Hokubei no Nihonjin:...](http://www.downtownbrown.com/pictures/thumb/362552.jpg?v=1674324316)
![Traveler's Guide Book to Europe and America] Obei shisatsu annai](http://www.downtownbrown.com/pictures/thumb/362551.jpg?v=1674324312)
![Guide to America] Tobei annai](http://www.downtownbrown.com/pictures/thumb/362535.jpg?v=1674324307)