First Edition. "A chronological survey of the Japanese from Fukuoka Prefecture mainly restricted to California. Includes brief summaries of emigration from Fukuoka, the Nisei, various Prefectural organizations, and the outstanding pioneers like Ushijima Kinji and Ike Hyakumatsu; and a 303-page Who's Who. The appendices consist of a directory of Fukuoka.....

First Edition. "A study of the American character based for the most part upon Henry Van Dyke's The Spirit of America (1910) and Hugo Munsterberg's The Americans (1908) by the author who spent 8 years in America. Discusses the immigration question and the exclusion movement in Chapter 8 which is.....

First Edition. "Assorted haiku, tanka, senryu, essays, anecdotes, and 'jokes' composed by Yusa Keizo, most of which are preceded by headnotes explaining the circumstances of composition. In addition, there are sections on: 1) the activities and membership of various organizations supporting the Japanese government in the 1930s; 2) eulogies in.....

First Edition. One of the most influential Meiji-era agricultural works, a philosophical and theoretical (rather than practical) exploration of farming that was reprinted many times. Nitobe studied at an American-run agricultural college in Japan and continued his studies in the US; this book synthesizes American and Japanese ideas about agriculture.....

First Edition. After publishing her illustrated internment memoir (and proto-graphic novel) Citizen 13660 in 1946, Miné Okubo found work as an artist illustrating books for the Friendship Press, an imprint of the National Council of Churches. This chapter book set in Japan is illustrated from Okubo's ink drawings, most printed.....

First Edition. A scarce Japanese history of the US Civil War published just as Japanese immigration to the United States began to increase rapidly. Nineteenth-century Japanese books on the United States are uncommon, especially those written by Japanese authors, rather than missionaries or translated from English. These books help explain.....

First Edition. A Japanese version of "Japanese Women," an English-language publication of the Japanese Woman's Commission for the Columbian Exposition in 1893. That book described the role of women in Japanese society and had separate chapters on politics, literature, religion, domestic life, industry, arts, and charity and education. The present.....

First Edition. A rare early work explaining the ideas of socialism by one of the founding members of the Japanese Socialist Party. The fourteen short chapters were originally published in the Niroku Shinpo newspaper. This book version was published by another early Japanese Socialist leader, Katayama Sen. Katayama and Abe.....

First Edition. A collection of newspaper articles on the history of the Japanese in Hawaii from 1868 to 1968, by a journalist with the Hawaii Times. Kawazoe (1903–1971) filled a remarkable 191 scrapbooks between 1916 and 1970, which have been digitized by the University of Hawaii. Those scrapbooks were the.....

First Edition. Featuring work from 1973 to 1975. 118 pages, including 16 in color. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine hardcover copy (no jacket, as issued). This copy includes the tipped-in bookplate signed by Crumb that was used for the limited edition; however, this.....

First Edition. A picture-book retelling of an Austrian fairy tale. 9 by 12-1/4 inches. First edition (first printing, with no statement of later printings). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. With a bookplate signed by both authors pasted in.

First Edition. A novel, here issued in an edition of 450 specially bound and signed and numbered copies. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and a near fine slipcase. This is copy 382 of 450 copies, signed by Updike.

First Edition. With short introductions to each story written for this series. 411 pages. This is one of 150 numbered copies signed by Silverberg on a tipped in sheet. In a different binding than the trade edition, with a black leatherette spine. First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy;.....