First Edition. A scarce and interesting look at a Japanese laborer's view of the possibilities of working in America at the height of Japanese immigration to this country. "Based on the author's 4-year personal experience in America, this book presents facts on labor conditions and wages by skilled versus unskilled.....

An extensive accumulation of materials documenting the Japanese-American land investment company, New York Acreage Estates (and related companies), founded by Japanese immigrant Okamoto Yonezo (1881–1967). The collection, dating primarily from ca. 1912 to 1928, includes nearly 100 separate pieces, including books, pamphlets, maps, prospectuses, inscription documents, reports, and several letters.....

A reference guide to American cotton fabric, with 230 samples pasted in. The purpose of the book was to provide Japanese cloth manufacturers with a reference book of Western fabric styles, names, and specifications to help Japanese factories sell to the American market. The book is printed left-to-right in the.....

First Edition. Scottish-South African explorer Archibald Colquhoun "traversed through the unknown lands of western China and scampered along the jungle-covered middle stretches of the Mekong River. When he returned to London he lectured widely and wrote... Burma and the Burmans... He had one message: All that stood in the way.....

First Edition. "A biography of the well known Issei pioneer, Ushijima Kinji (1864–1926), designed especially for young readers. Known in English as George Shima, the Potato King, the subject [of the book] was a native of the city of Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture who came to America in 1888. His.....

First Edition. An economic survey of the United States, covering geography, the political system, transportation, banking, insurance, agriculture (including chapters on specific crops), manufacturing (with sections devoted to more than twenty separate industries), newspapers, and religion, plus an appendix on Canada. The book makes few references to Japanese already in.....

An illustration of a soldier in the Pacific sits above a list of seven key steps for inflation control during the Second World War. 20-1/8 by 28-3/16 inches. A near fine example, folded as issued. This is an original World War II poster, not a reproduction. Ships FOLDED.

A poster announcing the beginning of rationing during the Second World War, accompanied by a notice that consumers will need to report how much canned and bottled goods they have in their pantries. The poster concludes with the admonition, "Do not buy more than you need." (The short-term shortages at.....

A homefront poster from the Second World War, issued as part of a government effort to eliminate the black market for gasoline. The poster, printed in red and blue on off-white paper, lists eight actions a gas station attendant must take to ensure that the customer's ration card is valid.....

During the Second World War, posters like this one hung in most of the grocery stores in the United States, but few of them have survived. A key homefront concern of the federal government was runaway inflation, which had posed a significant economic problem during World War One. In addition.....

A Second World War homefront poster encouraging Americans to participate in the federal efforts to ration scarce foodstuffs and goods. The text is presented in fields of red, white, and blue. 22 by 28 inches. O.P.A. Poster 1943-O-518863. A near fine copy, folded as issued. Minor splits at the folds.....

First Edition. 399 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Wildavsky to another scholar of British politics, "To Peter Stansky, best wishes, Aaron Wildavsky."

A terrific and dramatic home front propaganda poster encouraging lumber production published by a lobbying group of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association (now the National Forest Products Association). The poster depicts Uncle Sam, illustrated in a wood-cut style, holding an ax and pointing toward forested mountains. An article in the.....