A card granting American citizens interned in relocation camps during the Second World War "parole" to leave the camp for work or educational purposes. This card was issued to Fumiko Ida Saito, formerly of Alameda, California, while she was interned at Topaz War Relocation Center in Utah (here referred to.....
Price: $500
![Item No: #362533 [New Southern Travel Initiative] Nanpo shin tokoho. Shigeshi...](/pictures/thumb/362533.jpg?v=1674324303)
First Edition. A book encouraging Japanese civilians "of all classes" to emigrate to the regions newly under Japanese control, following the outbreak of the Second World War in the Pacific, including Thailand, Burma, and the Philippines. There is even a short chapter describing Hawaii (pp. 94ff). The book adopts the.....
Price: $300
First Edition. An examination of the likelihood and potential shape of a war in the Pacific between Japan and the United States, with an emphasis on naval and aerial battles. Kawashima focuses more on the Philippines and Guam and less over Hawaii than some writers on the subject. He also.....
Price: $1,250
![Item No: #361095 [Japan and the United States: Young Warriors] Nichibei moshi...](/pictures/thumb/361095.jpg?v=1674324234)
A book tracing the history of US-Japanese relations focusing on the growth of anti-Japanese sentiment in the United States and the legal and diplomatic efforts to exclude and discriminate against Japanese immigrants. The author then turns to the growing possibility of a war in the Pacific between the two countries.....
Price: $500
A propaganda press image showing an interned Japanese American working in an American flag factory during the Second World War. This is an original silver gelatin photograph captioned on the back (verso) with the following mimeographed label: "The main wish of Mrs. Yoshiye Abe, an American of Japanese ancestry, is.....
Price: $150
First Edition. A reprint of an article from Harper's Magazine by a Navy doctor stationed in Hawaii who describes the response of the Japanese-American community to the attack on Pearl Harbor and to the internment of Japanese Americans on the West Coast. Coggins describes their efforts to demonstrate that they.....
Price: $300
![Item No: #325748 South Pacific [Signed, Numbered]. James Michener, Michael Hague](/pictures/thumb/325748.jpg?v=1667513037)
First Edition. A retelling, by Michener, of scenes from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, which was based on Michener's book Tales of the South Pacific. Really, for a kids book, that's a bit meta, don't you think? Illustrated in full color by Michael Hague. This is one of.....
Price: $200
First Edition. A collection of letters to the editor and excerpts from published interviews in which "American" (presumably meaning White) soldiers express support for Japanese Americans as soldiers in the war and as loyal citizens on the homefront. The pamphlet seems rather a low-budget affair, issued by the War Relocation.....
Price: $300
![Item No: #361859 [Eighteen Years of Practical Research in North America]...](/pictures/thumb/361859.jpg?v=1664165076)
First Edition. A Japanese nationalist critique of the United States and American culture written by a Buddhist minister who oversaw a Jodo sect church in Honolulu. Ito (1876–1930) lived in Hawaii for 18 years, returning to Japan about 1920, where he wrote books on a variety of topics. This book.....
Price: $1,850
![Item No: #347079 A Journey [Signed, Numbered]. Lord Dunsany, Edward Plunkett](/pictures/thumb/347079.jpg?v=1662667453)
First Edition. Long poems about the Second World War: The Battle of Britain, The Battle of Greece, The Battle of the Mediterranean, Battles Long Ago, and The Battle of the Atlantic. This is one of 250 specially-bound initialed and numbered copies issued in dark blue pebbled morocco stamped in gilt.....
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A homefront poster for the East Coast of the United States during the Second World War. The poster explains three types of air raid warnings, plus the all-clear signal. The system alerts residents if enemy bombers are approaching, if bombing is immenent, and when enemy planes have left (but might.....
Price: $125
A homefront poster encouraging energy conservation to preserve supplies for the war effort. The poster encourages homeowners to insulate, install weatherstripping, use storm windows, and have furnaces serviced. The poster text reads, "How to keep warm with less fuel this winter : "winterproof" your home now to prevent heat loss.....
Price: $100
A small homefront poster from the Second World War promoting ride sharing and, by extension, conserving gasoline and rubber, the natural supplies of which had mostly been seized by the Japanese army. 8-3/8 by 10-15/16 inches. Near fine to fine. This is an original World War II poster, not a......
Price: $125
A homefront poster from the middle of the Second World War explaining the need for gasoline rationing on the East Coast. It reads (ellipses or ... in the original), "Last year... we used about 22,000,000 gallons of gasoline a day in the gasoline rationed Eastern States alone. This year... Because.....
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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.
Price: $150
A blank poster for menus or price lists for price controls during the Second World War. The poster, folded to make four pages, as issued, includes a page of instructions to merchants and restaurant owners; the interior spread provides forty lines for filling out price information. An interesting piece of.....
Price: $125
![Item No: #308145 Canned Foods Are Vital for Victory [Poster]. United States...](/pictures/thumb/308145.jpg?v=1653148821)
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.....
Price: $150
A Second World War homefront poster encouraging Americans to participate in price-control efforts in order to keep inflation under control. The main graphic shows two women reaching for their baskets of groceries. The woman from 1918—the First World War—finds the basket out of reach. The "modern" 1944 woman can easily.....
Price: $200
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.....
Price: $100
The smallest of three sizes of this homefront poster promoting the Office of Civilian Defense (OCD). The artist was one of the few women to design government posters during the Second World War. According to the Long Branch, New Jersey, Daily Record (12 October 1942), Emily Newman was an advertising.....
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A homefront poster promoting donations to the United Service Organizations, a group that funded and produced entertainment for American soldiers during the Second World War. While movie stars and hot musical acts performed at some USO events, this poster shows a more modest offering—a soldier with a rifle and helmet.....
Price: $200
A homefront poster produced during the Second World War by private industry to promote the installation of insulation in houses. The text continues, "Install it yourself, flame proof cotton insulation." 14 by 20 inches. This is an original World War II poster, not a reproduction. A near fine copy, folded.....
Price: $100
A homefront poster of a woman holding an empty basket while contemplating full store shelves. During the Second World War, the US government encouraged stores and consumers to abide by price controls and ration limits. 20 by 14 inches. This is an original World War II poster, not a reproduction.....
Price: $150
A World War Two-era homefront poster from private industry urging compliance with federal energy conservation goals through the purchase of consumer products (i.e., storm windows). Compared to official government posters, business propaganda posters are rather scarce. This private poster, compared to official US posters, is also much more sexist than.....
Price: $125
OWI poster 12. A poster to encourage apartment-dwellers to conserve energy during the Second World War. Among the exhortations is "Don't demand heat 24 hours a day." The poster aims to reduce homefront petroleum consumption because "Saving fuel saves transportation for America's war effort." 14 by 20 inches. Very good.....
Price: $100
