Honolulu, Hawaii: Aala Automobile Union, Circa 1930. 9.25 x 4.5", folding double sided map, photographic illustrations. Covers detached, staples rusted, chipping and weear to covers. A guide to Honolulu published for Japanese tourists by a Honolulu based automobile union and taxi company. The guide prints descriptions in English and Japanese.....
San Francisco: Thing Wan Printing Co, [1939]. Single leaf printed to recto only, 11 x 8.5". A flyer in English and Chinese, promoting the 1939 mayoral campaign of Franck R. Havenner, and published by a Chinese American print shop in San Francisco's Chinatown. A longtime California politician, Havenner served two.....
New York: Japanese American News Corp, 1948. 8.5 x 6.5", red cloth lettered in gilt, [273] pp. Text in English and Japanese. A nice copy with bit of wear to corners and spine ends, ring stain to front cover, slight toning to pages. A directory of East Coast Japanese-Americans, the.....
California: 1951 to 1974. Photo album binding measuring 12.25 x 11.75", with name label to front cover ("Robin Tomoe Nishiyama"), containing 130 black and white and color photographs, together with 16 ephemeral items, all placed onto sticky album leaves under plastic sleeves. Most photos captioned in ink on the image.....
San Francisco: Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 1961. Octavo, 9.75 x 6.25", lettering in English and Chinese to rear cover, pictorial front cover, 108 pp, photographic illustrations. A well illustrated souvenir book for San Francisco's Chinatown issued by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The editor, H.K. Wong, was a well known.....