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Takinogawa Gakuen - School for Feebleminded children - and the Tokyo-fu Jido Kenkyujo - Tokyo Prefectural Government Institute for Child Study -
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Tokyo, Japan: August, 1937 11 pp., illustrated, small hand stamp on front wrapper, some library markings in pencil on wrappers, small tear on going into text slightly on all margins, otherwise good, with some minor soiling. Interesting outfit to care for the feebleminded in Japan.. Self Wraps. Poor. Octavo. Ex-Library. more information
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A correction of erroneous statements concerning the embarkation of the Rev. Messrs. Judson and Newell, at Salem, February 18, 1812: Reprinted from the Christian Review, No. LIV
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Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin, 24 Congress Street, 1849 24 pages, Appendix, p. [21]-24. some tanning, small hand stamp, wear to extremities, concerns Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) was an American Baptist missionary, lexicographer, and Bible translator to Burma, and Samuel Newell, 1784-1821, He was ordained as a foreign missionary at Salem, with four associates, on 5 February, 1812, and sailed for Calcutta with Adoniram Judson.. Wrappers. Good. Octavo. Pamphlet. more information
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Appendix XIII. Provisional Regulations for the Detention Houses. (Promulgated on the 28th of January, the 2nd Year of the Republic of China.)
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[ca. 1950]: Paris: Imprimerie De Vaugirard H. -L. Motti, Directeur 152, Rue De Vaugirard, 152 13 pp., wrappers, good, normal wear.. Wrappers. Good. Octavo. Pamphlet. more information
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Japanese Arms & Armor. Introduction By H. Russell Robinson, F.S.A
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New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1969 54 pp., xxix color plates, 112 b&w plates, text is good, binding good, except for a small whitish stain on the top of rear board, otherwise normal shelf wear, jacket has several small tears at extremities on front and rear, worn at spine tips, corners, and edges.. Cloth. Good/Fair. Quarto. more information
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A Sociological Experiment Among Factory Girls. A Supplementary Report of the Matsuyama Factory Girls' Home
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[Japan?]: Np, 1909 5 pages of text, double column, plus 3 full page plates, front wrapper chipped badly with large piece missing at lower outside corner, old fold marks, other wear chipping to rear wrapper, corners worn, otherwise good. A report of a Christian missionary group in Japan.. Wrappers. Fair. Octavo. Pamphlet. more information
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President Sergio Osmeña; the highlights of a leadership unequalled by that of any living Filipino
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Manila: 1946 22 pp., self wraps, good. Distributed by the Philippine Department of Instruction and Information.. Self Wraps. Good. Octavo. Pamphlet. more information
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Osmena or Roxas
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Manila: 1946 [20] pages, illustrated, self wraps, tanned (war time paper), otherwise good. Campaign literature supporting Osmena and calling Roxas a collaborator with the Japanese. Includes a couple of political cartoonsIncludes: The question of the hour -- Plea for unity fell on deaf ears -- Osmeña not sleeping at post -- Roxas would not cooperate -- Roxas unsafe risk -- American papers against Roxas -- Narrow nationalism of Roxas faction -- Osmeñas's high rating as a stateman -- Was Roxas a collaborator? -- Roxas allowed himself to be Japanese tool -- Self-opinionated Mr. Roxas -- Achievement of Roxas not impressive compared to Osmeña's -- Osmeña more entitled to presidency -- Osmeña tried, experienced and able -- Why I am not for Manuel A. Roxas / by Leon de Leon.. Self Wraps. Good. Octavo. Pamphlet. more information
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As China's Friend "Mei-Kuo" First "Beautiful Country" - U.S.A
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Printed in Richmond, Virginia: Dr. & Mrs. Handy, 1945 12 pages, illustrated, double column, folded once, to create brochure like item, good, minor wear, old ink stamp on front wrapper.. First Printing. Wrappers. Good. Square Octavo. Pamphlet. more information
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The Korean Language Its Origin, Characteristics, and Some Contrastive Features with English
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Elkins Park, PA: Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation, Inc., 1984 24 pp., wrappes, good, library call number sticker on front wrapper, inkstamps and pencil markings inside front.. Wrappers. Good. Octavo. Pamphlet. more information
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Japanese American Experience: An Exhibition in the Museum of the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies
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33 pages, wrappers, ex-library, call number label on front wrapper, inkstamp inside front, otherwise good. Printed in English. Well illustrated in black & white. Illustrates the history of Japanese Americans (JA) from the early immigrants through the war years & up to the present emphasizing the experiences of those in the Phila. & New Jersey areas. JA in the Delaware Valley & Northeast U.S. have family roots predominantly in the Inland Sea area & southern Japan. The first generation, or "Issei," came mostly in the early 1900s & settled in Hawaii & on the West Coast. The largest number of JA living in the Phila. area came from the West Coast, relocating from the 10 centers in which they had been interned during World War II. JA brought with them cultural patterns, ethical values, artistic tastes, food preferences & other traditions which have persisted among their descendants. . Wrappers. Good. Square Octavo. Ex-Library. more information
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A History of Japanese in Hawaii
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431 pp., illus., good, ex-library, withdrawn stamp inside front, call number label on spine, otherwise good.. Cloth. Good. Illus. by Honolulu: The United Japanese Society of Hawaii, 1971. Small Quarto. more information
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The New Philippine Ideology, with an Exposition By Maximo M. Kalaw, Secretary of Instruction and Information
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Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1945 32 pp., stiff wrappers, good. Osmena' piece is 3 pages, the rest is the exposition of Kalaw.. Wrappers. Good. Octavo. Pamphlet. more information
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Truth to Tell a Searching Comparison of the Records of Osmena and Roxas
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Manila, Philippines: Pacis, Inc. [1946] 22 pages, self wraps, paper tanned (war time paper), good condition. Pacis was a journalist whose skills were recruited by the Propoganda Corps of Osmena, but who refused due to the job would have been to debunk Roxas, who he thought to be the next President.. Self Wraps. Good. Octavo. Pamphlet. more information
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Mingei Japan's Enduring Folk Arts
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[Tokyo: Printed in Japan Fuji Bijutsu Insatsu Co., Ltd, 1983 259 pp., illus., Illustrated by Matsuura Hideaki, Photography by Sonobe Cho & Yokoi Shigeharu.. Wrappers. Good. Octavo. more information
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Americans from Japan. Edited By Louis Adamic
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Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company,1948. 409 pp., illus., good ex-library, call number lable on spine, "withdrawn" inkstamp inside front board, former owner signature front flyleaf, othewise normal shelf wear.. Cloth. Good. Octavo. Ex-Library. more information
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De L'Origine Des Americains Precolombiens. Memoire. Presente Au Xxeme Congres International Des Americanistes Reuni a Rio De Janeiro, Le 20 Aout 1922 Par Toung-Dekien Delegue Du Gouvernement Chinois, Secretaire De Legation De Chine a Rio De Janeiro
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Rio De Janeiro: Imprensa Nacional, 1924 59 pp., Wrappers detatched, wrappers chipped at edges, last signature loose, text good.. Wrappers. Good. Quarto. Journal. more information
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