Diary from Burma by Phyu, Khin Sabi (Mrs. Jasmine White) - 1997

Macmillan and Co. London. 1906. First edition. Royal 8vo. xviii, 737pp. Folding map frontis., 20 folding genealogical tables, numerous photo illus. Original green cloth, gilt. Slightly faded, spotted, bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers, pages untrimmed. Small Parker & Son Booksellers plate to fep.

William Halse Rivers Rivers (1864-1922) FRCP, FRS. Anthropologist, ethnologist, neurologist, psychologist. A detailed study of the people "of the Nilgiri Hills in Southern India". His innovative methodology in this work was later adopted as standard anthropological practice.

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1995, hardcover, x-260 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light scratches, in new Brodart sleeve. The award-winning author of Freedom's Children helps recount the stories of a number of young Japanese Americans whose lives and families were changed forever when the attack on Pearl Harbor prompted FDR to sign an executive order forcing their evacuation and imprisonment. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs. Appended: Glossary, Chronology, Acronyms, Camp Sites, Who's Who, Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780399226380

Vercelli, Italy: White Star, 2002. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Vercelli, Italy: White Star, 2002, first printing. Folio, 10 1/4" x 14 1/4", 224pp., illustrated with vibrant color photographs of everyday life. Fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. Folio.

Dust jacket has some fading, smudges underneath plasticized cover (done by previous owner); foxing to top edge. Top right corner of ffep has been cut off (see photos), and book stamp from previous owner in red ink applied to ffep. Otherwise a clean and sound copy of this book; no writing, highlighting, odors, stains, tears or folds. Ships within three business days. Please note: if you are choosing the expedited shipping option, we will still ship the book within three (3) business days of your order via UPS Ground Service, which will deliver the package, upon shipment, in between one to five (1-5) business days. We encourage buyers to choose the normal shipping option, USPS Media Mail, which generally delivers books in between 3 to 8 business days and has been a reliable and efficient shipment method for our organization and customers for many years.

Proceeds from this sale benefit the Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon.

Samurai and Silk: A Japanese and American Heritage by Haru M. Reischauer -9780674788015 Samurai and Silk - penetrating insight into the Japanese character and the forging of modern Japan from the feudal Tokugawa shoguns to present day economic titans. Only Haru Reischauer could have written this extraordinary family account, beginning with her two illustrious grandfathers: one, a provincial samurai who became a founding father of the Meiji government; the other, a scion of a wealthy enterprising peasant family who almost single-handedly developed the silk trade with America. Remarkable stories, those of their notable descendants, demonstrate the unbounded vision - determination that explain so much about Japan's legendary success.... history Japan bibliography Samurai and Silk: A Japanese and American Heritage by Haru M. Reischauer 9780674788015 Uncorrected page proof ARC Harvard University press - March 1986 357 pages, with many black and white family photographs in rear.. light blue paper covers not… Read More

Macmillan and Co. London. 1906. First edition. Royal 8vo. xviii, 737pp. Folding map frontis., 20 folding genealogical tables, numerous photo illus. Original green cloth, gilt. Slightly faded, spotted, bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers, pages untrimmed. Small Parker & Son Booksellers plate to fep.

William Halse Rivers Rivers (1864-1922) FRCP, FRS. Anthropologist, ethnologist, neurologist, psychologist. A detailed study of the people "of the Nilgiri Hills in Southern India". His innovative methodology in this work was later adopted as standard anthropological practice.

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1995, hardcover, x-260 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light scratches, in new Brodart sleeve. The award-winning author of Freedom's Children helps recount the stories of a number of young Japanese Americans whose lives and families were changed forever when the attack on Pearl Harbor prompted FDR to sign an executive order forcing their evacuation and imprisonment. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs. Appended: Glossary, Chronology, Acronyms, Camp Sites, Who's Who, Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780399226380

Vercelli, Italy: White Star, 2002. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Vercelli, Italy: White Star, 2002, first printing. Folio, 10 1/4" x 14 1/4", 224pp., illustrated with vibrant color photographs of everyday life. Fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. Folio.

Dust jacket has some fading, smudges underneath plasticized cover (done by previous owner); foxing to top edge. Top right corner of ffep has been cut off (see photos), and book stamp from previous owner in red ink applied to ffep. Otherwise a clean and sound copy of this book; no writing, highlighting, odors, stains, tears or folds. Ships within three business days. Please note: if you are choosing the expedited shipping option, we will still ship the book within three (3) business days of your order via UPS Ground Service, which will deliver the package, upon shipment, in between one to five (1-5) business days. We encourage buyers to choose the normal shipping option, USPS Media Mail, which generally delivers books in between 3 to 8 business days and has been a reliable and efficient shipment method for our organization and customers for many years.

Proceeds from this sale benefit the Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon.

Samurai and Silk: A Japanese and American Heritage by Haru M. Reischauer -9780674788015 Samurai and Silk - penetrating insight into the Japanese character and the forging of modern Japan from the feudal Tokugawa shoguns to present day economic titans. Only Haru Reischauer could have written this extraordinary family account, beginning with her two illustrious grandfathers: one, a provincial samurai who became a founding father of the Meiji government; the other, a scion of a wealthy enterprising peasant family who almost single-handedly developed the silk trade with America. Remarkable stories, those of their notable descendants, demonstrate the unbounded vision - determination that explain so much about Japan's legendary success.... history Japan bibliography Samurai and Silk: A Japanese and American Heritage by Haru M. Reischauer 9780674788015 Uncorrected page proof ARC Harvard University press - March 1986 357 pages, with many black and white family photographs in rear.. light blue paper covers not… Read More