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New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA: Rutgers University Press, 1964. BX3 - A hard cover first edition book in very good- condition with a dust jacket in good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in light yellow cloth covered boards with black and red lettering on the spine with minor overall wear plus some light soiling on the front. The dust jacket is in good+ condition and is intact but has significant edge wear and chipping mainly on the top and bottom spine edges and right corners plus some edge wear along the top and bottom edges plus three small (about 0.25") closed tears on the front bottom edge and 3 on the back at the top left and top and bottom right corners plus a chunk (about 0.25"x0.75") missing at the back top right corner plus a triangular chunk (about 0.25"x0.5") missing at the top left corner. A very readable examination of how modern Italian novels, poems and plays deal with America and Americans. Overall it is a definitive study of the Italian myth of America… Read More

San Jose, CA, U.S.A.: R & E Publishers, Incorporated, 1973. BZ4 - A hard cover edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition with no dust jacket. No additional printings are indicated on the copyright page. A hard cover tight, clean, sound copy in light olive green cloth covered boards with very minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very light fading and label staining on the spine wrapping around onto the front and back from library labels plus there is some light yellowing of the paper edges plus there are the usual library stamps and pocket on the front free endpaper, title page, table of contents page, and back fixed endpaper. A book that examines the origins of Japanese nativism during the 1890s and its relationship to the extension of the Chinese exclusion movement. 117p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 6.25"x9". Ex-Library.

Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965. CG2 - A first edition hardcover book in very good condition that has some bumped corners and cover edgewear, fading on the top page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear in fair dust jacket that is mylar protected, worn, scattered tears, chipping and crease, fading, stains, and discolored. 9.25"x6.25", 211 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Beacon Press, 1978. CE2 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ condition. A sequence of numbers appears on back of the title page with the "1" present with no additional printings indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy in textured dark brown paper covered boards with gold lettering on the spine and a gold graphic on the front with very minor overall shefl wear plus there is some tape staining on the outside board surfaces and front and back free endpapers from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there are the usual library stams, label, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, title page, and back free endpaper plus there is some dogearing of the last page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some very, very light edge wear along the spine top and bottom edges plus there is a library label on the spine plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A collection of… Read More

New York: Vintage Books, 1993. BY3 - A trade paperback book signed by author in good condition that has some stains and smudge, cocked, some wrinkling, crease, and bumped corners, some soiled patches and writing on the first page, some pencil drawing on the last page, tanning and and light shelf wear. A novel about a Chinese-American naturalized citizen who believes she is dying and so is determined to tell her daughter about her past and a terrible truth from her past. The story begins on a small island outside Shanghai in the 1920s and moves throughout China during World War II and the move to America in 1949. The irony is that her daughter has her own secret to tell. An intense and rich picture of the Chinese-American experience. 8"x5.25", 415 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday Publishing, 2003. BV4 - A first edition advance reading copy/uncorrected proof book in very good condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated white wraps with very minor overall shelf wear. A book in which the author looks at the meaning of patriotism, nationalism, and home and explains why he finally made the decision to become an American citizen. By the author of "Breaking News," "The Voyage," "Burden of Desire," "Wordstruck," "The Right Place at the Right Time," and "The People Machine." 203p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1991. Y2 - A hardcover book SIGNED by Walter D. Kamphoefner with "Best Wishes from" written on the half-title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges and corners, top to bttom light crease on the back, some scattered light scratches, rubbing and scuffing, light tanning and shelf wear. Book lightly cocked/bowed, some bumped corners, some scattered light smudges/stains on the page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. Translated by Susan Carter Vogel. English translation first published 1991 by Cornell University Press. Translation of: Briefe aus Amerika. DOCUMENTS IN AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY, A series edited by Nick Salvatore and Kerby A. Miller. 9.5"x6.5", 645 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. "Oh blast it, I forgot to tell you what wonderful fruit there is in Kamerika, every day we eat peaches, melons and bananas," a young… Read More

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1969. I4 - Book has wrinkling on the spine edges, some rubbing and wear on the cover edges, sides and corners, tanning on the spine, page edges, and endpapers, light soiling, some stains, foxing, moderate discoloration, and normal shelf wear otherwise good. Red covered boards with gilt lettering.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2007. CM4 - An uncorrected proof trade paperback book in near fine condition that was lightly bumped on a few corners and very light shelf wear. American Childhoods, A Series Edited by James Marten. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1997. Q4 - A first edition (First published 1997 stated with complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has fading, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.5", 252 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. This book documents an instance of one of the most momentous social phenomena of the late twentieth century: the mass migration of the world's population from agricultural ex-colonies and ex-protectorates to the industrial world. Cathy A. Small provides the poignant perspective of one extended family and one village in the Kingdom of Tonga, an independent island nation in the South Pacific that has lost one third of its population to migration since the mid-1960s. Moving between Tonga and California, Small chronicles the experiences over a generation of the people who left the village of 'Olunga (a fictitious name to… Read More