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Previous|1|Next Lot #241 Last Days of the Republic View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(California Chinese)AuthorDooner, P.[ierson] W.Headline1880 Last Days Of Republic, Anti-Chinese Fantasy NovelPublisherAlta California Publishing HouseDate Published1880 Lot #258 Japanese language text book for use in California View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Heading(Japanese-American)Headline1923 Japanese language text book, for use in CaliforniaPublisherAoki Taisei-doDate Published1923 Lot #226 American Ginseng: Its Commercial History, Protection and Cultivation View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Heading(American Ginseng to China, 1898)AuthorNash, George V.; revised and extended by Maurice G. KainsHeadlineCookery - 1898 American Ginseng to ChinaPublisherUS Department of AgricultureDate Published1898 Lot #227 Three publications Countering Anti-Japanese Prejudice in California, 1913-1920 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Anti-Japanese Prejudice in California)HeadlineCountering Anti-Japanese Prejudice in California, 1913-20Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #228 Nineteen gelatin silver photographs of Japanese-American families, groups and individuals in the San Francisco Bay Area View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Asian-American Photographs)HeadlineEarly 20th century photograph of Japanese AmericansDate Publishedc.1910-1940 Lot #229 1920 Chinese-American Pilot in Redwood City - photograph View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Aviation)Headline1920 Chinese-American Pilot photographDate Published1920 Lot #230 Chinese Immigration: Its Social, Moral and Political Effect. Report of the California State Senate of its Special Committee on Chinese Immigration View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(California Senate’s Anti-Chinese Immigration Report, 1877)Headline1877 California Senate’s Anti-Chinese Immigration ReportPublisherState PrinterDate Published1878 Lot #231 Carte-de-Visite of a Chinese man - 1870s Photograph by first Chinese-American Artist in California View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Headline1870s Photograph by first Chinese-American Artist in CaliforniaDate PublishedNo date [c.1871] Lot #232 San Francisco Chinatown Dancers and Art Exhibit - photograph and leaflet 1945-49 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Chinatown Dancers - San Francisco)Headline1945-49 San Francisco Chinatown Dancers and Art ExhibitDate Published1945-49 Lot #233 Oriental Crime in California, A study of Offenses Committed by Orientals in That State, 1900-1927 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(Chinese and Japanese Crime in California, 1932)AuthorBeach, Walter G. Professor of Social ScienceHeadline1932 study of Chinese and Japanese Crime in CaliforniaPublisherStanford University PressDate Published1932 Lot #234 The Chinese in California: Description of Chinese Life in San Francisco. Their Habits, Morals and Manners View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Chinese ‘Habits, Morals and Manners’ in San Francisco, 1880)Author[Densmore, G.B.]Headline1880 Chinese ‘Habits, Morals and Manners’ in San FranciscoPublisherPettit and RussDate Published1880 Lot #236 “Divination and Fortune Telling Among the Chinese in America," in Ovrland Monthly, February, 1895 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese Divination and Fortune Telling in America, 1895)AuthorCulin, StewartHeadline1895 Chinese Divination and Fortune Telling in AmericaPublisherOverland MonthlyDate PublishedFebruary, 1895 Lot #237 Autograph Letter, Signed - 1874 "Talkative" Chinese cook in California mining country View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Chinese in California)AuthorLeavitt, MaryHeadline1874 “Talkative Chinese Cook” In Mining CountryDate PublishedSept. 24, 1874 Lot #242 Hong Kong Letter to Chinese Brother in Dutch Flat, California, 1915 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Dutch Flat, California)Headline1915 Hong Kong Letter to Chinese Brother in Dutch Flat, CaliforniaDate PublishedNo date [c.1915] Lot #243 Resident Orientals on the American Pacific Coast View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(First Academic study of "Orientals" in California)AuthorMears, Elliot GrinnellHeadlineFirst Academic study of "Orientals" in CaliforniaPublisherAmerican Group, Institute of Pacific RelationsDate Published1927 Lot #244 Two works by Sui Sin Far View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(First Chinese-American, 1898-1912)AuthorSui Sin Far (pseudonym of Edith Eaton)Headline1898 -1912 First Chinese-American FictionDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #245 Menu for Kawafuku - 1960s First Japanese-American Sushi Restaurant, Los Angeles View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(First Japanese-American Sushi Restaurant, Los Angeles, 1960s)Headlinemenu from First Japanese-American Sushi Restaurant, LADate Publishedc.1960s Lot #247 Americans Betrayed: Politics and the Japanese Evacuation View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGrodzins, MartinHeadlineFirst book on the racist politics of Japanese InternmentPublisherUniversity of Chicago PressDate Published[1949] Lot #249 Changing Dreams and Treasured Memories, A Story of Japanese Americans in the Sacramento Region View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(History of Japanese Americans in Sacramento Region)AuthorMaeda, WayneHeadline2000 History of Japanese Americans in Sacramento RegionPublisherSacramento Japanese Americans Citizens LeagueDate Published2000 Lot #251 Mohaveland - 1945 Buddhist Pictorial Yearbook of Arizona Internment Camp View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Internment Camp - Arizona)AuthorPoston III Young Buddhist AssociationHeadline1945 Buddhist Pictorial Yearbook of Arizona Internment CampPublisherPoston III Young Buddhist AssociationDate PublishedJune 1, 1945 Lot #252 Arizona Internment Camps and “Resettlement” in Ohio 1944-45 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Internment Camps for Japanese-Americans)Headline1944-45 Arizona Internment Camps and “Resettlement” in OhioDate Published1942-1945 Lot #253 Two watercolor paintings of the Japanese Relocation Camp, Delta, Utah. Circa 1942-1945 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Japanese Relocation Camp)HeadlineTwo paintings done at a Japanese Relocation CampDate Publishedc.1942-45 Lot #256 Printed US Government leaflet: “Information and instructional Bulletin: PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING EXEMPTIONS FROM EVACUATION AND CURFEW” View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Japanese-American Exemptions from Curfew and Evacuation, 1942)Headline1942 Japanese-American Exemptions from Curfew and EvacuationPublisherHeadquarters, West Defense Command and Fourth ArmyDate Published[circa March 1942] Lot #274 Tule Lake Internment Camp High School - Last Commencement Program, 1945 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Japanese-American internment, World War II)Headline1945 Last Commencement at Japanese internment high schoolDate PublishedOctober 19, 1945 Lot #271 Round Up [Yearbook] - 1941 Japanese-American high school students in Los Angeles before Pearl Harbor View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Japanese-Americans, Los Angeles)AuthorTheodore Roosevelt High SchoolHeadlineJapanese-Amer high school students in Los Angeles before Pearl HarborDate Published1941 Lot #259 Chinese Immigration in its Social and Economical Aspects View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Lincoln’s Consul General to Shanghai Support Chinese Immigration, 1881)AuthorSeward, George F.Headline1881 Lincoln’s Consul General to Shanghai Support Chinese ImmigrationPublisherScribner'sDate Published1881 Lot #262 New York Japanese American Directory, 1948-1949 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(New York Japanese-American Directory, 1948)Headline1948 New York Japanese-American DirectoryPublisherJapanese American News CorpDate Published1948 Lot #263 Photograph of 1910 Notorious inter-racial couple of San Francisco Chinatown View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Photograph - Inter-Racial Couple)Headline1910 Notorious inter-racial couple of San Francisco ChinatownDate Publishedc.1907-10 Lot #264 Autograph Letter Signed - 1844 Introducing Buddhism to America View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPickering, JohnHeadline1844 Introducing Buddhism to AmericaDate PublishedJune 25, 1844 Lot #267 Two menus from San Francisco Chinese Restaurant for Beat Poets View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco Chinese Restaurant for Beat Poets, 1950-60)HeadlineTwo menus from San Francisco Chinese Restaurant for Beat PoetsDate Publishedc.1950-60s Lot #269 The Dawn of Chinese Civilization View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Shanghai American Women’s Club Chinese History anthology, 1923)Headline1923 Shanghai American Women’s Club anthologyPublisherAmerican Women’s Club, Literary DepartmentDate Published1923 Lot #272 “Today We Follow, Tomorrow We Lead”, Senior Edition Yearbook, Tri-State High School View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Tule Lake Internment Camp High School - 1943 Rare first Yearbook of the Japanese-American High School)Headline1943 Rare first Yearbook at Japanese Internment campDate PublishedJune, 1943 Lot #273 “Archie, Senior Year at Tri-State” Yearbook of Senior Class of November 1944, Tri-State High School View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Tule Lake Internment Camp High School - 1944 Second senior Yearbook of the Japanese-American High School)Headline1944 Second senior Yearbook at Japanese internment campDate PublishedNovember, 1944 Lot #275 Two official publications of the War Relocation Authority, the US Government civilian agency that administered the Japanese-American internment after Army evacuation from the West Coast View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(US Government ‘Relocation Of Japanese-Americans’, 1943-46)Headline1943-46 US Government ‘Relocation Of Japanese-Americans’Date Published1943-46 Lot #276 1938 ca. inscribed photograph of Chinese-American movie star Anna May Wong View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorWong, Anna MayHeadlineSigned photo Chinese-American movie star Anna May WongDate PublishedNo date, but ca. 1938 Lot #280 The American Diary of A Japanese Girl View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Yone Noguchi, 1st "Japanese-American" novel, 1902)Author"Miss Morning Glory" [pseud. Noguchi, Yone]Headline1902 First Japanese-American NovelPublisherFrederick A. Stokes CompanyDate Published1902 Lot #235 Stereoview Photograph, Chinese Cannery Workers in Astoria, Oregon 1904 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(1904 Chinese Cannery Workers in Astoria, Oregon)Headline1904 Photograph, Chinese Cannery Workers in Astoria, OregonPublisherKeystone View Co.Date Publishedc.1904 Lot #268 My Mother India - 1930 First Indian-American California Congressman Defends Gandhi View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(1930 California Indian-American politician defends Gandhi)AuthorSaund, Dalip Singh, Ph.D.Headline1930 First Indian-American California Congressman Defends GandhiPublisherPacific Coast Khalsa Diwan Society [Sikh Temple]Date Published[1930] Lot #277 Army photograph of Nisei soldiers in training at Camp Robinson, Arkansas after Pearl Harbor 1942 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(1941 Photograph, Nisei soldiers at Army camp in Arkansas before Pearl Harbor)Headline1942 Army photograph of Nisei soldiersDate Published1942 Lot #270 “Democracy Begins at Home – II” in Common Ground (periodical) - 1943 Uncommon wartime criticism of Japanese Internment Camps View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(1943 Opposing Japanese-American Internment)AuthorShimano, Eddie, et. al.Headline1943 Uncommon wartime criticism of Japanese Internment CampsDate PublishedSummer, 1943 Lot #240 1926 Chinese-American industrial corporation stock certificate View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Heading(China)Headline1926 Chinese-American industrial corporation stock certificatePublisherChinese-American Industrial CorporationDate PublishedAug. 17, 1926 Lot #261 Typed letter Signed - 1913 New York Japanese publisher on California racist “incidents” View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Heading(Japan)AuthorNakahara, T[oichi], Publisher and EditorHeadline1913 Japanese-American Magazine in New YorkDate PublishedAugust 16, 1913 Lot #257 The Scene - 18 issues of Japanese-American Life-Style Magazine View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Heading(1950-55 Japanese-American Life-style Magazine, 18 issues)Headline18 issues of 1950s Japanese-American MagazineDate Published1949-1955 Lot #238 Two Autograph Letters Signed and one Typed Letter Signed from Chinese-American students to prominent Portland merchant Seid Back, Jr. View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Chinese Students in California, 1916)Headline1916 three letters from Chinese Students in CaliforniaDate Published1916 Lot #266 Autograph Letter Signed - 1903 Japanese Student at Harvard View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Japan)AuthorSakai, Barnabas T.HeadlineALS Japanese Student HarvardDate PublishedDec. 2, 1903 Lot #246 Cabinet Photograph of Japanese family in Fresno - 1920 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Japanese-American, 1920 photograph)Headline1920 Cabinet Photograph of Japanese family in FresnoPublisherF.U.K. StudioDate Published[c.1920] Lot #255 1930s Japanese hymn book for famous Los Angeles Buddhist temple View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Japanese-Americans, Los Angeles)Headline1930s Japanese hymn book for famous Los Angeles Buddhist templeDate Publishedc.1930s Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next