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Previous|1|Next Lot #288 1836 American China Trade merchant’s legal manuscript View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(1836 American China Trade merchant’s legal manuscript)AuthorWhitman, John C., et. al.Headline1836 American China Trade merchant’s legal manuscriptDate PublishedMarch, 1836 Lot #289 "What They Eat in China", 1870 New York newspaper report View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Cookery - China)AuthorEusebius (Pseudonym of Samuel I. Prime)HeadlineNew York Observer Chinese foodDate PublishedMay 19, 1870 Lot #290 "Plain Language from Truthful James," appearing in Overland Monthly Volume V, 1870 - first appearance of Bret Harte’s “Heathen Chinee” View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(1870 First appearance of Bret Harte’s “Heathen Chinee”, Overland)AuthorHarte, BretHeadline1870 First appearance of Bret Harte’s “Heathen Chinee”PublisherJohn H. Carmany & CompanyDate Published1870 Lot #291 Two Autograph Letters Signed - 1871 Chinese Coolies replace Negro ex-slaves on New Orleans plantation View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(1871 Chinese Coolies replace Negro ex-slaves on New Orleans plantation)AuthorMontgomery, Hugh W.Headline1871 Chinese Coolies replace Negro ex-slavesDate PublishedMarch 13 and 14, 1871 Lot #292 Death of a Chinese Coolie in Cuba, 1872 Letter View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - 1872 Death of a Chinese Coolie)AuthorBaranda, ManuelHeadline1872 Death of a Chinese Coolie in Cuba ALsDate PublishedNovember 19, 1872 Lot #293 The Invalidity of the “Queue Ordinance” of The City And County of San Francisco: Opinion of The Circuit Court of The United States…in Ho Ah Kow Vs. Matthew Nunan View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(1879 Landmark Court decision invalidating San Francisco anti-Chinese “Queue Ordinance”)AuthorField, Stephen J. [US Supreme Court Justice]Headline1879 San Francisco anti-Chinese “Queue Ordinance”PublisherJ.L. Rice & Co.Date Published1879 Lot #294 Two Racist Trade Cards: California Hotel (“No Chinese employed”) and stereotypic Chinese laundryman View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(1880s Anti-Chinese Trade Cards)HeadlineTwo 1880s trade cards with racist depictions of ChineseDate Published1880s Lot #295 English and Chinese Reader View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(1882 English Reader for California Chinese immigrants)AuthorCondit, Rev. I.M.Headline1882 English Reader for California Chinese immigrantsPublisherAmerican Tract SocietyDate Published[1882] Lot #296 “Chinese Games With Dice And Dominoes” - first US study of Chinese Games to the Ma-Jong craze of 1920s View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(1893-1924 1st US study of Chinese Games to the Ma-Jong craze of 1920s)AuthorCulin, StewartHeadline1st US study of Chinese Games to the Ma-JongDate Published[1893] Lot #297 1896 Texas cabinet card photograph of a Caucasian man and woman, dressed in Japanese costume - "Collecting for Suffering Japanese" View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(Japan)Headline1896 Texas photograph "Collecting for Suffering Japanese"Date Published1896 Lot #298 "Sweet Sin, A Story" - in The Land of Sunshine, The Magazine of California and the West, Vol. VIII, No. 5, April 1898 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(1898 First Chinatown Fiction by a Chinese-American author)AuthorSui Sin Far (pseud. Edith Eaton)Headline1898 First Chinatown Fiction by a Chinese-American authorDate PublishedApril 1898 Lot #299 2 early booklets on American export to China of the medicinal herb Ginseng View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(Drugs and Narcotics - 1898-1901, Ginseng)AuthorNash, George V.; revised and extended by Maurice G. KainsHeadlineGinseng, China, herbs, medicine, agriculturePublisherUS Department of AgricultureDate Published1898 Lot #300 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 #301 Stereoview Photograph, Chinese Cannery Workers in Astoria, Oregon 1904 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(1904 Chinese Cannery Workers in Astoria, Oregon)Headline1904 Photograph, Chinese Cannery Workers in Astoria, OregonPublisherKeystone View Co.Date Publishedc.1904 Lot #302 Report by W.L. Mackenzie King, Deputy Minister of Labour / Commissioner appointed to investigate into the losses sustained by the Japanese population of Vancouver, B.C. on the occasion of the riots in that city in September 1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(1908 Riots against Chinese and Japanese in Vancouver, Canada)AuthorKing, W.L. MackenzieHeadline1908 Riots against Chinese in VancouverPublisherS.E. DawsonDate Published1908 Lot #303 The Coming Conflict of Nations or The Japanese-American War. A Narrative View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(1909 Rare Fantasy Novel About Japanese Conquest Of Hawaii And California, First Ed., Inscribed)AuthorFitzpatrick, Ernest HughHeadline1909 Rare Fantasy Novel About Japanese ConquestPublisherH.W. RokkerDate Published[1909] Lot #304 1912 Three pictorial postcards of Chinese restaurants in Chicago View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(1912 Three pictorial postcards of Chinese restaurants in Chicago)Headline3 postcards of Chinese restaurants in Chicago 1912Date Published1912 Lot #305 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 #307 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 #308 Chinese Herbal Science / [How to Get Well and Keep Well] / Its Principles and Methods / Comprising Biographical Sketch of its leading practitioner, its Treatment of various prevalent diseases / Useful information on matters of diet, exercise and hygiene / A Guide to Health View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(1920 Chinese Herbal Science, Los Angeles, possibly the only surviving copy)AuthorT. Leung Herb Co.HeadlineRare 1920 Chinese Herbal Science, Los AngelesPublisherT. Leung Herb Co.Date Published1920 Lot #309 Jazzy, Jazzy Sound in All Chinatown - sheet music by Louis F. Borromeo View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(1920 Music: Filipino pianist’s Jazzy, Jazzy Sound in All Chinatown)AuthorBorromeo, Louis F. and Al Hether, musicHeadline2 sheet music from Chinatown 1920sDate Published[c.1920] Lot #310 1920s Framed embroidery: US friendship with Chinese Republic View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(1920s Framed embroidery: US friendship with Chinese Republic)Headline1920s Framed embroidery: US friendship with Chinese RepublicDate Published1920s Lot #311 Archive of business records of Isabelle May Lee and Leo Chan [Yai Sing] Lee, May’s Photo Studio, San Francisco - famed San Francisco Chinatown Photographers View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(1923-51 Archive of famed San Francisco Chinatown Photographers)Headline1923-51 Archive of famed San Francisco Chinatown PhotographersDate Published1923-1951 Lot #312 Printed Letter Signed from 1924 San Francisco oriental rug dealer in civil war-wracked China View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(China)AuthorMeyer, Victorien M.Headline1924 San Francisco oriental rug dealer in civil war-wracked ChinaDate PublishedOctober 20, 1924 Lot #313 Japanese Immigration Legislation: Hearings Before the Committee on Immigration. United States Senate, Sixty-Eighth Congress, First Session on S. 2576 - A Bill to Limit the Immigration of Aliens into the United States View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(1924 US Senate hearings on banning Japanese Immigration)AuthorU.S. Senate Committee on ImmigrationHeadline1924 US Senate hearings on banning Japanese ImmigrationPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1924 Lot #314 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 #315 My Mother India - 1930 First Indian-American California Congressman Defends Gandhi View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold 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 #316 Renju - early American version of Japanese Game "Go" View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Japanese-American Game)AuthorSlomann, AageHeadlineRenju Japanese game "Go"PublisherMilton BradleyDate Published[1931] Lot #317 Practical and Profitable Chinese Recipes View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Heading(1925-33 Four booklets of Chinese recipes)AuthorHawcock, EmoryHeadline1933 Practical and Profitable Chinese Recipes 4 cookbooksPublisherJ.O. DahlDate Published1933 Lot #318 China Nite Souvenir Program and Directory, August 6th-7th, Los Angeles, California - Entire Proceeds for Civilian Relief in China View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(1938 China Nite in Los Angeles for civilian relief in China)HeadlineChina Nite relief benefit in Los Angeles 1938Date Published1938 Lot #319 1938 Inscribed Photos, First Chinese-American Movie Star and first San Francisco Chinatown film actor View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(1938 Inscribed Photos, First Chinese-American Movie Star and first San Francisco Chinatown film actor)Headline1938 Chinese-American Movie Star inscribed photoDate Published1937-1949 Lot #320 3 Chinese restaurant menus, Boston, San Francisco and Syracuse View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(1940 three Chinese restaurant menus, Boston, San Francisco and Syracuse)Headline3 menus from Chinese restaurants Boston, SF, Syracuse 1940sDate Publishedc.1940 Lot #321 Army photograph of Nisei soldiers in training at Camp Robinson, Arkansas after Pearl Harbor 1942 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(1941 Photograph, Nisei soldiers at Army camp in Arkansas before Pearl Harbor)Headline1942 Army photograph of Nisei soldiersDate Published1942 Lot #322 “Democracy Begins at Home – II” in Common Ground (periodical) - 1943 Uncommon wartime criticism of Japanese Internment Camps View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(1943 Opposing Japanese-American Internment)AuthorShimano, Eddie, et. al.Headline1943 Uncommon wartime criticism of Japanese Internment CampsDate PublishedSummer, 1943 Lot #324 Wo Fat Limited, The Oldest Chop Sui House in Hawaii - Chinese Hawaiian Recipe booklet View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(1943 Scarce Chinese Hawaiian Recipe booklet - and a famous TV villain)HeadlineWo Fat Limited Oldest Chop Sui House in Hawaii 1943Date Publishedc.1943 Lot #325 Born Free and Equal View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(1944 Born Free and Equal, 1st Edition of Ansel Adams’ photographic classic of the Manzanar internment camp)AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineBorn Free & Equal by Ansel Adams 1st edition 1944PublisherU.S. CameraDate Published1944 Lot #326 1944-45, 6 World War II letters of a Chinese-American Army Air Force technician View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Chinese-Americans, World War II) 1944-45 World War II letters of a Chinese-American Army Air Force technician)AuthorWong, Pvt. Si GongHeadline7 WWII letters of a Chinese-American Army Air Force technicianDate Published1944-1945 Lot #327 The Case for the Nisei: Brief of the Japanese American Citizens League View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(1945 Japanese-Americans challenge wartime Internment in US Supreme Court)HeadlineJapanese-Americans challenge wartime Internment 1945Date Published[1945] Lot #328 1945 Last High School Graduation, Tule Lake Internment Camp, California; and 1941 Japanese-American high school students in Los Angeles before Pearl Harbor View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(1945 Last High School Graduation, Tule Lake Internment Camp, California; and 1941 Japanese-American high school students in Los Angeles before Pearl Harbor)HeadlineYearbooks from Japanese internment camps WWIIDate Published1941-1945 Lot #329 35th and State: Reflections on the History of Jazz - inscribed on front wrapper by Hayakawa View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(1945 S.I. Hayakawa on Chicago Jazz History, Inscribed)AuthorHayakawa, Dr. S.I.Headline1945 S.I. Hayakawa on Chicago Jazz History, InscribedDate Published[c.1945] Lot #330 Wartime Exile, The Exclusion of the Japanese Americans from the West Coast View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(1946 Wartime Exile, Exclusion Of The Japanese Americans From The West Coast)AuthorU.S. Department of the Interior. War Relocation AuthorityHeadline1946 Exclusion Of The Japanese Americans From The West CoastDate Published1946 Lot #332 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 #333 The Utah Nippo, Japanese-American Address and Telephone Directory, 1954 New Year's Eve Edition View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(1954 Utah Japanese-American Telephone Directory)Headline1954 Utah Japanese-American Telephone DirectoryDate Published1954 Lot #334 Typed Letter Signed - 1973 First Chinese-American Composer View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Heading(Music)AuthorLee, Dai-KeongHeadlineTLs from First Chinese-American ComposerDate PublishedMarch 7, 1973 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next