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The Governor's Manion of Texas
de Daniel, Jean Houston Baldwin (Mrs. PrA
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- First Edition
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- 1960
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- Pamphlet
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Waco, TX: (the author?), 1960. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. A speech delivered before the Open Forum, Austin, Texas, March 8, 1960.
14 pages. Reproduced from typescript. One of 200 signed and numbered copies. First edition (first printing). A very good copy (spine fold wearing). This is copy 53 of 200 signed by Daniel. Precio
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Iroquois County History
de Miller, Mary J. and Lorraine Schriefer (co-chairmen)
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- Usado - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1985
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Watseka, IL: Iroquois County Historical Society, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 663 pages. Profusely illustrated. With several hundred biographical sketches of residents of this Illinois county.
9-1/2 by 12-1/4 inches. First edition. A very good copy; gift inscription to a previous owner. Precio
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Seven Valleys Regional History, 1872-1982 [Settling the Seven Valleys]
de Smith, Lorraine (editor)
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- Usado - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1982
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Callaway, NE: Loup Valley Queen, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Covers the development of the South Loup, Shorthorn Ranch on Sand Creek; Callaway, hub of the Seven Valleys; South Loup; Upper Loup; Southwest Custer County; and Cottonwoods, Lodi, and Redfern.
A substantial history of the Nebraska region, with biographies of residents, and many halftone reproductions… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Flautt Family in America (Including Those Flautts Who Changed Their Name to Floyd)
de Schwartz, Mrs. Frank Stough and Harry D. Bowman
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- 1973
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Hagerstown, MD: Dixie Press, 1973. Hardcover. Very good. A genealogy plus the First Supplement, an index to the main text and the supplement, and an addenda with updates to 1972.
[10], 253, [44 - photos], [2], 210, [2], 32, vii, [3], 6 pages. Shelfwear to covers; generally a very good, clean hardcover copy. Precio
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Tenth Annual Report of the Glasgow Emancipation Society...
de Glasgow Emancipation Society
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- First Edition
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- 1844
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- Pamphlet
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 335.52
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Glasgow: David Russell, 1844. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. Reports on the business and activities of the Glasgow Emancipation Society and provides the text of remarks given by various speakers at the annual meeting. The Society aimed to abolish slavery worldwide.
47, [1] pages. Uncommon. Spine perished, else very good in the original string-bound printed wrappers. Pages… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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[America Sideways: Cartoon Ramblings] Amerika no yokoppara: Manga mandan
de Shishido, Sako (Sagyo)
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- Usado - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1929
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Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. An illustrated collection of comical adventures in the United States written and drawn by one of the key figures in the development of modern-day manga, Shishido Sako. Shishido's Supido Taro is widely cited as the first manga to incorporate storytelling techniques from American films, and it was one of the… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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[Guide to Current Jobs in North America] Saikin katsudo hokubei jigyo annai
de Kawamura, Tetsutaro
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- Usado - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1906
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- Trade paperback
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Tokyo: Hakubunkan, 1906. First Edition. Trade paperback. Good. A scarce and interesting look at a Japanese laborer's view of the possibilities of working in America at the height of Japanese immigration to this country.
"Based on the author's 4-year personal experience in America, this book presents facts on labor conditions and wages by skilled versus unskilled, urban… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Five Cyanotypes Views of Lake Worth and the Royal Poinciana Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, 1895
de [Florida]
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- 1895
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1895. Five views of Lake Worth Beach and Palm Beach in 1895.
The images are:
1) Ferry at Lake Worth with the Royal Poinciana Hotel in the distance. Captioned in the negative, "L.W.B. 9.14.95";
2) Lake Worth with the Royal Poinciana Hotel in the distance. Captioned in the negative, "L.W.B. 9.24.95";
3) View of Lake Worth with… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Under-ground Railroad
de Mitchell, W. M. [William]
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- 1860
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London: William Tweedie, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. The first book on the Underground Railroad, published only in England while the fabled escape route for enslaved Americans was still active. William Mitchell was the son of an enslaved man and a Native American woman in North Carolina. According to the introduction by W. H. Bonner, a British abolitionist who encouraged… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Japanese-American Commercial Year Book / Nichibei taisei nenkan: 1914
de Nichibei Shuho
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- Usado - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1914
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New York: Japanese-American Commercial Weekly / Nichibei Shuhosha, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The first and only yearbook/almanac issued by the Japanese-American Commercial Weekly (Nichibei Shuho, later Nichibei Jiho). While similar in format to the yearbooks and directories published at the time on the West Coast, this book is much more focused on the import-export businesses that… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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[America Sideways: Cartoon Ramblings] Amerika no yokoppara: Manga mandan
de Shishido, Sako (Sagyo)
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- Usado - Very good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1929
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Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. An illustrated collection of comical adventures in the United States written and drawn by one of the key figures in the development of modern-day manga, Shishido Sako. Shishido's Supido Taro is widely cited as the first manga to incorporate storytelling techniques from American films, and it was one of the… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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S.O.S no Amerika
de Kimura, Ki (Takeshi)
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- Usado - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1932
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Tokyo: Chikura Shobo, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A Japanese literary critic and novelist comments on American life based on a year-long tour of the country, visiting Japanese American communities during the Great Depression.
Kimura and two friends pooled their money and bought a Ford, ultimately putting 15,000 miles on the odometer before selling it… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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[The Enactment of the 1924 Immigration Act and the Course of Japanese-American Negotiations (with the supplement) Official Documents and Related English Sources] Senkyuhyakunijuyonen Beikoku iminho seitei oyobi kore ni kansuru Nichi-Bei kosho keika [with] .... kobunsho Eibun fuzokusho
de [Ministry of Foreign Affairs ] Gaimushu
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- Usado - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1924
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EUR 950.64
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Tokyo: Gaimushu (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), 1924. First Edition. Trade paperback. Good. A Japanese Foreign Ministry publication which compiles into one volume the communications between the Foreign Ministry and the Japanese Embassy on the 1924 Immigration Act and other proposed discriminatory legislation. Also contains Japanese translations of English materials relating to the Act and other proposed legislation and… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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[A Modern Decameron] Modan Dekameron
de Tani, Joji [pseudonym of Hasegawa Kaitaro]
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- Usado - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1929
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Tokyo: Kaizosha, 1929. First Edition. Very good. A sequel to Tekisasu mushuku ta sanjuichi pen [Hoboing in Texas and Thirty-one Other Stories] modeled after The Decameron.
Hasegawa "spins stories about people's lives in an urban space, although the time and place are no longer the medieval Rome of the Decameron but twentieth-century New York. The main… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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[A Student's Guide to America] Gakusei tobei annai
de Katayama, Sen
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- Usado - Near fine
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- 1901
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 1,398.00
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Tokyo: Rodo Shinbunsha, 1901. Trade paperback. Near fine. The third printing (same year as the first) of this very scarce guide to emigration to the United States.
"A brief guide to America primarily for students and laborers. The author describes his own 13-year experience in America as a student and laborer from 1884 to 1896. Also reprints… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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[Breathing in America During Wartime] Senjika amerika ni kokyusuru
de Taguchi, Shuji
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- Usado - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1942
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 3,914.40
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Tokyo: Showatosho, 1942. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. In all likelihood, this is the first published book to describe the internment of the Japanese in the United States following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Taguchi (1905-1956), a Japanese documentary filmmaker and cinematographer, had been in the United States for several years making newsreels for American studios; he… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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[Guide to Current Jobs in North America] Saikin katsudo hokubei jigyo annai
de Kawamura, Tetsutaro
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- Usado - Very good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very good
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 1906
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- Trade paperback
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Tokyo: Hakubunkan, 1906. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good/Very good. A scarce and interesting look at a Japanese laborer's view of the possibilities of working in America at the height of Japanese immigration to this country.
"Based on the author's 4-year personal experience in America, this book presents facts on labor conditions and wages by skilled versus… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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[Illustrated Journey Around the World] Eiri sekai shuyu-ki
de Gulick, O. H. [Orramel Hinckley]
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- First Edition
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- 1883
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EUR 447.36
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Kobe, Japan: Beikoku Haken Denkyoshi Jimukyoku [American Board of Missionaries], 1883. First Edition. Good. A Christian missionary provides an illustrated travelog of the Holy Land, Europe, and the United States for Japanese audiences.
Gulick, born in Hawaii (1830-1923), was stationed in Japan from 1870 to 1892. In the early 1880s, he made an extended tour of… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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De jure regni apud scotos. Or, A Dialogue, Concerning the Due Privilege of Government, in the Kingdom of Scotland, Betwixt George Buchanan and Thomas Maitland, By the Said George Buchanan, and Translated Out of the Original Latin into English by Philalethes
de Buchanan, George
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- Usado - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1766
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Philadelphia: William Steuart, 1766. First Edition. Good. Bound with (as usual) The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women...To Which Is Added, The Contents of the Second Blast and a Letter...to the People of Edinburgh, Anno 1571 by John Knox.
The Oxford Dictionary of National (UK) Biography describes this book as "a dialogue… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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[Italian Texas: Three Scarce 19th Century Publications]
de [Telfener, Count Joseph]
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- Usado - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1881
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Torino [Turin], 1881. First Edition. Very good. 1) Il Texas e la colonizzazione italiana della sua costa [cover title: Il Texas: La ferrovia Nuova York-Texas-Messicano; la colonizzazione italiana della costa de Texas]. Torino: Tipografia Roux e Favale, 1881. 56 pages, 6-3/8 by 9-1/2 inches; with a large folding map of the coastline of Texas with the proposed rail… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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