Odo, Franklin and Kazuko Sinoto
Trade paperback, Oblong octavo, 8.25 in. x 10.75 in., pp. 229. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Pictorial covers of a painting of workers on a sugar plantation, with title in gold to front and spine. Light rubbing to edges. Touch of thumbing to corners. One hundred years ago, on 8 February 1885, the first group of 944 government-sponsored contract laborers from Japan arrived in Hawaii aboard the City of Tokio. Primarily through photographs, this volume shows how the Japanese immigrants met the demand for laborers on the Hawaiian sugar plantations, a need that could not be met by the declining Hawaiian population, and how their labor built much of the sugar economy upon which agribusiness in Hawaii is based. The book emphasizes the period from the 1885 arrival to 1924, when the United States prohibited Japanese immigration. (from the Introduction).
Blue leather clasp "Five Year Diary" measuring 5 1/2 in. x 4 1/4 in.) with decorative gilt border and a brass, spring-loaded button clasp to front board, with a strap-and-twin hook catch affixed to rear pastedown. The diarist's name, one Alfred E. Guhr, is engraved in gilt to bottom of front board. Alfred E. Guhr apparently lived in the Vancouver, Washington area, or just outside. The diary is dated through 1936 and 1937, with multiple entries filled in for the same date, on the same page, in one or both years. The year is usually specified, as is the day of the entry. Mr. Guhr was born in 1916 and was 20 and 21 when he kept this diary. He apparently lived at home, but only occasionally mentioned his parents, though it seemed he enjoyed a good relationship with both. There were relatives living near Tacoma -- The Henkes) The many entries are usually 2 to 4 lines each in neat ink script. The family was probably middle-class. What may be gleaned from the entries about Alfred Guhr are these apparent facts: He REALLY wanted to save up for a car and could deprive himself of nearly every discretionary entertainment to save up for a car and the freedom it represented -- except movies, which he seemed to regularly attend, either in Vancouver at the Castle Theater, or else in Portland at the Mayfair or other theaters; He was quiet and had a few friends, but mostly liked just to take pictures, build his scrapbook of photos,etc., or write letters. He attended Church, sang in the Choir, and participated in something called "The Institute" which may have been church-related. He has a job working in a retail store and doesn't much like it, and really wants to get hired by the post office where he has applied and occasionally called in for work, Christmas Rush, etc. Alfred likes a few girls, but one named Evelyn, the best. He appears to be a quiet, church-attending, movie-loving young man who has a strong sense of ethics, keeps apprised of (and comments upon in his diary about )world and current events -- one senses that the concept and reality of war really bother him. It turns out that when World War Ii began he was either drafted or enlisted, and just four years later -- in 1945 - Alfred E. Guhr was killed in a non-battle crisis while in the military. Partial List of Movies Diarist Attended: Earthworm Tractor (twice) The King and The Chorus Girl Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Gary Cooper) Artists and Models (Jack Benny) Champagne Waltz" (Fred McMurray and Gladys Swarthout.) Wings Over Honolulu When Love Was Young Lost Horizon The Big Broadcast The Case of The Stuttering Bishop China Clipper (Pat O'Brian) Madame X Blonde Trouble ("It was so-so" wrote the diarist) Pigskin Parade ("with no outstanding players"). Several excerpts: Excerpts: 9/28/37 "President Roosevelt went thro Vancouver this afternoon. It sure was a thrilling sight." 1937. "I could cry! The place where I applied for a job is going to get a man who applied before I did. Woe is me!" "Feb. 20, 1938: "Sunday. I sure got a thrill this evening. Joyce W. and I held hands in church while they showed motion pictures. I didn't think she would let me do it at all." March 11, 1938. Chancellor Hitler of Germany, today made Austria a part of the German Empire. There was no bloodshed." March 11, 1937. It makes me mad to think that the folks object to Evelyn, just because she's Catholic. She's a nice girl and I like her. I'm not thro' yet ! " June 23. Bought a Safe Deposit Box in Bank. Heard some scandal about Mrs. Hills our chaperone at Institute last year. I sure was angry. "October 19, 1936. Monday. "Had planned on going to Halloween Party on 31 of month, but changed my mind, as it is a masquerade." "Saturday, Halloween Day. Did not go to party; nor do any pranks because I don't believe in playing pranks. Do not like masquerade parties.".
Full brown panel calf, (13 1/4 in. x 8 3/4 in.)with inner panels bordered in blind, and leading edge in gilt roll. Rebacked in smooth calf, with five raised bands (six compartments), and two contrasting spine labels of burgundy lettered in gilt (one the title ("History of Ethiopia") and the second erroneously labeled (as-if author) "Prester/John." Publication date blind-stamped to bottom compartment. Considerable scuffing to both boards, and rubbing to extremities but (now) quite sturdily bound. Replacement (with rebacking, we presume) endpapers, front and rear. Textblock lightly age-tanned but pages clear, large readable type, wide margins, and the thick, laid paper, quite supple.[38], 88 pp, 151-370pp, 375-398. Eight foldouts, seven of which are illustrationsOne single-page copper plate illustration. A single page chart of the Ethiopic language and a foldout "Genealogic Table of The Kings of Habessinia Missing large folding map, quite often the case with this title. Pagination is occasionally irregular, text divided into four books and complete. Wherein are contained: I. An account of the Nature, Quality and Condition of the Country, and Inhabitants; their Mountains, Metals and Minerals; their Rivers (particularly of the source. of the Nile and Niger;) their Birds, Beasts, Amphibious Animals (as the River Horse and Crocodile;) Serpents, &c. II. Their Political Government; the Genealogy and Succession of their Kings; a Description of their Court, and Camp; their Power and Military Discipline; their Courts of Justice, &c. III. Their Ecclesiastical Affairs; their Conversion to the Christian Religion, and the Propagation thereof, their Sacred Writings, their Sacraments, Rites, Ceremonies, and Church Discipline; the decrease of the Romish Religion, their Contentions with the Jesuits, their Separation from the Greek Church, etc. IV. Their private Oeconomy, their Books and Learning; their common Names, their Diet, Marriages, and Polygamies; their Mechanick Arts and Trades; their Burials, their Merchandize and Commerce, &c.
Rogers, Lou
Octavo, 8.5 in. x 6.75 in., pp. xxi, [3], 190. Illustrated with color frontispiece and dozens of bl;ack and white drawings. Umber cloth covers with black beaver design and title to front and to spine. Light rubbing to extremities; bottom corners nudged. Bump to fore-edge. Illustrated endpapers. Unmarked interior. Annie Lucasta "Lou" Rogers (1879 1952) was a cartoonist, illustrator, writer, storyteller, public speaker, radio host, and political activist. In the atmosphere of Greenwich Village, Rogers was attracted to the woman suffrage movement and to socialism, perceiving both movements as worthy causes to be promoted through her cartoons. Today her reputation is largely as a cartoonist for woman suffrage. She was passionate in her beliefs and prolific in her output, as her work began appearing in the New York Call, Judge, and the Woman's Journal, a propaganda newspaper for the National American Woman Suffrage Association. The 1920s was a decade of productivity for Rogers. She contracted with the Ladies Home Journal to produce a series of children's stories in rhyme about imaginary little people called "Gimmicks." The success of the Gimmicks persuaded Rogers to try her hand at children's books. Her first children's book, The Rise of the Red Alders, was published by Harper and Brothers in 1928 (Wikipedia).
Paperback journals, 9 in. x 6 in. Illustrated with photographs. Fifty-nine unique issues, dated 1951-2015, of the U.S.'s premiere mountain climbing journal. Includes issues 25 to 89 plus the Index Edition (1929-1976), excluding seven issues: 29, 37, 47, 54, 55, 68, and 79. Earlier issues (through 1985) have a few bent corners and spine creases and an occasional inscription or pencil mark, but overall in Good Plus to Very Good condition. Pen marks to cover of index. Later issues Very Good (with a couple creased corners) to Near Fine. All spines and hinges tight. Issues #39-46 have dustjackets in Good to Very Good condition; several have short closed tears to edges. Three duplicate issues (#27, 35, 73). Extra heavy item requires two shipping boxes. Additional postage required for overseas shipment.
Bishop, Elizabeth
Octavo, 8.75 in. x 6.25 in., pp. 95. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Ex-library. Three inch scotch tape and tape stains to top and bottom of both boards. Remnants of library card to front free endpaper. Tape stains to front and rear free endpapers. Very light rubbing to dustjacket edges. Protected in mylar. Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979) was an American poet known for her polished, witty, descriptive verse. Her short stories and her poetry first were published in The New Yorker and other magazines. Ernie Hilbert wrote: "Bishop's poetics is one distinguished by tranquil observation, craft-like accuracy, care for the small things of the world, a miniaturist's discretion and attention. Unlike the pert and wooly poetry that came to dominate American literature by the second half of her life, her poems are balanced like Alexander Calder mobiles, turning so subtly as to seem almost still at first, every element, every weight of meaning and song, poised flawlessly against the next." (Poetry FOundation).
Octavo, 8.25 in. x 5.3 in., pp. 56. Illustrated with drawings by the author. Off-white designer paper covers with gray title and harp-player design to front and gray title to spine. Tan paper dustjacket with dark brown title and horse to front and dark brown title to spine. Vdry light rubbing to dustjacket edges. Protected in mylar. Author and artist Juanita Casey was born in England in 1925, and shortly thereafter adopted by Gerald Haw Taunton Barlow and Mary Bischoff Barlow. She spent much of her childhood with her uncle, A. Walter Barlow, and with the Romani circus troupe who overwintered at his farm, both of whom introduced her to her Romani and Traveller heritage. She married three times, and had one child with each husband. She moved frequently, and lived on a ship moored in Cornwall, a caravan in England's New Forest, a chalet and caravans in Counties Meath and Kerry in Ireland, and various houses and caravans in Okehampton, Devon, England. Her early career focused on visual art, primarily of horses. While living in Ireland in the 1960s, her focus was on creative writing, notably the novel The horse of Selene (Dolmen Press, 1971). Casey also trained and bred horses and zebras. She died in 2012. (from Boston College Library).
Lockley, Fred
Quartos. 10 5/8 in. X 7 5/8 in. Dark green cloth boards with frame stamped in blind to front and back. Gilt lettering. and four raised bands, to spines. Marbled Edges and Endpapers. 3040 pages in all. More than 150 illustrations. Volume I: 1105 pp; Volume II: 941 pp; Volume III: 994 pp. Light shelfwear to edges and corners. History of Oregon and surrounding territory, both deep and anecdotal, with an plenty of coverage of Oregon's makers, their visions, their successes and setbacks, what they built, what fell away, what lasted and abided. A lovely set -- handsome, tight, presentable, gift-ready. ".I It would take a dozen volumes to adequately portray the romance, the adventure and the historical events of this region.I have quoted at considerable length, from innumerable pioneers who have given me the little sidelights of history, not usually found in more formal historical works.You will find mistakes, though I have tried to guard against them. You will find omissions, many of which are due to limitations of space. You will find here much unrecorded history -- the narratives of the pioneers of Oregon --the makers of Oregon's history "Fred Lockley (March 19, 1871 October 15, 1958) was an American journalist best known for his editorial column for the Oregon Journal, "Impressions and Observations of a Journal Man", which appeared throughout the Western United States on a nearly daily basis. Lockley also authored many books which, like his articles, were largely about his travels and interviews with early settlers in the Willamette Valley. It was said that he interviewed 'bullwhackers, muleskinners, pioneers, prospectors, 49ers, Indian fighters, trappers, ex-barkeepers, authors, preachers, poets and near-poets'. He also interviewed Thomas Edison, Booker T. Washington, Ezra Meeker, Woodrow Wilson, Count Tolstoy, General Hugh Scott, Harry Houdini Jack London, and Chief Joseph. (Wiki).
