Sangai no Mado Kara [From the Third Floor Window]
by [Japanese Americana]. Oka, Morito
- Used
- Condition
- About very good.
- Seller
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Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo, 1929. About very good.. 249pp. Original drab printed wrappers. Spine lightly toned and chipped, light soiling and wear to covers. Inscribed on title page, contemporary ink notation on rear endpapers. First edition. A collection of essays originally published in the Japanese American News; the author worked for the Los Angeles branch of the newspaper. The essays, most quite short and some comprised of just a few lines of poetry, offer observations on Japanese-American life and culture. Content is personal commentary rather than journalistic reporting, but does include one poem about smuggling people over the U.S.-Mexico border (p.65). Others address the second generation Nisei. We note that the author's name is transliterated differently in several places and is, quite possibly, a pseudonym. The present copy is inscribed on the title page, possibly by the author. We note two copies in OCLC at the National Diet Library and Waseda University.
JANM Bibliography, 216. A Buried Past, 677.
JANM Bibliography, 216. A Buried Past, 677.
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Details
- Bookseller
- McBride Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3931
- Title
- Sangai no Mado Kara [From the Third Floor Window]
- Author
- [Japanese Americana]. Oka, Morito
- Book Condition
- Used - About very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1929
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McBride Rare Books
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