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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 were located on the East Coast, as opposed to the heavily agricultural economies of Japanese-American communities in California and the surrounding states. The yearbook/almanac-style section covers the history of US-Japan relations, including the Gentlemen's Agreement, an explanation of the US Constitution, a summary of the Pure Food Law, copyright, banking, and all manner of government forms and permits. The Who's Who section provides profiles (in Japanese) of many if not all of the business men and government representatives listed in the accompanying short English-language directory. The end of the… Read More

New York: (n.p.), 1872. On November 5, 1872, 440,738 New Yorkers went into the voting booth to express a preference for Ulysses S. Grant over Horace Greeley. Under the American political system they were technically selecting voters in the Electoral College, including Frederick Douglass and thirty-four other men on the Republican party slate. This is a very rare printed ticket listing the electors. The sheet is just 2-7/8 by 3-1/2 inches, and few (if any) other copies survive. Douglass was honored by his selection to the college and of having his name first on the list. This was a recognition of the importance of the Black vote to the Republicans in a narrowly divided country. After the New York electors voted for Grant, they selected Douglass to present the results to the Senate for the official tally of votes. Douglass writes about this in his 1881 autobiography: "The Republicans of [New York], not having the fear of popular prejudice before their eyes, placed my name as an elector at large at… Read More

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 111 pages. Three stories: The Black Clams, Mr. Flood's Party and the title story, that first appeared in the New Yorker. First edition (first printing). A very good copy with a bit of wear at the spine ends, in an unclipped dust jacket with faded red lettering on spine and several short closed tears at the edges, else very good.