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The Great Offensive: The Strategy of Coalition Warfare

The Great Offensive: The Strategy of Coalition Warfare

by Werner, Max; translated by Heinz and Ruth Norden

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1942
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New York: The Viking Press, 1942. Hardcover. vi, 360p., corners bumped, spine faded, boards lightly worn, else very good condition. No dust jacket. Paul A. Baran's copy, with his penned ownership signature and date on the free front endpaper. Mostly on the German-Soviet war.
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A Pepper-Pod: Classic Japanese Poems Together with Original Haiku

A Pepper-Pod: Classic Japanese Poems Together with Original Haiku

by Shōson (Kenneth Yasuda); foreword by John Gould Fletcher

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1947
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Hardcover. xl, 125p., previous owner's ownership stamp on both front endpapers, sticker shadow on free front endpaper, else very good condition in an unclipped dj with a sticker scar on the front flap.
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Rural Russia under the old regime; a history of the landlord-peasant world and a prologue to the Peasant Revolution of 1917

Rural Russia under the old regime; a history of the landlord-peasant world and a prologue to the Peasant Revolution of 1917

by Robinson, Geroid Tanquary

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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1949. ix, 342p., second printing, blue cloth boards; lacking dustjacket, else in very good condition. From the library of Marxist economist Paul A. Baran with his signature penned on the front free endpaper.
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The Vital Center: The Politics of Freedom

The Vital Center: The Politics of Freedom

by Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr.

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1949
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Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1949. Hardcover. x, 274p., very good condition. No dj. Paul A. Baran's copy, with his ownership signature and date on free front endpaper and pencil underlining throughout.
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Myths and facts about the Japanese Americans; answering common misconceptions regarding Americans of Japanese ancestry

Myths and facts about the Japanese Americans; answering common misconceptions regarding Americans of Japanese ancestry

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1945
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Washington DC: War Relocation Authority, 1945. Pamphlet. 45p. staplebound pamphlet, some toning along spine, faint pencil circle around "Japanese" on the cover. C-2275. A defense of Japanese Americans by the very agency that had interned them.
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These are our parents
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These are our parents

by Morimitsu, George

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1943
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n.p., 1943. Pamphlet. 10p. staplebound pamphlet, evenly toned, very good. C-0799. Reprint of an article from Asia and the Americas, October, 1943, in which Morimitsu, then stationed in Mississippi with the 442nd, discusses the Americanization of younger Japanese Americans and their cultural disconnect with members of older generations like his parents, who were in an internment camp at the… Read more about this item
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Denson Tribune. Vol. 1 no. 7 (March 23, 1943)

Denson Tribune. Vol. 1 no. 7 (March 23, 1943)

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1943
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Denson, Arkansas: War Relocation Authority, 1943. Newsletter. 6p. mimeographed internment camp newsletter, 8.5x14 inches, horizontal fold, some passages underlined or circled in pencil. Updates on camp life, including work programs, sports, and weddings, plus a comic strip by Roy Kawamoto.
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Relocation communities for wartime evacuees
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Relocation communities for wartime evacuees

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Washington DC: War Relocation Authority, 1942. Pamphlet. 13p. staplebound pamphlet, 8.5x11 inches, rust stains around the staples on front and back covers, a decent reference copy. Overview of the internment camps at an early stage.
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New Neighbors Among Us
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New Neighbors Among Us

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1944
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[Washington DC]: War Relocation Authority, 1944. Pamphlet. 13p. staplebound pamphlet, evenly toned, ownership signature ("Westley-Gibson") in the corner, otherwise very good. C-1523. Illustrated booklet putting a cheerful face on the resettlement of West Coast Japanese-Americans in other parts of the United States, such as Nebraska, Illinois, and New York.
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Man for himself; an inquiry into the psychology of ethics
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Man for himself; an inquiry into the psychology of ethics

by Fromm, Eric

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1947
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New York: Rinehart and Company, Inc, 1947. Hardcover. xiv, 254p., original blue cloth boards; board edges shelfworn and slightly, some minor soil on boards, lacking dust jacket, minor soil on fore-edge, else very good. From the library of Paul A. Baran with his signature penned on the front endpaper.
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A Libertarian Reader: Volume 3; Fighting for Freedom, 1937 to 1976

A Libertarian Reader: Volume 3; Fighting for Freedom, 1937 to 1976

by McKay, Iain, editor

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2023
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np: Active Distribution, 2023. Paperback. 467p., wraps, very good condition. Selections from Marie-Louise Berneri, Emma Goldman, Paul Mattick, Albert Meltzer, Anton Pannekoek, Daniel Guérin, Sam Dolgoff, Murray Bookchin, and others.
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American fighting men speak out

American fighting men speak out

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Berkeley: Committee on American Principles and Fair Play, 1944. 19p. staplebound pamphlet, ownership signature in corner of front cover, otherwise very good. Collection of letters from servicemen, some of them from Japanese Americans serving in the 100th or 442nd Infantry, the rest from non-Japanese soldiers demanding that the contributions of their compatriots be respected, lambasting racism against Japanese Americans.… Read more about this item
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Uprooted Americans in your community

Uprooted Americans in your community

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1945
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Washington DC: War Relocation Authority, 1945. Pamphlet. 14p. staplebound pamphlet, evenly toned, very good. C-2252. Foreword by D.S. Myer states, "In coming months public and private agencies in many States will be working with clients of a new type. The new clients are Americans of Japanese ancestry who were evacuated in 1942 from their home communities in the West… Read more about this item
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A rebel and parliamenterian; [sic] an analytical book on Bangladesh politics: past-present-future
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A rebel and parliamenterian; [sic] an analytical book on Bangladesh politics: past-present-future

by Rob, A. S. M. Abdur; S. M. Rahman, editor

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Khilgaon: Progoti Prokashani, 1989. stiff-wraps with a pasted dust jacket; slight tear on tail of spine, some minor wear along bottom edge, else very good. Misspelling only on front cover, signed and inscribed by the author to Paul Sweezy. "Mr. A S M Abdur Rob is the Leader of the Opposition in the current 4th Jatiyo Sangsad (National Parliament);… Read more about this item
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My Life Story by Rosemary Andrée including 35 photographic studies by Stephen Glass

My Life Story by Rosemary Andrée including 35 photographic studies by Stephen Glass

by Andrée, Rosemary, photos by Stephen Glass

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1941
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London: The Naturist, 1941. 68p., 5x8 inches, light wear to spine and covers else good magazine format booklet in pictorial wraps. Rose Wallis & James Thomas worked variety shows in Britain as Gaston & Andrée, adagio dancers. This is a very brief autobiography as an excuse to present nude photos of Andrée.
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Issei, Nisei, Kibei: Fortune Magazine reviews the program of the War Relocation Authority and the problems created by the evacuation from the West Coast of 110,000 people of Japanese descent

Issei, Nisei, Kibei: Fortune Magazine reviews the program of the War Relocation Authority and the problems created by the evacuation from the West Coast of 110,000 people of Japanese descent

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1944
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n.p., 1944. Pamphlet. 20p. staplebound pamphlet, evenly toned, very good. Originally published in Fortune magazine in April 1944, updated to October 1944. Publisher not stated, but in some sources it is attributed to the War Relocation Authority.
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A Twentieth Century Economic System

A Twentieth Century Economic System

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1941
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London: Williams, Lea, and Co., Ltd, 1941. Pamphlet. 60p., wraps. Bookplate of Hoover Library on inside front cover; withdrawn stamps on front and rear covers. Very Good. Anonymous tract discussing post-World War II global economics; describes role of the "neutral" countries, Lend-Lease Act, and free trade. Thought to have been written by William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill, an… Read more about this item
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How to help Japanese American student relocation

How to help Japanese American student relocation

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1943
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Philadelphia: National Japanese American Student Relocation Council, 1943. Pamphlet. 8p. brochure, very good. Outlines efforts to assist Japanese-American students whose university studies were interrupted by the mass evacuations on the West Coast, finding institutions in the interior, outside the evacuation zones, willing to accept these students as transfers.
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Relocation of Japanese-Americans
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Relocation of Japanese-Americans

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1943
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Washington DC: War Relocation Authority, 1943. Pamphlet. 11p. staplebound pamphlet, evenly toned, small rubberstamp on cover indicating that it was discarded as a duplicate from a library, otherwise minor handling wear. A description of the evacuation and internment of Japanese Americans from the west coast, viewed through rose-colored glasses. Photos show families posing together, scenes from the barracks, workers… Read more about this item
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The Social Framework of the American Economy: An Introduction to Economics

The Social Framework of the American Economy: An Introduction to Economics

by Hicks, J.R. and Albert Gailord Hart

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1946
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1946. Hardcover. xvi, 261p., tables, very good later printing. No dust jacket. Paul A. Baran's copy, with his ownership signature and date on the free front endpaper.
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