HARDCOVER. Condition: Good. St. Martin's Press. HARDCOVER. 1987. 0312581351 :Second Edition. Slightly cocked spine. Lightly soiled boards. Foxed edges. From the personal collection of poet/publisher/photographer, Jonathan Williams (1929-2008) at Skywinding Farm, Scaly Mountain, North Carolina. Text in Mycenaen Greek. Notes/commentary in English. 432pp. . Good.
HARDCOVER. Condition: Good. St. Martin's Press. HARDCOVER. 1984. 031258170X :No dust jacket. Second edition. Slightly cocked spine. Foxed edges. Lightly soiled boards. From the personal collection of poet/publisher/photographer, Jonathan Williams (1929-2008) at Skywinding Farm, Scaly Mountain, North Carolina. Text in Greek. Notes and commentary in English. 453pp. . Good.
Language: English
Published by Konko Church of San Francisco, 1990
Seller: Sandhill Books, Spring Green, WI, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. second English edition. Gray illustrated covers, xii and 150 pages, 8.8 In. tall, bibliography and index, illustrated with maps and photographs. Originally published in Japanese as "Yokuryu Seikatsu Rokunen" in 1957. This English edition includes a commentary by Stanford M. Lyman, a sociologist of race relations. Inscribed by Lyman to Herbert Hill: "A momento of the lingering effects of wartime racism together with my commentary." Herbert Hill was for decades the labor director for the National Assosciation for the Advancement of Colored People. The author, a Japanese immigrant (issei) and bishop in the Konko Church, was confined in internment camps during World War II. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Konko Church of San Francisco, San Francisco, 1990
Paperback. xii, 150p., wraps, old price sticker on rear wrap, else very good condition. Second English edition. Originally published in Japanese as Yokuruyu Seikatsu Rokunen in 1957. Illustrated with maps, archival documents, and b&w photographs. Fukuda was born in Japan and immigrated to San Francisco where he founded the Konko-kyo Church. During World War II, he was one of the first Japanese men to be arrested due to his classification as a Group A prisoner. He was sent to Lordsburg, NM and was present during the infamous murders of two elderly internees. Eventually he was sent to Crystal City, and served as an interpreter for Peruvian-Japanese internees.