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No-No Boy
by Okada, John
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Rutland, VT & Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1957. First Edition. First edition, cloth issue. 308 pp. Bound in publisher's cream-colored paper-covered boards with gray cloth backstrip, spine stamped in blind, red, and black. Near Fine with light soiling to covers and lean to spine. Offsetting to endsheets and thin blank label to front paste down. In a Near Fine dust jacket with U.S. price intact, toned and lightly soiled. Rare.
The author's only book, perhaps the best-known account of Japanese internment in the US during WWII. Any man of Japanese descent who answered "no" to two key questions, "Are you willing to serve in the armed forces of the United States on combat duty wherever ordered?" and "Will you swear unqualified allegiance to the United States of America and faithfully defend the United States from any or all attack by foreign or domestic forces, and forswear any form of allegiance or obedience to the Japanese emperor, to any other foreign government, power or organization?" in a 1943 loyalty questionnaire was sent to the Tule Lake camp in California. A classic of Asian American literature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140943875
- Title
- No-No Boy
- Author
- Okada, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles E. Tuttle Company
- Place of Publication
- Rutland, VT & Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Japanese internment, novels, Asian American, Japan, concentration camp, camps, military, war, WWII, world war two, protest
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Soiled
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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