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[A Guide to Going to America] Beikoko toko annai
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[A Guide to Going to America] Beikoko toko annai

by Iijima, Eitaro

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Tokyo: Hakubunkan, 1903. A guide to America which provides general information as well as specific facts on the American educational system, matriculation requirements, and curricula, especially of colleges and universities. The appendix consists of a list of selected American colleges and universities."-A Buried Past, 113. The author may be Rippo Eitaro Iijima, a 1904 Master's graduate of the University of Southern California, who co-founded Rafu Shimpo, the Los Angeles Japanese Daily News, the largest Japanese American newspaper. A USC student named Iijima definitely started the newspaper with two other students in April 1903. He first name is variously given as Rippo or Eitaro, depending on the source. The 1904 Circular of Information for USC gives his name as Rippo Eitaro Iijima. The book includes a one-page introduction in English; a fold-out outline map of the United States showing state borders, eight halftone plates of universities, and nine pages of publisher's ads. [10], 3, [1], [8… Read More
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[A Guide to Self-Supporting, Independent Study in North America] Hokubei yugaku annai: Dokuritsu...
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[A Guide to Self-Supporting, Independent Study in North America] Hokubei yugaku annai: Dokuritsu jikyu

by Yoshimura, Daijiro (James D. Yoshimura)

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Osaka: Okashima Shoten, 1903. First Edition. Trade paperback. Good. A rare guide to coming to America published during the brief window during the first years of the 20th century when it was legal for Japanese citizens to emigrate to the United States, before the 1907 Gentlemen's Agreement made the process much more difficult. Still, this book reflects the tenor of the times. In the section on clearing immigration on arrival in the US, one of the role-play examples (in English) is "Q: Are you an anarchist or not? A. Not at all." (p. 98). "A guide to America for students which compliments [Seinen no to-Bei (America-bound Youth)] by the same author. Discusses passport procedures, the passage, arrival formalities and provides information on being a 'school boy', matriculation problems, and the American educational system"-A Buried Past, 132. The author of this book was the first ordained Japanese episcopal priest and the founder of the church's Japanese mission in San Francisco. Yoshimura was an… Read More
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Albany City and Linn County Directory 1905 (No. 1)
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Albany City and Linn County Directory 1905 (No. 1)

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Portland, OR: R. L. Polk & Co, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The first issue of an uncommon city directory for a small town south of Portland. It was published to coincide with the Lewis and Clark Exposition. "Comprising an alphabetically arranged list of business firms, private citizens and public institutions; classified list of all trades, professions and pursuits; an alphabetically arranged list of all taxpayers in Linn County; a miscellaneous directory of county and city officers, public and private schools, churches, secret and miscellaneous societies, etc., etc., etc."-title page. 262 pages. The corners are a bit worn, but generally very good or better.
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[America on the Cheap: Tales of the Pursuit of Prosperity] Hokubei musen toko: Risshi boken
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[America on the Cheap: Tales of the Pursuit of Prosperity] Hokubei musen toko: Risshi boken

by Tengai Kikaku [a nom de plume translating as "Returnee to the Heavenly Shores"]

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Tokyo: Daigakukan, 1906. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. A little known Meiji-era novel narrated by a young Japanese immigrant in the United States. The narrator seems to have come from the class of poor young people with knowledge of the modern world but little chance of advancement in tradition-bound Japan. He offers opinions and philosophical musings on life, making this a combination of travelog, immigration guide, and sardonic look at 20th century life. A sense of the writer's attitude can be found in his nom de plume, which translates to "returnee to the heavenly shores," although the character for heaven (天) can also mean imperial. From the tone of the book, the double entendre heavenly/imperial is offered sarcastically. For more on this and similar books, see "Meiji go hanki no tobei netsu: America no ryuukou" by Tachikawa Kenji (Shirin, Vol. 69, no. 3, May 1986). OCLC: 672445413 (National Diet Library). First edition. A very good or better copy but for a crack on the back… Read More
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American Citizens Arrested by Mexicans. Resolutions of the State of Kentucky in Relation to...

American Citizens Arrested by Mexicans. Resolutions of the State of Kentucky in Relation to Certain American Citizens Captured by a Military Force of Mexicans

by Morehead, C. S.

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[Washington, DC]: (n.p.), 1842. First Edition. Ephemera. Fine. The House of Representatives prints a petition to the US Congress by the state of Kentucky to make known any information about the detention of members of the Texan-Santa Fe expedition. "It appears from authentic information that citizens of the United States, with passports from their government, duly authenticated, in going from Texas to Santa Fe, with legitimate and peaceful intentions, offering no resistance, have been arrested by a military force of Mexicans, a portion put to death in the most perfidious manner, whilst others in manacles were... driven as beasts rather than human beings from the place of their capture to the City of Mexico." This resolution exaggerates the case, but it shows how blurred the lines were between the US and the Republic of Texas, which organized the venture in an attempt to control trading routes (in Mexican territory) to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The government later reported that they were aware of only… Read More
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American Japanese Relations in California [typescript]
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American Japanese Relations in California [typescript]

by Gulick, Sidney L.

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New York, 1917. Sidney Gulick, a Congregational minister, spent twenty-five years in Japan working for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. When he returned to the US, in 1913, he advocated for better US-Japanese relations and the end of discrimination against Japanese immigrants in America. He published several books and pamphlets on these subjects in the 1910s and 1920s. This two-page mimeographed typescript describes the favorable responses of American labor union officials (who strongly supported anti-Asian legislation) to US tours by Japanese government and parliamentary officials between 1914 and 1917. The typescript refers to a dinner hosted by George Shima, "popularly known as the Japanese 'Potato King'" (and the richest Japanese American immigrant) "which several representatives of organized labor... attended." The typescript also describes meetings between Japanese officials and Samuel Gompers, the president of the American Federation of Labor. Gulick, ever the… Read More
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Beef, Leather and Grass
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Beef, Leather and Grass

by Randolph, Edmund

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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. An exuberant first-hand accout of cattle ranching in Montana on the Crow Indian Reservation...In the 1940s and the 1950s Edmund Randolph spent twelve years as a partner in the Antler Ranch, one of the most important institutions in this still sparsely settled area, one of the greatest beef producers in the United States." 286 pages. First edition (first printing, with no additional printings noted). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This copy is inscribed by the author to Diana Kendrick. Mrs. Clara Diana (née Cumming) Kendrick was the husband of Manville Kendrick, the heir to Sen. John B. Kendrick, the owner of a very large Wyoming ranch. The books is inscribed, "To my old friend Diana Kendrick, with best wishes. Edmund Randolph," with Diana C. Kendrick's ownership signature above. A one-page typed letter, signed, from the author to Manville and Diana Kendrick is laid in. The letter concludes, "I… Read More
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[California and the Japanese] Kariforunia to nihonjin
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[California and the Japanese] Kariforunia to nihonjin

by Ebina, Kazuo

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Tokyo: Rokko Shuppanbu, 1943. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. A very scarce wartime history of the Japanese in California that argues that the internment of Japanese and Japanese Americans was a symptom of the same pervasive anti-Japanese attitudes among Americans that had contributed to the Second World War. The author, according to Yuji Ichioka writing in Before Internment (p. 263), was an "Issei who had lived in California for many years, working as a newspaperman for Japanese immigrant newspapers... The outbreak of the Pacific War found Ebina in Tokyo because he had returned to Japan in November 1941. At the beginning he was employed part-time by NHK Radio to write anti-American radio scripts and served as a commentator on the arrest and detention of Issei leaders and the eventual mass internment of the entire West Coast Japanese California." Ebina's December 1943 book, "Kariforunia to Nihonjin...rehashed the history of anti-Japanese racism in California and attributed the internment… Read More
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[Confucius' Great Art of Equality] Kongzi zhi ping deng da yi

[Confucius' Great Art of Equality] Kongzi zhi ping deng da yi

by Kuang, Yukui

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[San Francisco]: [Jinshan (a.k.a Gold Mountain, a.k.a. San Francisco) Institute of Chinese Studies] Jinshan guo xue han shou xue yuan, 1930. Second Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. The author spent some years in the United States as the editor of the San Francisco-based Confucian Digest. She wrote frequently on the relevance of Confucianism to overseas Chinese. Prior to the Second World War, relatively few books by Asian women were published in the US. This book seems to be a slightly expanded (two pages) version of a 1929 Chinese book of the same name (a comparison with a digital copy suggests the first 86 pages are the same in both books). Text in Chinese. 88 pages. 4-1/4 by 7 inches. OCLC: 62675722 (Princeton). First edition. Short tears to wrappers, else very good or better.
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Contract-Overland Pacific Mails

Contract-Overland Pacific Mails

by Broomall, John Martin

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[Washington, DC]: (n.p.), 1869. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. An interesting glimpse at postal history for coast-to-coast mail in the US before the transcontinental railroad was completed. This report by the Committee on Public Expenditures describes a dispute over the mail contract between the railroad terminus at Cheyenne (now Wyoming, but then part of the Dakota Territory) and Virginia City, Nevada, "1,095 miles, and back, daily." The contract was awarded to Carlton Spaids with a bid of $335,000 per year. Soon after the contract was signed, Congress changed the law and threw the mail that had been going by ship to this arduous overland route. Spaids couldn't continue the contract for that volume and Wells Fargo assumed the route. This is a report on the details of the issue. 8 pages. 40th Congress, 3rd Session. House of Representatives Report No. 24. First edition. A fine, bright, white copy, as fresh as the day it was printing. Saddle stitched, as issued.
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Genocide and Vendetta: The Round Valley Wars in Northern California
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Genocide and Vendetta: The Round Valley Wars in Northern California

by Carranco, Lynwood and Estle Beard

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Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. An account of the often brutal interactions between white settlers and the Native Americans living in the Round Valley, in Northern Mendocino County, California. Since descendants of some of the worst offenders still live in the region, rumors of their attempts to supress the book abound. Its relative scarcity is due to a more prosaic chain of events. After an allegation of (unintentional) plagiarism was leveled against the section written by Estle Beard, the publisher investigated, agreed with the complaint, and withdrew the book from sale. Since both authors have since passed away, it seems unlikely that this book will ever be republished or converted into an e-book. The original hardcover is the only way to read about this troubled era in Northern California's history. 403 pages. First and only edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, but for a short tear to the front panel. An… Read More
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A Glimpse of Love or, The Doctor's Wooing
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A Glimpse of Love or, The Doctor's Wooing

by Lindsay, Flora A.

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Seattle and Portland: Lindsay Publishing Company, 1910. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. This is a romance set in Seattle and on Puget Sound, with some scenes in San Francisco. The plot follows two friends, both doctors, whose families intermarry in 1909. The author seems to be the wife of Dr. A. A. Lindsay, a physician operating out the the Savoy Hotel in Seattle who published many tracts on health. 150 pages; frontispiece portrait of the author, and one page of ads for other Lindsay Publishing books. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers; many pages roughly opened with tears along the bottom edge.
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[Guide to American Studies: The Economy, Politics, and Culture of the United States] Beikoku...
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[Guide to American Studies: The Economy, Politics, and Culture of the United States] Beikoku kenkyuu no shiori: Beikoku no seiji keizai to sono bunka kenkyuu

by Dodo, Masao

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Los Angeles: Rafu Shimposha, 1929. Pamphlet. Very good. The editor of the largest Japanese daily newspaper in Los Angeles offers an introduction to American politics, culture, and economics. Each section, written in Japanese, concludes with a list of English-language resources divided into categories of periodicals, books, and in one case, films. Illustrated with several small charts and maps. ii, 34 pages. 5 by 6-3/4 inches. Not located in any reference. First edition. Stains on the front wrapper, else very good. Stapled pamphlet.
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[Guide to Seattle] Shiatoru annai
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[Guide to Seattle] Shiatoru annai

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Seattle (Shiatoru): Hokubei nihonjinkai shogyo kaigisho (North American-Japanese Chamber of Commerce), 1932. Third Edition. The third edition, after much shorter versions published in 1928 and 1929. This is a promotional publication printed at a Japanese-language press in Seattle, intended to encourage pan-Pacific trade through the port of Seattle. Chapters are devoted to manufacturing, commercial business, the current state of Seattle trade, trade with Japan, and Seattle's municipal administration, education, and media outlets. Notably, the English introduction from the Seattle mayor makes no mention of the local Japanese community, emphasizing only mutual trade between Seattle and Japan. The half-tone plates depict views of Seattle and accommodations for Japanese merchants. The supporting ads, mostly at the back, however, are from many Japanese-owned businesses in the region. [6], [2], 110, 2, [1], 2, [23] pages, plus 14 pages of half-tone photographic plates, including one folding plate and a… Read More
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The Hawaii-Japanese Annual & Directory / Hawaii nenkan: 1941
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The Hawaii-Japanese Annual & Directory / Hawaii nenkan: 1941

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Honolulu: Nippu Jiji Co, 1941. Trade paperback. Good. The fifteenth and final volume of this guide to American life and to Hawaii, followed by a directory of the Japanese American residents of Hawaii. This directory was published in February 1941, just over nine months before the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese air force. It includes a list of community organizations, a directory of businesses, production statistics, results of sporting events, a list of government officials, and a guide to US immigration procedures. The directory of residents has separately paginated sections for each island with a map of the island inserted before the directory entries. Each entry includes the city where they were born and their profession. [6], 8, 294, 308, 52, 52, 8, 44, 100, 22 pages plus 32 pages of plates and inserted ads. Printed on newsprint. OCLC: 41204336 (for the serial; 1941 issue appears to be held by Stanford, Harvard, and perhaps the Library of Congress). A good-only copy, LACKING the… Read More
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History and Business Directory of Humboldt County Descriptive of the Natural Resources,...
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History and Business Directory of Humboldt County Descriptive of the Natural Resources, Delightful Climate, Picturesque Scenery, Beautiful Homes. The Only County in the State Containing No Chinamen

by Hamm, Lillie E.

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Eureka, CA: Daily Humboldt Standard, 1890. First Edition. Good. The most detailed 19th century directory of Humboldt County, a remote region in far northwest California that at the time was only reachable by ship. This is also one of the only Western directories compiled and published by a woman. The first 126 pages are mostly devoted to the history of the county (with many advertisements from local businesses), then follows a directory of business owners by last name and then a classified listing of business by type. There is an index to the advertisers at the front and a biographical section devoted to leading business owners and important businesses at the end. Hamm also includes railroad schedules, navigation information, mail delivery routes, and telegraph offices. The advertisements are particularly detailed and many are full-page, taking advantage of the large format of the directory to include illustrations and detailed descriptions of products. In 1885, Humboldt County's white residents… Read More
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[History of the North American Hongwanji Mission] Hokubei kaikyo enkakushi
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[History of the North American Hongwanji Mission] Hokubei kaikyo enkakushi

by Terakawa, Hoko (editor)

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San Francisco: Hongwanji Hokubei Kaikyo Honbu, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. A chronological history of the North American Hongwanji Mission. Provides a chronology of important events from 1898 to 1935, brief descriptive histories of each church under the mission, and outline of the Y.M.B.A. [Young Men's Buddhist Association] League of North America, and resolutions of ministerial conferences."-A Buried Past, 361. "History of the Honpa Hongwanji Buddhist Churches in the United States and Canada."-Japanese American National Museum bibliography, 272. "Best source on this most powerful religious faction, including a history of the church, sketches of each member church and its activities, with many pictures of Buddhist priests and lay leaders."-Magistretti, "A Bibliography of Historical Materials in the Japanese Language on the West Coast Japanese", III.2. This history of Hongan-ji Buddhism in the United States was published to mark the 2500th anniversary of the birth of the Buddha and… Read More
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[History of the Japanese in Hawaii] Hawai nihonjin shi [Deluxe Issue]
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[History of the Japanese in Hawaii] Hawai nihonjin shi [Deluxe Issue]

by Kihara, Ryukichi

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Tokyo: Bunseisha, 1935. First Edition. The deluxe issue of this record of the Japanese in Hawaii, bound in brilliant purple cloth and housed in a paper clamshell case and a wooden box. "A standard prewar history of the Japanese in Hawaii with sections on history, demography, print media, finance, commerce, agriculture, religion, education, and community organizations. Includes descriptions of Hawaiian geography, society, customs, commerce, industry, and history. Also includes an Issei Who's Who."-A Buried Past II, 1817.13 for the modern facsimile. "One of the 'standard' histories of the Japanese in Hawaii, written by a former newspaper reporter. Divided into three parts: (1) a survey of history, geography, and current conditions; (2) history of change in various aspects of Japanese life; and (3) a collection of historical anecdotes relating to the Hawaiian Japanese, chronologically arranged. Many statistical tables are provided, drawn from Hawaii government and Japanese consular documents as well… Read More
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History and Business Directory of Humboldt County Descriptive of the Natural Resources,...
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History and Business Directory of Humboldt County Descriptive of the Natural Resources, Delightful Climate, Picturesque Scenery, Beautiful Homes. The Only County in the State Containing No Chinamen

by Hamm, Lillie E.

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Eureka, CA: Daily Humboldt Standard, 1890. First Edition. Good. The most detailed 19th century directory of Humboldt County, a remote region in far northwest California that at the time was only reachable by ship. This is also one of the only Western directories compiled and published by a woman. The first 126 pages are mostly devoted to the history of the county (with many advertisements from local businesses), then follows a directory of business owners by last name and then a classified listing of business by type. There is an index to the advertisers at the front and a biographical section devoted to leading business owners and important businesses at the end. Hamm also includes railroad schedules, navigation information, mail delivery routes, and telegraph offices. The advertisements are particularly detailed and many are full-page, taking advantage of the large format of the directory to include illustrations and detailed descriptions of products. In 1885, Humboldt County's white residents… Read More
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[History of the Japanese in America] Zaibei Nihonjin shikan: Fu zaibei zaifu Nihonjin rekishi no...
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[History of the Japanese in America] Zaibei Nihonjin shikan: Fu zaibei zaifu Nihonjin rekishi no minamoto

by Washizu, Shakuma

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Los Angeles: Rafu Shinposha, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. This contains essays, speeches, and commentaries on anti-Japanese exclusion and U.S.-Japan relations by Japanese immigrant leaders and white Americans. The appendix describes origins of various historical matters and Issei social customs, as well as pioneering individuals and organizations in the mainland and Hawaii."-Annotated Bibliography of Japanese Americans in Encyclopedia of Japanese Descendants in the Americas. "Special attention is placed on Japanese pioneers in the United States in various fields of endeavor; also on various phases of the anti-Japanese movement in California."-A Bibliography of Historical Materials in the Japanese Language on the West Coast Japanese by William Magistretti (Pacific Historical Review, March 1943). "A work which covers the exclusion movement within the context of U.S.-Japan relations. Includes translations [into Japanese] by V. S. McClatchy and other exponents of exclusion as well as the… Read More
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Did you know that since 2004, Biblio has used its profits to build 16 public libraries in rural villages of South America?