North American Combustion Handbook: A Basic ...

A historical examination, based on hundreds of interviews, of Canadian-Japanese World War II re-settlement by the Victoria-born,Toronto (1920- 2002) writer, a former editor of THE NEW CANADIAN and an activist in the Japanese-Canadian community. Takata was one of 22,000 Canadian-Japanese detained in inland B.C. during the war. Foreword by Joy Kogawa. Square, brownish-pink boards (8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾") with gilt lettering on spine. 176 pages with archival photographs, bibliography & photo credits. Slight, tiny creasing to the bottom corner of a few front pages. Very slight corner wear to dust jacket with wrap-around watercolour of a 1944 Sandon street scene by Fred Bridgen. Uncommon signed copy of an important historical publication.  Bookseller Inventory # 004076