The Love of Lotus
Redwood City, CA: Tyde House Books, 2007. Paperback. xi, 217p., wraps, very good condition. Autobiography of a Chinese Christian immigrant. More
Cat.No: 134275
Redwood City, CA: Tyde House Books, 2007. Paperback. xi, 217p., wraps, very good condition. Autobiography of a Chinese Christian immigrant. More
Cat.No: 134275
Hong Kong: Wan li shu dian 萬里書店, 1966. 123p., paperback, pages toned, otherwise very good. Guide to artistic lettering and unusual fonts, in both Chinese and English, for use in advertising, publication layouts, etc. More
Cat.No: 229096
Hong Kong: Yi de shu ju 一德書局, 1952. 281p., evenly toned, otherwise very good. Guide to letter writing. More
Cat.No: 223953
Hong Kong: Today Publications, 2016. 316p., very good in wraps, text in Chinese despite the English title. Several photos of the author, including in escort outfits. Collection of nineteen personal vignettes. More
Cat.No: 207969
Hong Kong: Jian hua chu ban she 建華出版社, 1947. 46p., slender paperback, toned, otherwise very good. On the relationship between democracy and self-cultivation; from a leftist publisher in Hong Kong. More
Cat.No: 224838
Hong Kong: Ying yi chu ban she 影藝出版社, 1964. 78p., paperback, pages toned, light handling. On the famous actress who had just committed suicide. Text in Chinese. More
Cat.No: 237094
Hong Kong: Zhonghua shuju 中華書局, 1957. 52p., very good in pictorial wraps, several black and white photos within. Script for "Searching the Academy," a Cantonese opera that was adapted to film and marked one of the PRC's earlier commercial overtures to overseas Chinese audiences. More
Cat.No: 193377
Hong Kong: Yazhou chubanshe 亞洲出版社, 1954. 202p., wraps, gift inscription on title page, stain and rubberstamp of Asia Press Agency on back cover. Chinese language. Novel. More
Cat.No: 125053
Hong Kong: Poetry World, [1990 or '92]. Pamphlet. 58p., staplebound 8.5x5.5 inch tastefully decorated wraps; a crimp midway of the foredge has mildly affected cover and all leaves, an else very good copy. Poems set mostly in Asia, author a Chinese American poet from San Francisco, who appears to have..... More
Cat.No: 176644
Hong Kong: Poetry World, [early 1990's]. Staplebound. 46p., staplebound 8.5x5.5 inch decorated wraps; a very good copy. Signed and inscribed by the author "To the Mission Library." Author has annotated her vita page in pen with several "invitations," including "Invited to be listed in '5,000 Personalities of the World' and..... More
Cat.No: 276328
Hong Kong: Poetry World, [early 1990's]. Pamphlet. 46p., staplebound 8.5x5.5 inch decorated wraps; a very good copy. Poems set mostly in Asia, author a Chinese American poet from San Francisco. She appears to have annotated her vita page without autographing; also, underneath each of the three instances of her printed..... More
Cat.No: 176646
Hong Kong: Poetry World, [199-?]. Pamphlet. 46p., stapled wraps, 8.5x5.5 inches, very good condition; inscribed and signed by the Chinese American poet from San Francisco. More
Cat.No: 93332
Hong Kong: Fojing liu tong chu 佛經流通處, [1957]. 2, 4, 62, 14p., wraps, distributed by the San Francisco Buddhist Lecture Hall with three neat stamps on cover. Text in Chinese. Buddhist understanding of cause and effect, this edition dated year 2501 of the Buddhist era. More
Cat.No: 125145
Hong Kong: Wen hua gong ying she 文化供應社, 1949. 6, 366p., paperback, pages toned, light handling wear. Second printing. On Chinese history since the Opium Wars. More
Cat.No: 226105
Hong Kong: Yi mei tu shu gong si 藝美圖書公司, 1962. 2, 2, 5, 396p., paperback, pages evenly toned, otherwise very good. On Chinese chess. More
Cat.No: 222931
Hong Kong: Qi ming shu ju 啟明書局, 1947. 28-panel fold-out chart of English grammar, inside a wrap-around cover, the spine of which is worn and tattered. Paper toned. More
Cat.No: 228119