Honolulu: The University of Hawai'i Press, 1997. Paperback. ix, 232p. paperback, 7x10 inches. Corners bumped, wraps lightly shelfworn, else very good. Illustrated profusely with b&w photographs. Essays, interviews, fiction and poetry. More
Cat.No: 279993
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1987. Paperback. x, 222p., paperback, 6x9 inches. Minor crease in front cover, else very good. More
Cat.No: 285709
Honolulu: The University of Hawai'i Press, 1995. ix, 226p., very good in pictorial wraps. Essays, interviews, fiction and poetry with an emphasis on Viet Nam. More
Cat.No: 141436
Honolulu: Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawai'i, 2000. Hardcover. 155p., hardcover in dust jacket, 11.25x11.5 inches, very good. First edition, first printing. Illustrated profusely with b&w photographs and portraits of the honorees. Starting in 1976, the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawai'i has chosen residents of Hawai'i to honor as "Living Treasures"..... More
Cat.No: 286202
New York: Carlton Press, 1986. Hardcover. 64p., very good hardcover in a shelfworn dj. Religious poetry by the Honolulu-born daughter of a Scotch-Irish father and Korean mother. More
Cat.No: 201724
Japan: Daishinsha Inc., 2004. Hardcover. [48p.], 10.5x9.75 inches, publisher's band torn and dust jacket slightly worn, else in very good condition. Color-printed album of paintings and poems in Japanese by the artist. The first book of the Japanese artist and poet, Taiji Matsuda. More
Cat.No: 259640
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1992. Pamphlet. Six-panel folded exhibition catalog, 8.5x8.5 inches, very good. Illustrated with b&w and color photographs of Takaezu and her pottery. Takaezu was born in Hawai'i to Issei parents, and later moved to Hunterdon County to become a studio artist. More
Cat.No: 289427
Berkeley: Ishmael Reed Publishing Co., 2003. Trade Paperback. 39p., glossy 8.5x5.5 inch wraps with a nice cover photo of Takara; very good except that the perfectbound textblock must not be spread wide --or else. This copy is inscribed and signed twice by the author, an Alabama-born African American poet living..... More
Cat.No: 158452
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press, 1950. Hardcover. 372pg. hardcover, very good, in a worn dust jacket with interior inexpert tape reinforcement. First US edition. A review copy with the original insert from Houghton Mifflin. The Hawaiian-born, Oberlin-educated author went to Japan in 1936, "intending to throw myself bodily into..... More
Cat.No: 275439
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press, 1952. Hardcover. 408p.,mildly shelfworn hardcover in edgeworn dustjacket. The Hawaiian-born, Oberlin-educated author went to Japan in 1936, "intending to throw myself bodily into the progressive movement," before being conscripted into the army for the duration of the war. This second novel describes the chaos..... More
Cat.No: 44563
Ewa Beach: BeachHouse Pub. 2004. Hardcover. 27p., 9.25x9.25 inches, illustrated with colorful drawings, very good first edition in dj. Hawaiian children's story. More
Cat.No: 107016
Honolulu: Hawaii Chinese History Center, 1990. xi, 160p., routine sketch illustrations, second printing of the 1989 issue; 9.5x8.2 inch titled boards in glossy red dj, rear panel of jacket has a short scored tear, else sound and clean, a very good copy. The author is the first "trained obstetrician and..... More
Cat.No: 172583
Washington DC: GPO, 1950. Pamphlet. ii, 38p., wraps, front wrap has pen and pencil writing with the previous owner's name blacked out else good condition. HUAC attack on the Honolulu Record as an alleged Communist front group. More
Cat.No: 250272
Tokyo: Kobunsha 光文社, 2001. 175p., very good hardcover in dustjacket. Japanese translation of "Pearl Harbor: an illustrated history." More
Cat.No: 255646
New York: Doubleday, 1992. Hardcover. 127pg. hardcover in dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5 inches. Signed and inscribed by Watanabe. First edition. Stain on blank side of title page, else very good. Watanabe is a Japanese American author born in Maui in 1953. Talking to the Dead's title story was nominated..... More
Cat.No: 277657
Honolulu: printed in Hong Kong by San Ming Tak Printing, 1952. Pamphlet. 86p. staplebound booklet, cover chipped; inscribed by the author in Chinese. The chipping has not affected the printed text, but it has removed the first couple of characters of the handwritten inscription. Text in Chinese except for rear..... More
Cat.No: 290267
New York: Persea Press, 1994. Hardcover. 174p., very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. Wong's first book. "In eleven linked stories Norman Wong scrutinizes the ... world of the Laus, an immigrant Chinese family in Honolulu, and especially of their "number one son," Michael, who comes of..... More
Cat.No: 32192
Haiku, HI: the author, 1994. Spiral_bound. 40p., plastic copy shop binding, 5.75x8.5 inches, very good chapbook of poetry self-published on Maui. Not found in OCLC as of 3/2022. More
Cat.No: 197048
Honolulu: Gay Community Center, 1990. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, ads, resources, features, reviews, listings, very good on newsprint. Above the fold story Bob Jewell profile. Includes a San Francisco/Bay Area report and AIDS information. More
Cat.No: 185939
Honolulu: Gay Community Center, 1991. Newspaper. Three issue run of the folded tabloid newspaper, 16p. each, news, reviews, reports, events, services and resources, photos, ads, very good on newsprint. The Island edition of the iconic LGBTQ paper which includes the Bay Area and most of California but with a focus..... More
Cat.No: 209960
Honolulu: Gay Community Center, 1991. Newspaper. 16p. folded tabloid newspaper, news, reviews, reports, events, services and resources, photos, ads, very good on newsprint. The Island edition of the iconic LGBTQ paper which includes the Bay Area and most of California but with a focus on Hawaii. Above the fold story..... More
Cat.No: 288500
New York: Hawthorn Books, 1966. Hardcover. 316p. including illustrations, first edition, very good hardcover in edge worn dj with a faded spine. More
Cat.No: 17983
Berekeley: Ten Speed Press, 2003. ix+165p., 8.5x9.75 inches, foreword, introduction, author bio, index, illustrated with photos, signed by Roy, very good first edition in dj. More
Cat.No: 101370
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997. Hardcover. 262p., hardcover in dust jacket, 5.75x8.5 inches, very good. First edition. Signed and inscribed by Yamanaka on the full title page. At the time of its release, the novel gained controversy after the Association of Asian American Studies gave and then later rescinded..... More
Cat.No: 283120
