San Francisco: the Seminar, [1982]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, very good, year rubberstamped on blank verso by the original archivist. Dewart adapted tae kwon do to urban crime defense. The seminar was held at the San Francisco Body Sculpturing Center at 1044 Post Street, which advertised in gay newspapers. The graphic... More

Cat.No: 214685

[China]: n.pub. [199-]. 27p., 7.5x10.25 inches, text in Chinese, stapled white wraps mildly worn, red stamp on cover of a life sciences institute in Changsha. Not found in OCLC. Collection of materials, including short articles and speeches, on Qigong and the paranormal. Title may be translated as "New directions in..... More

Cat.No: 179207

Hong Kong: 1985. [36p.], staplebound glossy promotional booklet for the biographical film, sticker on cover listing the showtime at a San Francisco theater. Photos show such skills as supporting himself on one finger; text (mostly in Chinese) praises his nationalist fervor and claims he can survive without sleep. Also included... More

Cat.No: 223788

San Diego: Self-published by the author, [1987?]. Six-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches advertising self-defense videos and a Gay Cable Network program and video on self-defense, taught by the martial arts expert who was active in the San Francisco Gay Guards and other street-patrol groups. Several b&w photos, very good..... More

Cat.No: 189680

Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 2001. xiv, 194p., b&w photoillustrations, later printing glossy trade-size wraps, fine clean copy. More

Cat.No: 176735

New York: Fighting Woman News, 1981. Magazine. 32p. includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, news, articles, reviews, events, services and resources, photos, art, poetry, ownership name printed on page 3 otherwise a very good magazine-format newsletter in stapled pictorial gray wraps. Martial Arts magazine for women. More

Cat.No: 219642

Hong Kong: Jingang chubanshe, 1975. 160p., pictorial wraps depicting the two heroines preparing to strike an adversary. Pages evenly toned, otherwise very good. Text in Chinese. "Blood-stained Paradise," one of Feng Jia's martial arts novels featuring the female "Duo in Blue." More

Cat.No: 206709

Watertown: Charlesbridge, 2008. unpaginated, 9x11 inches, color illustrations, very good first edition in illustrated laminated boards and matching dj. Japanese-Hawaiian author's childrens' book about a boy apprentice to a master swordsmith. More

Cat.No: 139962

Moab, UT: Real People Press, 1973. 188p., first printing, wraps lightly worn. By the noted Chinese American calligrapher. More

Cat.No: 37711

Pittsburgh PA: Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc., 1996. x, 85p., softback illustrated with b&w site photography, first edition 9x6 inch glossy white wraps. Slightly edgeworn, has a faint small dampstain at the heel unobtrusively affecting a dozen leaves, good copy. The author at writing was living in Brighton MA; his editors..... More

Cat.No: 176438

New York: Signet, 1974. Paperback. 153p., first printing PBO mass-market paperback in pictorial wraps. Signet Q6012. Fourth in the African American martial arts series protagonist. More

Cat.No: 226225

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1990. 101p., wraps, first edition. More

Cat.No: 152451

Hong Kong: Chen Xiang Ji shuju, [preface dated 1953]. 11, 2, 96 p., lightly worn wraps, black and white illustrations of swordfighting poses. Text in Chinese. More

Cat.No: 147858