Paid servant
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1962. Hardcover. 220p., first U.S. edition, very good in a very good, unclipped dj. Author of the novel "To Sir, With Love" basis of the Sidney Poitier film. More
Cat.No: 114319
Adoption
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The waifs
Melbourne: Phuong-Hoang Press, 1973. Hardcover. 168 pg. hardcover in worn dust jacket, else very good. Illustrated with b&w photos of Vietnamese children. Recounts the story of Vietnamese children who were "rescued" and taken to Australia in the controversial Operation Babylift. The author argues that these children were all saved and..... More
Cat.No: 274646
The Amerasians from Vietnam: a California study
Folsom, CA: Southeast Asia Community Resource Center, 1994. Unpaginated preliminaries, 93p., scattered snapshot illustrations with a line map and charts, trade-size glossy wraps. Very good copy, inscribed and signed by author Chuong on the title page. All immigrants discussed here spent time at a processing center in the Philippines, and..... More
Cat.No: 175721
Adoptive resources for Negro children: the use of community organization and social casework in recruitment and development
New York: Child Welfare League of America, 1959. Pamphlet. 35p., stapled wraps, two ink stamps on front cover else very good condition with no other markings, 6x9 inches. More
Cat.No: 95604
Secure in God's embrace; living as the father of an adopted child
Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 2003. 130p., introduction, notes, very good first edition in original pictorial wraps. Asian-American Baptist minister from LA. More
Cat.No: 122911
Black baby White Hands; a view from the crib
Silver Spring, MD: Soul Water Publishing, 2002. vi, 378p., signed and briefly inscribed by the African American author, first printing, very good in wraps. Social psychologist John, the first African American baby adopted by a white family in New Mexico, narrates his adoption and also his reunion with his biological..... More
Cat.No: 139342
Oriental Children in American Homes: How Do They Adjust?
Minneapolis: East-West Press, 1981. 132p., very good hardcover inscribed on title page by the author. More
Cat.No: 185704
Princess June a novel.
Santa Barbara: Fithian Press, 2001. 271p., softbound, first edition trade-size glossy wraps. Clean and sound, a very good copy. Author "born and raised in South Korea," emigrated to the US at 20, is a software consultant; her heroine "struggles to make a life she can respect in the shady world..... More
Cat.No: 175593
Gamines; how to adopt from Latin America
Minneapolis: Dillon Press, 1981. Hardcover. 352p. + 16p. photos, lightly worn first edition in cloth boards. More
Cat.No: 81319
Global Mom: Notes from a Pioneer Adoptive Family
Baltimore: Gateway Press, 2003. 26p., wraps, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, lightly worn else very good condition. Signed by Lana Noone on the title page. Memoirs of a white suburban couple who adopted two children from the Vietnam Babylift and one from Korea. More
Cat.No: 253516
The Eternal Christ: Sonnet Prayer for The Second Coming
Ojai: World University in Ojai, 1977. Sewn Binding. 18p., sewn bound, wraps, 8.5x6.25 inches. Wraps creased and worn, else very good. Reyes was born in Manila in 1914 and adopted by a Theosophist couple in Ojai. He was a longtime professor at Far Eastern University and taught at Boston University..... More
Cat.No: 285392
Birth mother
Fayetteville, NC: Longleaf Press, 2000. Pamphlet. 19p., stapled wraps, 5.25x8.5 inches, very good condition; signed by Scott on the title page. Poetry by a white British woman, centering on her adoption of three Korean children. More
Cat.No: 89636
Transracial adoption A Follow-Up
New York: Lexington Books, 1977. Hardcover. x, 147p., slightly worn dj. Includes material on adoptions of black, native American and Asian children by white parents. More
Cat.No: 84735
Sudden Family: The dramatic story of the event that brought together an international family
Waco TX: Word Books, 1986. Hardcover. 163p., hardbound in buff boards titled in candyapple red, in dust jacket. Jacket is slightly edgeworn, a clean sound very good copy that is inscribed and signed by Debi Standiford. More
Cat.No: 229148
Inside transracial adoption
Indianapolis: Perspectives Press, 2000. Hardcover. 405p., signed by both author on the f.e.p., very good in dj, one page 'dog-eared' at one time. With considerable material on blacks, Latinos, Chinese Americans and Native Americans. More
Cat.No: 114806
Twelve-part harmony
Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming J. Revell, 1990. 205p., very good in dj. American couple adopts eight children from Korea and the Philippines, thanks to divine messages received by Pat. More
Cat.No: 76103
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