Asian American
This section includes literature by Asian American authors, as well as nonfiction works on related subjects, and the ephemera of Asian American political and cultural organizations. We stock many out-of-print Asian American immigrant publications in Asian languages.
Lee and Low Books: A Tenth Anniversary Celebration of Multicultural...
New York: Lee & Low Books, 2003. Hardcover. Unpaginated hardcover, 10x10.5 inches, light shelfwear, very good. An overview of the children's books published by the company. More
Cat.No: 269146
Li-Lan: Stationary Images; Paintings and Drawings, 1982-1990
Storrs: The William Benton Museum of Art, the University of Connecticut, 1990. Staplebound. 12p., staplebound exhibition catalog, 8.5x8.5 inches, very good. Illustrated profusely with Li-Lan's art. Li-Lan is the daughter of the Chinese American artist Yun Gee and the New York City gallery owner Helen Gee. More
Cat.No: 287106
Liao yuan 燎原 No. 2 (Dec. 15, 1971) 第二期(一九七一年十二月十五日)...
New York: Liao Yuan Za Zhi She 燎原杂志社, 1971. Single issue of the pamphlet-format Chinese-language journal, 16 pages, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. Apparently four issues were published in total. Journal about Taiwan-related issues published by radical Chinese-speaking students in the United States. Slogan on back cover calls on China and..... More
Cat.No: 157078
Lich tu’ vi Khanh Anh. Ky mao 1999
San Jose: Papyrus, 1998. Paperback. 431 p., edgeworn wraps, text in Vietnamese. Astrological calendar and guide for the year 1999. Many ads for local businesses. More
Cat.No: 199063
The little champions: Bhavan's Children's Day special publication
New York: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1983. Pamphlet. 41p., staplebound wraps, very good. Short essays by Indo-American children, with brief bios. More
Cat.No: 201766
Little Citizens Speak
San Mateo, CA: Japanese American Curriculum Project, 1974. ii, 11 leaves, 8.5x11 inches, stiff card covers. Revised printing. Old price sticker mark on cover, otherwise very good. "An excerpt from a magazine printed in the Topaz Relocation [Center] in central Utah during World War II ... entitled All aboard." Describes..... More
Cat.No: 308237
Little Tokyo Maps: Events calendar of Nisei Week
Los Angeles: TV Fan Company, 1999. Pamphlet. 19p., stapled wraps, 7x8 inches, illus., ads, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 161068
Lúa Mẹ: Số 2
San Jose: Vietnamese Student Association, San Jose State University, 91. Paperback. 177p. paperback, 5.25x8.25 inches. Stain on page 67, else very good. A publication of the Vietnamese Student Association at San Jose State University. Poetry, essays, and short stories. Majority of text in Vietnamese with a single talk in English..... More
Cat.No: 279920
Luoya shi wu pu 洛雅食物譜
New York: Royal Baking Powder Company, 1925. Pamphlet. 41p. plus four pages of plates; staplebound booklet of recipes in both Chinese and English, minor wear to spine, very good. Copyright in English says 1924, but this was for the English edition; Chinese text at the bottom of the third page..... More
Cat.No: 315986
Mahadharma: a quarterly review. March 1951
San Francisco: The Buddhist Churches of America, 1951. Pamphlet. 32p., staplebound wraps, light handling wear, staples rusted, else good condition. Main article is T.D. Suzuki on the Development of Shin Teaching. More
Cat.No: 189611
Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prayer Day [handbill]
San Leandro, CA: Badarikashrama, 1991. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill, very good, announcing an event including prayers, meditation, and a panel discussion led by Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor with members of SANE, the Grey Panthers, and other groups. Issued in the context of the first Iraq War. More
Cat.No: 270461
Manzanar Free Press [reprints of four different issues]
n.p. Manzanar History Association, n.d. Newsletter. Four issues of the internment camp newspaper, various formats, REPRINTED by the Association decades after the original publications. Rather faithful copies, except for the blurb at the bottom of each issue noting that it is a reprint. Issues present are Vol. 1 no. 1..... More
Cat.No: 274771
Merle Woo vs. University of California Victory! Newsletter. No. 1...
San Francisco: Merle Woo Defense Committee, 1984. 10p., 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left corner, lightly toned, very good. Announces that Woo will return to UC Berkeley to teach after having been fired, it says, "because she is a socialist feminist, a trade unionist and a lesbian." Woo was..... More
Cat.No: 190936
Michiko Itatani
Chicago: Fassbender Stevens Gallery, 2002. Pamphlet. 34 pg. staple-bound catalog,10.5 x 9.5 inches, very good. Illustrated with Itatani's paintings. Itatani was born in 1948 in Osaka, and attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the 70s, later returning to the Institute as a professor. She is a...... More
Cat.No: 287415
Minidoka Internment National Monument: draft general management plan and environmental...
Seattle: US Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, 2005. Spiral_bound. xiii+342p., 12x8.5 inches oblong, abstract, summary, background, purpose, affected environment, etc., appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, heavily illustrated with b&w and color photos, maps, graphs, charts, tables etc., very good in original spiral bound pictorial wraps. Press release and color..... More
Cat.No: 114029
The MIS Secret Weapon [calendar for 1982]
San Francisco: MIS Association of No. California, 1982. Calendar. Wall calendar "commemorating the role of Nisei in US Military Intelligence Service, World War II," with illustrations by Jack Mitsuoka, 8.5x11 inches when closed. Later stamped "Good for 1993," in an effort to sell overstock in a later year when the..... More
Cat.No: 301640
Miss Susie Chew, Popular Singer (1) [photo card]
n.p. n.d. Postcard. Glossy black and white card, format similar to a postcard but with verso entirely blank. The Chinese caption adds that she was famous for her Western-style singing. We have been unable to identify the singer. More
Cat.No: 299152
Monsoon journal: spring 1994
San Francisco: Monsoon Writers Group, 1994. Magazine. vii, 103p., 8.5x11 inches, illus., wraps, rear wrap unevenly sunned, else very good condition. An Asian American writers' journal. More
Cat.No: 79658
More Than Meets the Eye: Albany High School, 1995-1996
Albany CA: the high school, 1996. 160p., the usual yearbook format but a little taller (11.5x8.5 inches), the photos and jokes snarkier than exemplars from earlier decades, a bit edgeworn with faint damp-ripple to text leaves, a handled copy with numerous jocular inscriptions to "Jack," the senior whose book this..... More
Cat.No: 235467
Multi-cultural Issues in Mental Health Services: strategies towards equity. Report...
[Sacramento]: State of California Health and Welfare Agency, Department of Mental Health, Citizens Advisory Council, October, 1979. Paperback. iii, 171p., 8.5x11 inches, foreword, introduction, overview, summaries, discussions, conclusion, appendice, stables, very good trade paperback in white decorative wraps. More
Cat.No: 229509
Muses: an exhibition organized by Betty Ann Brown. Armory Center...
Pasadena: Armory Center for the Arts, 1995. Pamphlet. 59p., stapled wraps, 7.5x10 inches, illus. with examples of the artists' installations, wraps lightly worn else very good condition. The exhibition paired women writers with women artists, and reflected the area's growing multicultural community: African American, lesbian and Asian American contributors participated..... More
Cat.No: 286395
Myths and facts about the Japanese Americans; answering common misconceptions...
Washington DC: War Relocation Authority, 1945. Pamphlet. 45p. staplebound pamphlet, some toning along spine, faint pencil circle around "Japanese" on the cover. C-2275. A defense of Japanese Americans by the very agency that had interned them. More
Cat.No: 319415
NAATA Distribution Catalog 1997-98: Asian Pacific American Film, Video, Audio...
San Francisco: National Asian American Telecommunications Association, 1997. Pamphlet. 72p., stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, illus., address label on rear wrap, remains of tape used to hold shut for mailing, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 307506
National Asian Pacific American Political Almanac fourteenth edition
Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles Asian American Studies Center, 2011. Paperback. viii, 260p., paperback, very good. Fourteenth edition of this almanac listing Asian American officials around the United States. More
Cat.No: 307343
National Asian Pacific American Political Almanac Tenth Edition
Los Angeles: University of Los Angeles Asian American Studies Center, 2001. Paperback. ix, 307p., paperback, very good. Tenth edition of this almanac listing Asian American officials around the United States. More
Cat.No: 307402
The laughter of my father
Bulosan, Carlos
阅读完整描述