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.
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Family Newsletter / Jiating tongxun no. 23 (July 1974)
San Francisco: Asian Community Center, 1974. 26p., staplebound wraps, 7x8.5 inches, text in English and Chinese. Updates on the Lee Mah strike in Chinatown, critique of traditional views on women, a protest against school busing and integration, a column on food and health, and more. More about Family Newsletter / Jiating tongxun no. 23 (July 1974
Cat.No: 208112
FANHS Forum: Journal of Filipino American National Historical Society. Vol. 1 no. 2 (July 1992)
Cincinnati: FANHS, 1992. 57p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches, very good. "Across the generations: an image-building profile of FANHS." More about FANHS Forum: Journal of Filipino American National Historical Society. Vol. 1 no. 2 (July 1992
Cat.No: 216689
Favorite island cookery
Honolulu: Honpa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, 1973. xviii, 154p, spiral-bound wraps in very good condition. The first volume in what became a series. More about Favorite island cookery
Cat.No: 118265
Favorite island cookery. Book III
Honolulu: Honpa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, 1973-79. xii, 296p., very good in spiral-bound wraps. More about Favorite island cookery. Book III
Cat.No: 187926
Fight for International Hotel / Decent low-income housing is everybody's right. It is right to rebel against eviction [poster]
San Francisco: San Francisco Poster Brigade / Ink Works, [197-]. Approximately 17.5x24 inch poster, text in English, Tagalog, Spanish, and Chinese; faint fold creases, very good; tiny paper adhesions at top edge. Artwork by Rachael Romero. The I-Hotel, the center of San Francisco's old Manilatown and home to many elderly... More about Fight for International Hotel / Decent low-income housing is everybody's right. It is right to...
Cat.No: 230592
Filipino American Arts Exposition and Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens, present Teatro ng Tanan's production of PeregriNasyon: Is America in the heart? A play about the enduring spirit of Filipinos and their struggle for a place to call home [poster]
San Francisco: Filipino American Arts Exposition, [1994]. 18x24 inch poster for the play by Chris D. Millado, featuring a vintage photograph. Very good. More about Filipino American Arts Exposition and Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens, present Teatro ng...
Cat.No: 208184
Filipinos at work. 1990 calendar
Oakland: Filipinos for Affirmative Action, [1989]. Wall calendar with hole punched for hanging from a nail; black and white photos of Filipino-Americans in various work settings. 9.2x14 inches when folded shut. More about Filipinos at work. 1990 calendar
Cat.No: 207468
Fomen / Buddha Gate 2002
Lafayette, CA: Buddha Gate Monastery, 2002. 86p., very good in wraps, 8.5x11 inches; numerous photos. Text mostly in Chinese. Introduction to the Buddhist temple and those who work there. More about Fomen / Buddha Gate 2002
Cat.No: 182081
Fong Fong Chinese Cookies [label for cookie tin]
San Francisco: Fong Fong Bakery, [196-?]. Approximately 15x5.5 inch pictorial label for cookies made at the Chinatown bakery and ice cream shop that opened in the 1930s. Style appears to be 1960s; phone number has letter prefix GA. More about Fong Fong Chinese Cookies [label for cookie tin
Cat.No: 202862
The Foo Hsing Theatre
San Francisco: Great Star Theater, 1963. 22 pages in English, 32 pages in Chinese, staplebound program booklet for the performances of Chinese operas by a troupe from Taiwan in San Francisco's Chinatown. Includes black and white photos, synopses of the plays, an essay by K.K. Woo about Chinese opera, and... More about The Foo Hsing Theatre
Cat.No: 234724
Foreign medical graduates: a case of retributive justice
New York: Emergency Defense Committee for the FMGs, [1975-?]. 27p., wraps, with laid in slip, "State Department Interpretation" Defense of medical workers with degrees from the Philippines and other countries who were being pressured to leave the US. More about Foreign medical graduates: a case of retributive justice
Cat.No: 124549
Foreign medical graduates: a case of retributive justice
New York: Emergency Defense Committee for the FMGs, [1975-?]. 27p., wraps, with laid in slip, "State Department Interpretation" Defense of medical workers with degrees from the Philippines and other countries who were being pressured to leave the US. More about Foreign medical graduates: a case of retributive justice
Cat.No: 204943
[Four matchbooks from San Francisco Chinatown restaurants]
San Francisco: various, n.d. Four matchbooks from restaurants on Grant Avenue, all with phone numbers starting with YUkon, very good. Restaurants are Andy Wong's Chinese Sky Room, Lamps of China, Kan's, and Gong Gong. Might have to remove the actual matches before mailing for safety; a moot point if you..... More about Four matchbooks from San Francisco Chinatown restaurants
Cat.No: 197605
Gagaku: the music and dances of the Japanese imperial household
San Francisco: Japan Society of San Francisco; Consulate General of Japan, with the cooperation of the Society for Asian Art and the San Francisco Ballet, 1959. [16p.], staplebound wraps, overwrap of Japanese Haruki paper with printed title, untrimmed edges. Program for the event, including several ads for local Japanese restaurants. More about Gagaku: the music and dances of the Japanese imperial household
Cat.No: 204904
General management plan newsletter: number 2, March 2003: The Minidoka Monument
Hagerman, ID: National Park Service U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minidoka National Monument, 2003. 8p. including covers, 11.25x13.5 inches, illustrated with b&w photos and a map/plan of the camp, very good in original semigloss wraps. Oversized newsletter of articles, photos, plans and news concerning the internment camp in Hagerman, Idaho..... More about General management plan newsletter: number 2, March 2003: The Minidoka Monument
Cat.No: 97018
Go for Broke, Inc. The National Nisei Veterans Organization
Richmond, CA: Go For Broke, [1982]. 8p., 7x8.5 inch brochure; introduction to the organization. Includes an advertisement for the book by the same title. More about Go for Broke, Inc. The National Nisei Veterans Organization
Cat.No: 201728
Gochiso: oriental recipes
Denver: Woman's Society of Christian Service, Simpson Methodist Church, 1966. 55 leaves, black plastic binding, card covers worn and soiled. More about Gochiso: oriental recipes
Cat.No: 237873
The Granite. 1914
Durham, NH: New Hampshire College, 1914. 159p., very good hardcover in pebbled boards with gilt title and emblem. Yearbook for 1914, with black and white photos of students, faculty and activities. Bookplate of former owner, noting his fraternity (Gamma Theta), with a menu for the fraternity's 1914 senior banquet laid... More about The Granite. 1914
Cat.No: 196468
Hand me down history; stories from San Francisco seniors
San Francisco: International Institute of San Francisco, [1999]. 64p., 8x10 inches, wraps. Most of the oral histories concern Asian American elders. More about Hand me down history; stories from San Francisco seniors
Cat.No: 80731
Handbook for Teaching Korean-American Students developed by the Bilingual Education Office
Sacramento: California Department of Education, 1992. xiv, 178p., 9x6 inch wraps, a very good copy. More about Handbook for Teaching Korean-American Students developed by the Bilingual Education Office
Cat.No: 176446
Horin. No. 45 (January 1, 1960)
San Francisco: Buddhist Churches of America, 1960. Four-page newsletter, title meaning "Wheel of Dharma;" three pages in Japanese, one in English. 8.5x11 inches, closed edge tear. More about Horin. No. 45 (January 1, 1960
Cat.No: 172229
Hsi Lai University. Los Angeles, California, USA
Rosemead, CA: HLU, [199-?]. Six-panel glossy illustrated brochure for the Buddhist university affiliated with Fo Guang Shan monastery; folded, it is an upright measuring 10x4 inches. Very good. The university later changed its name to University of the West and received standard accreditation. More about Hsi Lai University. Los Angeles, California, USA
Cat.No: 182095
Hu Jingnan wen ji
Hong Kong: Xiangjiang chu ban you xian gong si, 1991. 80, 735 p., [8] p. of plates, very good in wraps, text in Chinese with an English essay, "Gilbert Woo, Chinese-American journalist" by Him Mark Lai and Betty Lim. Collection of works by the liberal journalist who worked at several San Francisco-based Chinese-language newspapers. More about Hu Jingnan wen ji
Cat.No: 182205
Hu Peiqiang nu shi hua ji [Hu Paa Chiang's Paintings]
San Francisco: Society of Chinese Arts and Literature, 2007. 145p., very good in wraps, 8.5x11 inches; text mostly in Chinese. Thoroughly illustrated collection of the Taiwan-born artist's work, with reprints of photos and newspaper clippings documenting her life. She was 88 at the time of publication. More about Hu Peiqiang nu shi hua ji [Hu Paa Chiang's Paintings
Cat.No: 188022
Hua qiao jiu guo lian he zong hui. Di wu ji, di er ci quan ti li shi hui hui yi. Di san ci da hui yi cheng
Taibei: Hua qiao jiu guo lian he zong hui, 1974. Paperback. [21p.], mimeographed, in printed green wraps, mild wear. Report from the conference of Huaqiao (overseas Chinese) dedicated to "rescuing the country" (ie, reclaiming Mainland China from the Communists). Includes a list of recommendations for government action by various Huaqiao... More about Hua qiao jiu guo lian he zong hui. Di wu ji, di er ci quan ti li shi hui hui yi. Di san ci da hui...
Cat.No: 181830
She sews in a sweatshop still dreaming of Gold Mountains / reliving her past through holiday rituals / patiently waiting for her house in the suburbs. / Helplessly I watch the years roll by / on the horizon no houses in sight, just mountains made of brass and sweat [screen print poster]
Hom, Nancy; Stephanie Lowe
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