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.
English-Japanese parallel: a Sunday service
Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 1982. Pamphlet. viii, 53 p., very good in staplebound wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches. More
Cat.No: 204829
Ethnic media; their influence on politics and participation, the 2010...
Baton Rouge: LSU Manship School of Mass Communication, 2010. 100p., very good in wraps. Multicultural symposium, with primarily Asian American participants. More
Cat.No: 163541
Ethnography in the San Francisco Bay Area (Nos. 1, 2...
San Francisco: Treganza Museum / SF State University, 1994-2006. Four issues of the journal, missing number 3; 8.5x11 inches, slender paperback format. Occasional rubberstamps of the Treganza Anthropology Museum, otherwise very good. With articles on immigrant workers and otehrs in the Bay Area. Treganza Anthropology Museum papers #16, 19, 21..... More
Cat.No: 238366
Ethnography in the San Francisco Bay Area (Nos. 1-5)
San Francisco: Treganza Museum, SF State University, 1994-2006. Five issues of the journal, apparently all that were published; 8.5x11 inches, slender paperback format. Rubberstamps of the Treganza Anthropology Museum, otherwise very good. With articles on immigrant workers and others in the Bay Area. Treganza Anthropology Museum papers #16, 19, 20..... More
Cat.No: 238365
explanASIAN: The Publication of the Asian American Writers' Workshop; Volume...
New York: Asian American Writers' Workshop, 1996. Staplebound. 23p., staplebound pamphlet, 8.25x10.75 inches, very good. Interview with Stewart Ikeda, reviews of new releases, short history of the AAWW, and discussion of the creation of Asian American Studies at University of Texas at Austin. More
Cat.No: 287496
Exposición Del Gran Pintor Cubano Wifredo Lam
Mexico City: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1978. Staplebound. [22p.], staplebound, pictorial wraps, 8.75x8.5 inches. Wraps shelfworn with crease in bottom right corner, else very good. Illustrated profusely with Lam's artwork. Text in Spanish. More
Cat.No: 285431
FANHS Forum: Journal of Filipino American National Historical Society. Vol...
Cincinnati: FANHS, 1992. 57p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches, very good. "Across the generations: an image-building profile of FANHS." More
Cat.No: 216689
Filipino American Arts Exposition and Center for the Arts, Yerba...
San Francisco: Filipino American Arts Exposition, [1994]. 18x24 inch poster for the play by Chris D. Millado, featuring a vintage photograph. Very good. More
Cat.No: 208184
Filipino-American Resource Directory: August, 1990
Pinole: Contra Costa Library System, 1990. Spiral_bound. 89 pg. comb-bound directory, 7x8.5 inches. Ex-libris copy with withdrawn sticker on back cover, dog-eared pages, extensive wear, good reading copy only. Provides list of social services helping Filipino Americans in the Bay Area. More
Cat.No: 276691
Flavors and Fragrances
Sunnyvale, CA: Chi Am Circle, n.d. 90p., somewhat worn wraps with brown plastic comb binding. Printed for the organization by North American Press of Kansas City, a producer of fund-raising cookbooks. Recipes submitted by members were apparently insufficient, so many generic recipes for non-Chinese dishes have been added to bulk..... More
Cat.No: 194592
Fomen / Buddha Gate 2002 佛門
Lafayette, CA: Buddha Gate Monastery 佛門寺, 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
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
Cat.No: 202862
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
Cat.No: 124549
Foreign medical graduates: a case of retributive justice
New York: Emergency Defense Committee for the FMGs, [1975-?]. Pamphlet. 27p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps lightly worn, staples rusted, else good condition. Defense of medical workers with degrees from the Philippines and other countries who were being pressured to leave the US. More
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
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. Pamphlet. [16p.], staplebound wraps, overwrap of Japanese Haruki paper with printed title, untrimmed edges, very good condition. Program for the event, including several ads..... More
Cat.No: 204904
General management plan newsletter: number 2, March 2003: The Minidoka...
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
Cat.No: 97018
Gidra. 1970-1990, the XXth anniversary edition
Los Angeles: Gidra, Inc., 1990. Newspaper. 128p. staplebound jumbo compendium in glossy wraps, 11x16 inches, very good. Special commemorative edition of the radical publication. "News, views, poetry, art, politics, humor, and fiction of Asian and Pacific Islander people in America." More
Cat.No: 286410
Gidra. December 1972
Los Angeles: Gidra, Inc., 1972. Newspaper. Single issue of the radical Asian-American newspaper, 16p., evenly toned, horizontal fold. More
Cat.No: 286245
Gidra. February 1972
Los Angeles: Gidra, Inc., 1972. Newspaper. Single issue of the radical Asian-American newspaper, 20p., evenly toned, minor edgewear, very good. More
Cat.No: 200671
Go for Broke, Inc.: The National Nisei Veterans Organization
Richmond, CA: Go For Broke, [1982]. Pamphlet. 8p., 7x8.5 inch brochure, lightly toned along edges else very good condition; introduction to the organization. Includes an advertisement for the book by the same title. More
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
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
Cat.No: 196468
Growing up Asian in America; Asian Pacific Heritage Month 1995
[San Francisco]: The Asian Pacific American Heritage Committee, 1995. 85p., 5.5x8.5 inches, very good in original stapled red wraps. Essays by Asian American children from the Bay Area, ages 6 to 22. More
Cat.No: 113976
Growing with God: 75 years. The 75th anniversary of the...
Montreal: the Church, 1992. 74p. in English, 110 p. in Chinese; very good paperback. History of the Church, with black and white photos scattered through the text. More
Cat.No: 258768
The laughter of my father
Bulosan, Carlos
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