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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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Fundraising dinner for Philippine Political Prisoners [handbill]
Los Angeles: Committee for Philippine Political Prisoners, 1975. 8.5x11 inch handbill, very good. Eugene Debs quote featured in design: "While there is a soul in prison I am not free." Announcement for a cultural event at the Oriental Service Center. More
Cat.No: 254054
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
Cat.No: 204904
Gay Asians & Non-Asians Meet Through Pacific Bridge Magazine [handbill]
San Francisco: Pacific Bridge, 1982. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed both sides, verso contains application forms for want ads in the magazine/newsletter, very good on light yellow stock. More
Cat.No: 256936
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
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
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 with God: 75 years. The 75th anniversary of the Montreal Chinese Catholic Church 1917-1992
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
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
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
Cat.No: 176446
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HAPI Sex! [Hot Asian & Pacific Islander Sex!] [brochure]
San Francisco: Asian & pacific Islander Wellness Center, 2001. Six-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, workshop schedule, info on the Center, photos, unfolds to 8.5x11 inch handbill, very good on bright yellow stock. More
Cat.No: 244794
Hoe Sai Gai Mandarin Cuisine [menu]
[Chicago]: Hoe Sai Gai, 1943. Four-panel menu on stiff card for the restaurant founded by Joe Eng. Includes beef-centric specials for the Nov. 20, 1943 livestock expo. More
Cat.No: 254162
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
Cat.No: 172229
How are Asians being affected?... What should Asians do? Come to 6th floor Eshelman Tuesday at 3:00 [handbill]
[Berkeley]: [1972]. 11x8.5 inch handbill, small edge chip, some toning. Announces a meeting about the students strike against the war and in support of the campus labor strike, as well as Third World admissions cuts. More
Cat.No: 254314
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
Cat.No: 182095
Hu Jingnan wen ji 胡景南文集
Hong Kong: Xiangjiang chu ban you xian gong si 香江出版有限公司, 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..... More
Cat.No: 182205
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Hu Peiqiang nu shi hua ji [Hu Paa Chiang's Paintings] 胡佩锵女士画集
San Francisco: Society of Chinese Arts and Literature 美國中華藝文學會, 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
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
Cat.No: 181830
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Hua ren wu dao ju yi zu zhang cheng [Constitution of the Chinese Dance and Drama Group] 華人舞蹈劇藝組章程
San Francisco: the Group, 1960. Single 14x8.5 inch sheet, mimeographed one side from dense text in handwritten Chinese, 46 lines of vertically-oriented text, very good. Originally dated only October 2, but the year 1960 has been neatly penned next to it in Chinese. Rules for the San Francisco Chinatown-based Club..... More
Cat.No: 162880
Hua sheng ri bao / Chinese Voice Daily. Vol. 5 no. 94 (June 6, 1972)
San Francisco: Hwang San, 1972. 8p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold; mailing address on cover, staples at spine. Pro-PRC Chinatown newspaper. Text in Chinese. More
Cat.No: 253415
Huanying ge wei qiaobao canjia renmin Chun yan [Handbill inviting the reader to a "People's Lunar New Year" celebration] 欢迎各位僑包參加人民春宴
San Francisco: [197-]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, mimeographed Chinese text, faint horizontal crease. Invites the recipient to a celebration organized by Chinese American leftists at the Asian Community Center, 846 Kearny. More
Cat.No: 249411
Humanity Legion / Aid to China / California Rice Bowl Party / 1941 (pinback button)
n.p. 1941. 1.25 inch diameter button, very good condition. Depicts US and Nationalist Chinese flags bound together. A series of these pins were issued with various years of issue, as part of a fundraising effort to defend China from Japan's invasion. More
Cat.No: 132273
India Pakistan Times. Vol. 3 no. 4 (April/May 1991)
Berkeley: Pakistan-India Friendship Society, 1991. 15p., staplebound newsletter, minor toning. Includes a report on an event at Gadar Memorial Hall in San Francisco, Indian elections, and much critical commentary on the first Iraq War. More
Cat.No: 233023
Indochina Chronicle; September 1975. Where is home? Indochina's evacuees in the United States
Berkeley: Indochina Resource Center, 1975. 19p., 8.5x11 inches, photos, wraps. On Vietnamese evacuees, including allegations of children "rescued" in Operation Babylift having actually been stolen from their families. More
Cat.No: 179713
Inland Riverside Chinese School / Nei lu Hebing Zhongwen xuexiao 內陸河濱中文學校
Riverside, CA: the School, 2003. 80p., wraps, 8.5x11 inches, very good. Text mostly in Chinese. Annual publication of the school, with photos of students and examples of their work. More
Cat.No: 187845
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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