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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Issei, Nisei, Sansei: Japanese in America: catalogue No. 1
New York: Amerasia Resources, Inc., 1971. 18p., 8.5x11 inches, very good in original stapled wraps. A catalogue of books offered by the company. More
Cat.No: 96809
Itadakimasu
Gardena: Gardena Buddhist Church, Dana Group, [198-]. 246p., plastic comb binding, card coevr, very good. Cookbook from the church, with ads for local businesses. More
Cat.No: 225156
Iva Toguri (d'Aquino): victim of a legend
San Francisco: The National Committee for Iva Toguri, Japanese American Citizens League, 1975. 32p., 5.5x8.5 inches, introduction, epilogue, appendixes, bibliography, original stapled orange wraps. Biography and defense of the woman accused of acts of treason as Tokyo Rose. More
Cat.No: 109350
Japanese children's songs
San Francisco: Nihonmachi Little Friends, 1982. 23p., 8.5x11 inches, very good in wraps with a black plastic comb binding. Lyrics are in transliterated Japanese and English, with musical notation. More
Cat.No: 190657
Japanese Laborers in California [stereoview card]
Meadville, PA, etc. Keystone View Co., [192-]. Stereoview card, about 7x3.25 inches, undated but with text on the back mentioning the 1924 Japanese exclusion law. Slightly curled as usual, otherwise very good. More
Cat.No: 259782
Japanese recipes; 1961-1962 Japan food show
San Francisco: Japan Trade Center, [1961]. 19p., wraps, edges yellowed. More
Cat.No: 9477
Japanese-Americans in the Pacific Northwest: a bibliography
Tacoma, WA: Tacoma Public Library, 1971. 15p., 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets stapled at left, some edgewear, pencil notes on cover. More
Cat.No: 228801
The Jeng Sen Buddhism and Taoism Association of San Francisco cordially invites you to attend a buffet dinner in celebration of the birth of the Immortal God Lao Tsze [invitation card]
San Francisco: the Association, 1963. Four panel card, taped shut for mailing (tape residue leaving browned strip at edge), address and postmark on front panel; text in Chinese and English, lengthier text in Chinese only on back panel (somewhat yellowed). The event was helf at 146 Waverly Place in Chinatown..... More
Cat.No: 173842
Jikishin. Vol. 5 no. 2 (July 10, 1949)
Fresno, CA: Rev. I. Kyogoku, 1949. 33p., staplebound booklet format, very good; text in Japanese. This issue of the Buddhist newsletter is devoted to those who died in WWII. More
Cat.No: 237557
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Jinan daxue xuebao 暨南大學學報 [14 issues] 14期
Guangzhou: Jinan da xue xue bao bian ji shi 暨南大學學報編輯社, 1981-1991. Fourteen issues of the journal, which shortened its title to Jinan xuebao in 1982. Issues present are whole numbers 6-12, 14-16, 22-24 and 46. Text in Chinese, with English table of contents in each issue. Though not marked as..... More
Cat.No: 182078
Jinshan zhou hui wen hui 金山粥會文會
San Francisco: Jinshan zhou hui [Party and Porridge Club] 金山粥會, [2005]. 146p., very good in wraps, 8.5x11 inches; text in Chinese, thoroughly illustrated. Special publication for the tenth anniversary of the cultural group, which takes its name from Taiwan's oldest literary group. Includes numerous press clippings, facsimiles of award certificates..... More
Cat.No: 186662
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Jinshan zi you lun tan [San Francisco Freedom Forum]. (Four issues)
San Francisco: S.F. Freedom Forum, 2004-2005. Four issues of the staplebound publication, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good, 37 pages per issue. Numbers present are 39, 40, 41, and 43. Periodical featuring anti-communist Chinese American opinion. More
Cat.No: 242210
Ka Nani 1989; volume seven, the art and literary magazine of Kapiolani Community College
Honolulu: Kapiolani Community College, 1989. 68p., 8.5 x 6.75 inch wraps. Poetry and prose, with a large number of Asian American contributors. More
Cat.No: 80165
The Kenyon review; volume xvii, number 2, spring 1995
Gambier, OH: Kenyon College, 1995. 169p., wraps. Contains a 56p. section on Asian American literature, with fiction and poetry by Ha Jin, Marilyn Chin and Timothy Liu, among others. More
Cat.No: 36173
The Kiva. Vol. 44 no. 1 (Fall 1978)
Tucson: Arizona Archeological and Historical Society, 1978. 75p., slender paperback format, covers partly sun-faded along spine, otherwise very good. Includes John W. Olsen's 50-page paper, "A study of Chinese ceramics excavated in Tucson." More
Cat.No: 240903
Kono uta, ano uta
Belmont, CA: n.pub. 1973. 39p., staplebound booklet, covers mildly foxed with a sunned area on front cover, staples rusted. Collection of poems in Japanese with Romanized transliteration. More
Cat.No: 215538
Kono uta, ano uta
Belmont, CA: n.pub. 1973. 39p., staplebound booklet, covers mildly worn, internal rubberstamp of an activist library. Collection of poems in Japanese with Romanized transliteration. More
Cat.No: 249684
Korea - U.S.A. Centennial 1882-1982
Seoul: Yonhap News Agency, 1982. Hardcover. 194p. + ads, 8.5x11.5 inches, proclomations, resolution, introduction, appendix, chronology, b&w and color photos, very good first edition in cloth boards, gilt, and unclipped dj. Section on Korean-Americans. More
Cat.No: 207888
Korean business directory 2012 / Hanin opso chonhwabu
Oakland, CA: Korea Times San Francisco, 2012. 631p., very good softcover. Telephone book and directory, filled with ads for Korean-American businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area. text largely in Korean. More
Cat.No: 172627
KYEO Speaks 6
n.p. the zine, 2012. [36p.], photocopied zine format in lightly worn wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches. DIY hardcore music zine, much about the authors' bands and interviews with musicians of like mind. Most content appears to be by Mark Chen, with contributions from bandmates. Based in Southern California. More
Cat.No: 193631
Lau's Private Detective Agency [handbill]
Hong Kong: the Agency, [1987-?]. 8.5x13 inch introduction to the agency, printed both sides, text in Chinese except for title and professional affiliations; fold-creased. Undated, but includes citations of Chinese-American press coverage from 1986 and 1987. Notes that Lau Big-Sang, the head of the Agency, holds "Honorary citizenship of State..... More
Cat.No: 212702
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. 431 p., edge-worn wraps, text in Vietnamese. Astrological calendar and guide for the year 1999. Many ads for local businesses. More
Cat.No: 199063
Lin Qingni shu hua zhan / Exhibition of Chinese paintings & calligraphy by Prof. Tsing-ai Lim
Taibei: National Museum of History, 1968. Staplebound booklet with 29 black and white plates, captions in Chinese, with an English biography of the artist (then an instructor at the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design in San Francisco). Brief inscription in Chinese by the painter. Front cover partly toned, otherwise very..... More
Cat.No: 214487
The little champions: Bhavan's Children's Day special publication
New York: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1983. 41p., staplebound wraps, very good. Short essays by Indo-American children, with brief bios. More
Cat.No: 201766
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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