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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![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]](http://www.bolerium.com/pictures/thumb/196947.jpg?v=1484087302)
Marina Review: Spring 1994
San Francisco: Marina Middle School, 1994. Paperback. 206p., mildly worn trade paperback in red pictorial wraps Not found in OCLC. Anthology of student writing from the multi-ethnic public school, about 50% Asian American. More
Cat.No: 166933
Meiguo du li xuan yan yu Meiguo xian fa / Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. Translated by Ken Woo, Ming-Chee Law
San Francisco: SFUSD, Chinese Bilingual Pilot Program, 1979. 26p., staplebound pamphlet, very good. Produced for students in SF's bilingual schools. More
Cat.No: 211523
![Member / Humanity Legion / Bowl of Rice / Feb. 9, 10, 11 1940 / SF Chinatown [pinback button]](/pictures/medium/185547.jpg?v=1535836254)
Member / Humanity Legion / Bowl of Rice / Feb. 9, 10, 11 1940 / SF Chinatown [pinback button]
San Francisco: Humanity Legion, 1940. 1.25 inch diameter button, very good condition. A series of similar pins were issued with various years of issue, as part of fundraising efforts to defend China from Japan's invasion. More
Cat.No: 185547
Merle Woo vs. University of California Victory! Newsletter. No. 1 (June 1984)
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
![Mervyn's California presents Kristi Yamaguchi's A Golden Moment: An extraordinary skating concert to benefit the fight against breast cancer [signed by four Olympic medalists]](/pictures/medium/182889.jpg?v=1532747440)
Mervyn's California presents Kristi Yamaguchi's A Golden Moment: An extraordinary skating concert to benefit the fight against breast cancer [signed by four Olympic medalists]
n.p. Mervyn's, 1999. [36p.], very good in wraps, program booklet with numerous color photos of the skaters and other performers, some of them signed. Also included is an "International Figure Skating" magazine with cover story on Yamaguchi and a full-page ad for this skating concert; a black and white photo... More
Cat.No: 182889
Miduûm ûi kil
Chicago: The Korean Buddhist temple of Chicago, 1982. 188p., very good in wraps. Texts for recitation and hymns with music, presented in both Hangul script and Chinese characters. More
Cat.No: 163829
Minority peoples in a nation at war, edited by J. P. Shalloo and Donald Young
Paperback. viii, 276p. + [viii] ads, wraps, worn copy. The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 223, September 1942. This special issue covers a number of aspects pertaining to the relationship between both native minorities and immigrant groups and the American war effort. More
Cat.No: 8328
Moments. Asian Voices volume VIII
New York: Asian Cultural Union at New York University, 1995. 48p., wraps. Annual art and literary journal. 8.25x10.8 inches. More
Cat.No: 122387
![Monolid: An Asian American magazine for those who aren't blinking. [Vol. 1 nos. 1, 2, 3]](/pictures/medium/200291.jpg?v=1509772178)
Monolid: An Asian American magazine for those who aren't blinking. [Vol. 1 nos. 1, 2, 3]
Berkeley: Monolid, 1999-2000. First three issues of the magazine, very good, 84, 59, 54 pages respectively. More
Cat.No: 200291
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
![Mothers' Day, May 8, 1949: Filipino Methodist Church, S.F. [two photographs]](/pictures/medium/144946.jpg?v=1484085109)
Mothers' Day, May 8, 1949: Filipino Methodist Church, S.F. [two photographs]
San Francisco: Kami Studios, 1949. 8x10 inch black and white photographs showing large crowd of kids, parents and grandparents posing in front of the church, dressed in Sunday best. Inscribed at bottom on the negative of one of the photos with identification. Also included is another photo showing a smaller... More
Cat.No: 144946
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 decoartive wraps. More
Cat.No: 229509
![The New Century Enterprise: [six issue broken run]](/pictures/medium/220691.jpg?v=1513220721)
The New Century Enterprise: [six issue broken run]
San Francisco: Graphic Arts Class at Balboa New Century Enterprise, 1993-1994. Six issue broken run of the school newsletter, various pagination, 8.5x11 inches, illustrations, photos, articles, events, sports, very good on heavy stock. Student newsletter produced by multicultural students. Issues include: 1:2-5, 2:1 & 2, December 10, 1993 - December 15, 1994. More
Cat.No: 220691
Nijisseiki Ei-Wa Shokanbun Taisei / 20th Century Anglo-Japanese Letter Writing
San Francisco; printed in Japan: Aoki Taiseido, 1916. 225p., very good hardcover, bilingual text. Letter-writing manual with sample texts reflecting a wide variety of circumstances encountered by Japanese living in the United States. Includes samples of legal documents. More
Cat.No: 218111
No Opio O Punahou Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1970-1971
Honolulu: the school, 1971. Paperback. 224p., paperbound in 11x8.5 inch wraps, yearbook in non-standard format: no singleton mugshots but a plethora of candid snapshots (usually of small groups) captioned with more than the usual humor and a touch of naughtiness. Prelims and terminal leaves covered with farewell holograph messages. This... More
Cat.No: 187682
Odiyan. Tibetan temple in northwest America
Annapolis, CA: Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center, 1996. 53p., wraps. With preface by founder Tarthang Tulku describing his exile from Tibet and efforts to preserve Tibetan culture and religious texts abroad. More
Cat.No: 161099
Oeji: chaemi siin chakp'umjip no. 2
Seoul: Ch'onghan, 1990. 171p., very good in wraps, text in Korean. Poetry by Koreans abroad, mostly in California. More
Cat.No: 175102
Of our own voice
San Francisco: Asian American Women Artists Association, 1997. 64p. spiral-bound exhibition catalog, with photos of the mostly Bay Area artists and black/white reproductions of their work, 9.5x9 inches, wraps. More
Cat.No: 73735
Okey Ka, 'Cho. No. 2 (Spring 1991)
San Francisco: San Francisco AIDS Foundation, 1991. Single issue of the AIDS education and resources newsletter, 8p., 8.5x11 inches, very good, Filipino text. The English version was called Positive News. More
Cat.No: 198557
![One IGLA bulletin issue 1-5, Spring 1995 - Summer 1998 [5 issue run]](/pictures/medium/201650.jpg?v=1518138591)
One IGLA bulletin issue 1-5, Spring 1995 - Summer 1998 [5 issue run]
West Hollywood: One Institute/International Gay and Lesbian Archives, 1998. Five issues, various pagination 8.5x11 inches, photos, ads, very good newsletter in pastebound wraps. The first five issues on Kepner's International Gay and Lesbian Archive newsletter that merged with the One Institute. Issue #4 contains a celebration of Jim Kepner's life... More
Cat.No: 201650
![One IGLA bulletin issue 3-5, Fall 1997 - Summer 1998 [3 issue run]](/pictures/medium/199905.jpg?v=1484087759)
One IGLA bulletin issue 3-5, Fall 1997 - Summer 1998 [3 issue run]
West Hollywood: One Institute/International Gay and Lesbian Archives, 1998. Three issues, various pagination 8.5x11 inches, photos, ads, very good newsletter in pastebound wraps. One issue contains a celebration of Jim Kepner's life. Kepner had passed away in November 1997. Rear cover of issue #3 is in Chinese and represents the... More
Cat.No: 199905
![Otagiri [trade catalog for the importer of Japanese decorative goods]](/pictures/medium/219708.jpg?v=1510202063)
Otagiri [trade catalog for the importer of Japanese decorative goods]
South San Francisco: Otagiri, 1986. 117p., paperback, 8.5x11.75 inches, front cover curled at corners, otherwise very good. Thoroughly illustrated with color photos of porcelain dishes, lacquer wares, notebooks, and all manner of other items. More
Cat.No: 219708
Our Buddhist reader
Denver: Tri-State Buddhist Church, 1960. 65p., blue buckram boards, sun-fading along left side of front cover, glue marks inside front cover from former bookplate; OCLC shows one holding in Denver. More
Cat.No: 180880
Pacific and Asian Americans: emerging models for ministry
Berkeley: Pacific and Asian American Center for Theology and Strategies (PACTS), 1981. 71p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches. Cover gives date as 1980, but a slip laid in corrects this typo. More
Cat.No: 204827
Pacific and Asian women, resources for ministry: Proceedings from the Conference, Pacific and Asian women in ministry, sisters long before the struggle, May 15-17, 1981, Berkeley, California
Berkeley: Pacific and Asian American Center for Theology and Strategies (PACTS), 1981. 88p., staplebound wraps, 11x8.5 inches. More
Cat.No: 204803
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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