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  • FRIENDS. by Abe, Kobo.
    Abe, Kobo.
    FRIENDS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Grove Press, (1969) dl. Hardcover first edition - The uncommon hardcover edition of this play "about the destruction of an individual. . A family then enters the apartment of a young man. Without invitation or introduction, they announce that they will save him from his loneliness by living with him and being his friends" but instead they slowly take away from him everything that matters. Translated from the Japanese by Donald Keene. 94 pp.

    Condition: Ex-library with relatively few markings,and overall tight and clean in a a very near fine unmarked dustjacket.

    Book ID: 90889
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  • THE WOMAN IN THE DUNES. by Abe, Kobo
    Abe, Kobo
    THE WOMAN IN THE DUNES.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Vintage Books, (1991). One of the most important Japanese novels of the 20th century, this is reminiscent of Kafka's works. An amateur entomologist wanders into a remote seaside village in pursuit of a rare beetle, and is offered lodging for the night at the bottom of a vast sand pit. But when he attempts to leave the next morning, he discovers that he is a prisoner and his only companion is a young widow, a pariah in the poor community, who the villagers have condemned to a life of shoveling back the ever-encroaching dunes that threaten to bury the town. Translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders. Illustrated with drawings by Machi Abe. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-679733787.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 84064
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  • THE RUINED MAP. by Abe, Kobo,
    Abe, Kobo,
    THE RUINED MAP.

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    New York: Vintage Books, (2001). A literary thriller, the story of an unnamed detective, hired by a beautiful, alcoholic woman, to find clues related to the disappearance of her husband but instead he gradually begins to identify himself with the man he was supposed to find. A novel which uses elements of the noir genre to explore urbanization and alienation. Translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders. 299 pp. ISBN: 0-375726527.

    Condition: Near fine (usual light toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 90205
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  • LAST MAN IN TOWER. by Adiga, Aravind,
    Adiga, Aravind,
    LAST MAN IN TOWER.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third novel by this Booker Prize winning author. One man stands in the way of real estate developer Dharmen Shah's luxury high- rise: Masterji, a retired schoolteacher who will not leave his home in Vishram's Tower A. As the demolition deadline gets closer, Masterji's neighbors and former friends become enemies, determined to make sure that nothing will block their payday - a story of money and power, luxury and deprivation set in modern India. 382 pp. ISBN: 978-0307594099.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88606
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  • THE WHITE TIGER. by Adiga, Aravind,
    Adiga, Aravind,
    THE WHITE TIGER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (ARC, trade paperback format. )

    New York: Free Press / Simon & Schuster, (2008). First edition - The author's first novel, winner of the Man-Booker award (only the fourth Indian writer to receive this), and basis of the 1921 film of the same name. "Halwai, the narrator, is a modern Indian hero. In a nation proudly shedding a history of poverty and underdevelopment, he represents, as he himself says, tomorrow but it's a more complicated story than Balram initially lets on. Before moving to Bangalore, he was a driver for the son of a feudal landlord. One rainy day in Delhi, he crushed the skull of his employer and stole a bag containing a large amount of money, capital that financed his Bangalore taxi…

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    New York: Free Press / Simon & Schuster, (2008). First edition - The author's first novel, winner of the Man-Booker award (only the fourth Indian writer to receive this), and basis of the 1921 film of the same name. "Halwai, the narrator, is a modern Indian hero. In a nation proudly shedding a history of poverty and underdevelopment, he represents, as he himself says, tomorrow but it's a more complicated story than Balram initially lets on. Before moving to Bangalore, he was a driver for the son of a feudal landlord. One rainy day in Delhi, he crushed the skull of his employer and stole a bag containing a large amount of money, capital that financed his Bangalore taxi business. That business ferrying technology workers to and from their jobs depends, in turn, on keeping the police happy with the occasional bribe. As a parable of the new India, then, his tale has a distinctly macabre twist. He is not only an entrepreneur but a roguish criminal with a remarkable capacity for self-justification, and the background against which he operates is not just a resurgent economy and nation but a landscape of corruption, inequality and poverty." Promotional material laid in. 276 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 91086
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  • BALLOON TOP. by Albery, Nobuko
    Albery, Nobuko
    BALLOON TOP.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Pantheon, 1978. Hardcover first edition - Dramatist's first novel, about a Japanese girl coming-of-age first under the US occupation of Japan and later in the revolutionary sixties.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (remainder mark, price-clipped)

    Book ID: 3948
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  • Alexander, Garth
    THE INVISIBLE CHINA: The Overseas Chinese and the Politics of Southeast Asia

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Macmillan, 1974. dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on 4 years of study of the Chinese who live in Southeast Asia. 264 pgs, photographs, index, bibliography. Map endpapers.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 36544
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  • Alexander, Garth
    THE INVISIBLE CHINA: The Overseas Chinese and the Politics of Southeast Asia

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Macmillan, 1974. dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on 4 years of study of the Chinese who live in Southeast Asia. 264 pgs, photographs, index, bibliography. Map endpapers.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (apparently unread.)

    Book ID: 8830
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  • VIETNAM PERSPECTIVEs, Volume 1, Number 2, November 1965. by American Friends of Vietnam
    American Friends of Vietnam
    VIETNAM PERSPECTIVEs, Volume 1, Number 2, November 1965.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: American Friends of Vietnam, Inc. 1965. First edition - Pro Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) academic journal, with articles including George Tanham's "The Communist challenge in the provinces;" Charles Joiner's "Administration and political warfare in the highlands;" "Asian Leaders Speak" and "Why New Zealand aids South Vietnam." 56 pp.

    Condition: Very good in red and black printed stapled wrappers.

    Book ID: 55356
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  • A GOLDEN AGE. by Anam, Tahmima.
    Anam, Tahmima.
    A GOLDEN AGE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in 1971 in East Pakistan, in a country on the brink of war. "Set against the backdrop of the Bangladesh War of Independence, this is a story of passion and revolution, of hope, faith and unexpected heroism. In the chaos of this era, everyone - from student protesters to the country's leaders, from rickshaw'wallahs to the army's soldiers - must make choices." 276 pp. ISBN: 978-0061478741.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder dot)

    Book ID: 90111
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  • THE HINDU WEDDING PLANNER: A Complete Guide to Planning and Performing the Engagement and Wedding Ceremonies. by Angirasa Muni.
    Angirasa Muni.
    THE HINDU WEDDING PLANNER: A Complete Guide to Planning and Performing the Engagement and Wedding Ceremonies.

    Edition: First printing, a large paperback.

    Fort Wayne, Indiana: Sacred Books Inc., 1999. First edition - The Angirasa Guide to planning a Hindu wedding; English and Hindi Edition - Includes prayers in English and Hindi, with some transliteration into the Roman alphabet. Large format, spiral-bound. 110 pp. ISBN: 1-893152103.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 85053
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  • CAST ME OUT IF YOU WILL: Stories and Memoir. by Antherjanam, Lalithambika (1909-1985)
    Antherjanam, Lalithambika (1909-1985)
    CAST ME OUT IF YOU WILL: Stories and Memoir.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: The Feminist Press at CUNY, (1998). First edition - A collection of short stories and personal memoirs -a compilation representing half a century of writing and activism - available in English for the first time. Translated, edited and introduced by Gita Krishnankutty. Foreword by Meena Alexander. "Antherjanam was an early feminist of Kerala, at the tip of India's subcontinent, at the beginning of the 20th century. Her family was supportive, encouraging her education and writing, but as a Brahmin woman she was confined to seclusion until her marriage, fortunately arranged to a man sympathetic to her pursuit of women's rights. Her stories offer clear-eyed and chilling testimony to the brutal oppression suffered by Indian women 'cast out'…

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    New York: The Feminist Press at CUNY, (1998). First edition - A collection of short stories and personal memoirs -a compilation representing half a century of writing and activism - available in English for the first time. Translated, edited and introduced by Gita Krishnankutty. Foreword by Meena Alexander. "Antherjanam was an early feminist of Kerala, at the tip of India's subcontinent, at the beginning of the 20th century. Her family was supportive, encouraging her education and writing, but as a Brahmin woman she was confined to seclusion until her marriage, fortunately arranged to a man sympathetic to her pursuit of women's rights. Her stories offer clear-eyed and chilling testimony to the brutal oppression suffered by Indian women 'cast out' if they dared to stray from enforced subjugation. At the same time, they celebrate their resilience, resistance, and vitality of these individuals. This volume includes a selection of her fiction and memoir, which captures early moments in India's nationalist and feminist movements." Notes at the end of each selection, glossary, bibliography. Errata slip laid in. xxxii, 188 pp. ISBN: 1-558611886.

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    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 90641
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  • CITY COUSIN AND OTHER STORIES by (anthology)
    (anthology)
    CITY COUSIN AND OTHER STORIES

    Edition: First printing in wrappers.

    Peking: Foreign Language Press, 1973. First edition - A collection of 8 short stories about village life in China, described in glowing terms - among the characters are a storekeeper who gives her whole heart to serving the peasants, People's Liberation Army men who guard the land and cherish the people and others.

    Condition: Very good in printed wrappers (inexpensively printed and bound.)

    Book ID: 6722
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  • HOME TO STAY: Asian American Fiction by Women by [Anthology - signed] Watanabe, Sylvia and Carol Bruchac, Editors; Chitra Divakaruni, signed.
    [Anthology - signed] Watanabe, Sylvia and Carol Bruchac, Editors; Chitra Divakaruni, signed.
    HOME TO STAY: Asian American Fiction by Women

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Greenfield Center, NY: The Greenfield Review Press, (1990.). SIGNED first edition - An anthology of 32 stories by women of Japanese, Filipino, Chinese, Indian, and Southwest Asian ancestry, and stories by non-Asian women with strong links to the Asian American experience. SIGNED by Chitra Divakaruni at her story "Doors." Other contributors include Maxine Hong Kingston, Jessica Hagedorn, Bharati Mukherjee, Amy Tan, Gish Jen, Diana Davenport, Hisaye Yamamoto, Marie Hara, Fae Myenne Ng, Susan Nunes and many others. Each selection is preceded by a photograph of the author and brief biographical comments. 321 pp. Cover art by Carli Oliver. ISBN: 0-912678-763.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (minor wear to covers).

    Book ID: 57328
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  • HOME TO STAY: Asian American Fiction by Women by [Anthology - signed] Watanabe, Sylvia and Carol Bruchac, Editors; Chitra Divakaruni, signed.
    [Anthology - signed] Watanabe, Sylvia and Carol Bruchac, Editors; Chitra Divakaruni, signed.
    HOME TO STAY: Asian American Fiction by Women

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Greenfield Center, NY: The Greenfield Review Press, (1990.). SIGNED first edition - An anthology of 32 stories by women of Japanese, Filipino, Chinese, Indian, and Southwest Asian ancestry, and stories by non-Asian women with strong links to the Asian American experience. SIGNED by Chitra Divakaruni at her story "Doors." Other contributors include Maxine Hong Kingston, Jessica Hagedorn, Bharati Mukherjee, Amy Tan, Gish Jen, Diana Davenport, Hisaye Yamamoto, Marie Hara, Fae Myenne Ng, Susan Nunes and many others. Each selection is preceded by a photograph of the author and brief biographical comments. 321 pp. Cover art by Carli Oliver. ISBN: 0-912678-763.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 57327
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  • LISTENING NOW by Appachana, Anjana
    Appachana, Anjana
    LISTENING NOW

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, 1998. Hardcover first edition - A complex first novel by this young Indian writer.

    Condition: F/F.

    Book ID: 9220
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  • FIVE STAR BILLIONAIRE. by Aw, Tash.
    Aw, Tash.
    FIVE STAR BILLIONAIRE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Spiegel & Grau, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's third novel, the stories of young Chinese men and women who bring their hopes and dreams to Shanghai, the shining symbol of "the New China." SIGNED on the title page. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. 379 pp. ISBN: 978-0812994346.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 63505
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  • MIDNIGHT AT THE DRAGON CAFE. by Bates, Judy Fong.
    Bates, Judy Fong.
    MIDNIGHT AT THE DRAGON CAFE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Counterpoint, (2005.). First edition - Author's excellent first novel (and second book), the story of a young Chinese girl who is torn apart by family secrets and divided loyalties in a small Canadian town in the 1950's. Originally published in Canada - where the author, like the narrator in this novel, came as a young girl - this is being published as a trade paperback original in the United States. 315 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers. (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 30762
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  • Bauer, Wolfgang and Franke, Herbert, editors.
    THE GOLDEN CASKET: Chinese Novella of Two Millennia.

    Edition: First American edition.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1964. dj. Hardcover first edition - Translated by Christopher Levenson from Bauer's and Franke's German version of the original Chinese, under the supervision of Arthur Waley. Introduction by Herbert Franke. Illustrated with Chinese woodcuts.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (soiling to back cover, light edgewear.)

    Book ID: 12721
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  • RED IVY, GREEN EARTH MOTHER. by Bei, Ai. Foreword By Amy Tan.
    Bei, Ai. Foreword By Amy Tan.
    RED IVY, GREEN EARTH MOTHER.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Salt Lake City: Gibbs-Smith Publisher, (1990). First edition - The first book to appear in English by this leading Chinese woman writer, who was in the US at the time of the Tiananmen riots, and because she spoke up then against the governement, she wound up remaining in the US. Includes a novella and three stories. Foreword by Amy Tan. Translated from the Chinese By Howard Goldblatt, 146 pp. ISBN: 0-879052929.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 79705
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  • RABBITS, CRABS, ETC.: Stories by Japanese Women. by Birnbaum, Phyllis, translator.
    Birnbaum, Phyllis, translator.
    RABBITS, CRABS, ETC.: Stories by Japanese Women.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.

    Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, (1982). First edition - Translations of six 20th century Japanese women's stories - writers who choose not to recognize the docile stereotype of Japanese women, but rather to write probing, provocative and sometimes chilling explorations of the female pysche. Translated and with an introduction by Birnbaum. Among the writers are Kanei Mieko, Sono Ayako, Enchi Fumiko and others. ix, 147 p . ISBN: -824808177.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (previous owner's name)

    Book ID: 76309
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  • SOJOURN IN OCCUPIED JAPAN. by Blackstock, Graham Belcher
    Blackstock, Graham Belcher
    SOJOURN IN OCCUPIED JAPAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Vantage Press, (1979.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED by the author with the words "with the best of good wishes" on the dedication page. A fictionalized account - a novel based on the author's experiences - of a young American girl who arrives in Japan in 1945, at the end of World War II, to work with the American Red Cross - among the soldiers was the Army officer, who became her husband. As they spent the years working in Japan, they fell in love with the country and with the people as they struggled to build a new life among the devastation of the old. Illustrated with 42 full-page black and white paintings by…

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    New York: Vantage Press, (1979.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED by the author with the words "with the best of good wishes" on the dedication page. A fictionalized account - a novel based on the author's experiences - of a young American girl who arrives in Japan in 1945, at the end of World War II, to work with the American Red Cross - among the soldiers was the Army officer, who became her husband. As they spent the years working in Japan, they fell in love with the country and with the people as they struggled to build a new life among the devastation of the old. Illustrated with 42 full-page black and white paintings by the artist-cartoonist Takeo Nishijima (based on watercolors which inspired this book). 399 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-53303843X.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 39040
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  • AN EYE FOR THE DRAGON: Southwest Asia Observed 1954-1970. by Bloodworth, Dennis.
    Bloodworth, Dennis.
    AN EYE FOR THE DRAGON: Southwest Asia Observed 1954-1970.

    Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1970.) dj. Hardcover - Map endpapers. Bibliography, index. 415 pp

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 46329
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  • Bloodworth, Dennis.
    AN EYE FOR THE DRAGON: Southwest Asia Observed 1954-1970.

    Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1970.) dj. Hardcover - Map endpapers. Bibliography, index. 415 pp

    Condition: Good in good dust jacket (dustjacket flaps have been partially pasted onto endpapers.)

    Book ID: 41168
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  • Blyth, R.H. [Reginald Horace]
    ORIENTAL HUMOUR.

    Edition: First printing.

    Tokyo, Japan: Hokuseido Press, 1959. dj. Hardcover first edition - Rather uncommon first edition of this classic and comprehensive English-language work on Japanese, Chinese & Korean humor from all periods (India is not included, although the introduction describes India as the chief origin of world humour.) Among the topics are Chinese classics and poetry, ghost stories, Liehtse, proverbs, Taoism, Zen, short stories, Korean humor and proverbs, Chinese influence on Japan, Japanese caricature, old and modern Senryu, Yanagidaru, and more. Illustrated with a color frontispiece, 26 rather striking inserted plates (7 in color), each with a tissue guard imprinted with notations about the plate, by Kang Hi An, Li Am, Sengai, Hakuin, Tosa Minsunaga and others, and 6 en texte illustrations. Chronological chart, bibliography, index. 582 pp.

    Condition: Very good in a good only dustjacket - a solid, clean copy in orange cloth with just a hint of dampness/crinkling to the upper edges of the first few pages, previous owner's name, in a fragile dustacket with rubbing along the folds, and one fold partially split (now protected by an archival cover.)

    Book ID: 36003
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  • Bornoff, Nicholas.
    PINK SAMURAI: Love, Marriage & Sex in Contemorary Japan.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pocket Books, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dj: 'Journalist Nicholas Bornoff opens a unique, richly researched window to the East in this revealing, often surprising account of sexual pursuits and politics in modern Japan. Attitudes towards women, men, family, work and erotic preferences are explored in depth, from the first primitive myths to the neon glare of the modern cities' - including geishas, love hotels, no-pantie coffee shops, erotic comics and more. Photographs. xvi, 479 pp. ISBN: 0-671-742655.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 37901
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  • RUBY'S WISH. by Bridges, Shirin Yim; illustrated by Sophie Blackall.
    Bridges, Shirin Yim; illustrated by Sophie Blackall.
    RUBY'S WISH.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A story based on the author's grandmother - Instead of getting married, Ruby is determined to attend university when she grows up, just like the boys in her family. An engaging portrait of a young girl who strives for more and a grandfather who rewards her hard work and courage. SIGNED by the author opposite the half title page. Illustrated with watercolor paintings by Sophie Blackall. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-8118-34905.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 55062
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  • Buss, Claude A.
    CORY AQUINO AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    Stanford, CA: Standford Alumni Association, 1987. This book places the events leading to the fall of President Marcos and the rise of President Aquino in the context of Philippine history. 200 pgs. A title in the Portable Stanford Series.

    Condition: Very good. (slight edge wear)

    Book ID: 13884
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  • Campbell, Helen L.
    THE STORY OF LITTLE METZU, THE JAPANESE BOY.

    Edition: Revised edition.

    Philadelphia: David McKay Co., (1914, orig c 1905.). Hardcover - A title in the Children of the World Series. Illustrated with photographs and some drawings. 106 pp plus a map and Japanese vocabulary list.

    Condition: Very good+ in dark green cloth with illustrated covers.

    Book ID: 29283
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  • MONKEY BRIDGE. by Cao, Lan.
    Cao, Lan.
    MONKEY BRIDGE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the coming-of-age story of a young girl who left Vietnam with her family in 1975, just before the fall of Saigon, and began life with her family in Maryland - and also the story of her mother, whose journey began in a rural village to a convent school and to life in Saigon with her wealthy husband - and then to a grocery store in Maryland. SIGNED on the title page. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-670873675.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 81827
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