Mill Creek, Washington: Black Heron Press, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which "takes an unflinching look at the lives of Korean immigrants, legal and illegal, in the San Francisco Bay Area. This novel centers on Sam, a widower, who finds himself in debt to a local gangster and Unha, an illegal immigrant working at a nightclub. . . When Unha rebels against the stringent demands placed on her, she is kidnapped and and trafficked into prostitution and Sam is determined to save her." 315 pp. ISBN: 978-0930773922.

New York: Warner, 1985. First edition -

New York: Warner, 1985.
dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of a young Chinese couple who immigrated to the US in 1947 and settled in New York City's Chinatown.

New York: Harper Collins, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly acclaimed first novel by this young Chinese-American writer. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-06-018681x.

New York Marlowe & Company (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - A memoir of upheaval and revolution in China. In the 1940s, the Chen family fled their native China and escaped to the U.S. during the civil war, after being persecutied in Chunking during the Sino-Japanese war of 1937-45..However, when they were repatriated in the 1950s, they had to endure the Cultural Revolution, separation, imprisonment and re-education, xii, 322 pp. ISBN: 1-56924-7420.

New York: Random House, (2000.). SIGNED first edition - Author's very highly praised first book, a memoir of growing up in Maoist China. SIGNED on the title page in both English and Chinese characters. 316 pp.

Guilin, China: Guangxi Normal University Press (2008). First edition - Essays on a variety of topics, including art and changes in China, by this noted Chinese painter and writer. The title piece is a speech which he gave at the Hong Kong Book Fair in July 2008. The first ten essays (71 pages) are in English, the final two (55 pages) are in German. Photographs. 126 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first adult novel - "In this lyrical reimagining of the Chinese classic Dream of the Red Chamber, set against the breathtaking backdrop of eighteenth-century Beijing, the lives of three unforgettable women collide in the inner chambers of the Jia mansion." 381 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 978-0307701572.

New York: Norton, 1991. First edition - Author's first book, the story of an orphaned girl being raised by her matriachal grandmother and her extended family in Singapore in the 60s and 70s.

New York: Penguin, (2023). SIGNED first edition - Award-winning author's look at the history of one Chinese American family from breakbaking work on the transcontinental railroad through the racism of frontier towns to New York City where they established businesses, began families and struggled to survive under the shadow of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated with photographs. Bibliography. xv, 369 pp.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, (1994.). SIGNED first edition - A novel of 2 generations of the Kwan family in Hollywood, written with Chin's usual wicked humor and biting honesty. Tom Robbins described his writing as "red-hot chop suey laced with laughing powder and amphetamines." SIGNED and dated on the title page. 418 pp

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of 2 generations of the Kwan family in Hollywood, written with Chin's usual wicked humor and biting honesty. Tom Robbins described his writing as "red-hot chop suey laced with laughing powder and amphetamines." Chin was the first Chinese American author to have a play produced on a Broadway stage. SIGNED and dated on the title page. 404 pp. ISBN: 1-56689-0241.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, (1994.). SIGNED first edition - A novel of 2 generations of the Kwan family in Hollywood, written with Chin's usual wicked humor and biting honesty. Tom Robbins described his writing as "red-hot chop suey laced with laughing powder and amphetamines." INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication.

New York: Norton, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third collection of poetry by this award-winning writer, born in China and raised in Portland, Oregon.Boldly SIGNED and dated on the title page. Notes. 108 pp. ISBN: 0-393-041670.

New York: Greenfield Review Press, (1987). SIGNED first edition - The author's first book of poems, described by Denise Levertov as 'strong with an authentic and captivating strangeness, beauty and offbeat wit.' INSCRIBED by the author on the title page "with gratitude and best wishes" and dated in 1994. 77 pp. . ISBN: 0-9162678-712.

San Francisco: Immedium, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The tenth adventure in this series of stories from the Chinese Zodiac - "The lamb Sydney befriends the shepherd girl Zhi and other animals. But after a storm strikes, can Sydney show them how valuable a sheep's qualities can be?" Illustrated by Alina Chau. SIGNED by the author, Oliver Chin, on the front pastedown with the words "Happy Year of the Sheep." Large square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 978-1597021043.

New York: Harper Collins, (2003). First edition - Award-winning author's second novel, a retelling of the Patty Hearst story from the viewpoint of a young Japanese-American radical who was caught in the militant underground of the mid-1970s. Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Selected as one of the best books of 2003 by the San Francisco Chronicle. 369 pp.

New York: Henry Holt, (2019). First edition - Her fifth novel, winner of the National Book Award, among other honors. The Washington Post commented "Choi's voice blends an adolescent's awe with an adult's irony. It's a letter-perfect satire of the special strain of egotism and obsession that can fester in academic settings. . . . [she is] a master of emotional pacing: the sudden revelation, the unexpected attack. . . . How cunningly this novel considers the way teenage sexuality is experienced, manipulated, and remembered. . . . The result is a dramatic exploration of the distorting forces of memory, envy, and art." 222 pp.

New York: Flatiron Books, (2019). SIGNED first edition - The second novel by this author who grew up in Malaysia herself, set in the world of 1930s British colonial Malaya. "Quick-witted, ambitious Ji Lin is stuck as an apprentice dressmaker, moonlighting as a dancehall girl to help pay off her mother's Mahjong debts. But when one of her dance partners accidentally leaves behind a gruesome souvenir, Ji Lin plunges into a dark adventure: a mirror world of secrets and superstitions." SIGNED on the title page with the words "Best wishes" and dated in 2018, that is, before publication. Promotional postcard laid in. Author's historical note on weretigers and more. 372 pp.

New York: Dutton, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - INSCRIBED on the title page by the author. Women of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino and Vietnamese ancestry talk about finding their way in the dominant US culture. 302 pp. ISBN: 0-525-940758.

San Francisco: Hurlow & Choy, Publishers, (1974) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A humorous play about a Hong Kong girl's romance in America, set entirely in an apartment in San Francisco's Chinatown. Copyright page notes that an unpublished title to this work: 'The Yellow Moon is Winking' was copyrighted in 1971. SIGNED and INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and stamped with the author's seal. 160 pp.

Thousand Oaks, CA, Burn, Hart & Co., (1994.). SIGNED - Originally published in 1976, this revised bilingual edition: English and Vietnamese with a Study guide. Contains 10 folktales and legends told by Duong Van Quyen and written in English, plus a 'very brief history of Vietnam' and selected stories condensed and in English and Vietnamese, and one Laotian folktale translated into English, Vietnamese, and Cambodian. Study guide. Illustrated with drawings by Nena Grigorain Ullberg. SIGNED on the title page by Coburn. Large format. 112 pp. ISBN: 0-918060-087.

Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, (2011.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A young boy gradually comes to understand - and appreciate - his Chinese grandfather, an expert in tai chi. SIGNED on the title page by the author with the words "Happy Reading." Illustrated with full color paintings by Yan Nascimbene and also with small drawings showing the various tai chi postures. Oblong format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9780763646424.

New York: Kennikat Press, 1971. dj. Hardcover - Originally published in 1954, this is a look at each country in Asia and the differing effects in each country of contact with the West and Western technology by a CBS radio and television commentator. The title refers to the fact that the countries of Asia are not a unified block: "The only things the nations of Asia have in common are negative. They are not white. They are not well fed. They do not trust or admire the West." Map endpapers. 320 pages.