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DAUGHTERS OF CHANGING JAPAN
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1955. dj. Hardcover first edition - The stories of 10 young women in urban postwar Japan as they wrote them in Tokyo in 1953.
Condition: Very good condition in a very worn dj with several tears and a large chip missing from front cover.
Book ID: 9391More details Price: $15.00 -
GIRL UNDER A RED MOON.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 78407More details Price: $40.00 -
GIRL UNDER A RED MOON.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 78405More details Price: $35.00 -
MY LAST EMPRESS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Crown, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - An historical novel by this author who grew up in Maoist China. "A sweeping story of passion and obsession, set against the upheavals of 19th century imperial China." 273 pp. ISBN: 978-0307381309.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (slit on upper edge of dj) .
Book ID: 75537More details Price: $15.00 -
STONES OF THE WALL.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - Described as "The First Major Novel to Come Out of Contemporary China." Written by a former Red Guard and set mostly in Shanghai in the late 1970s, this is a novel of how the Cultural Revolution of 1957 and the fall of the Gang of Four in 1977 affected one woman, her husband and their friends around them. Translated by Frances Wood. Translator's note, list of principle characters and footnotes at the end of the book. ix, 310 pp. ISBN: 0-312762151.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (bit of wear at the top of the spine of the dj).
Book ID: 67900More details Price: $16.50 -
THE JAPANESE WAY OF THE FLOWER: Ikebana as Moving Meditation.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback..
Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, (2000.). SIGNED first edition - Based on the traditional Japanase kado - the 'Way of flowers.' A title in the Michi: Japanese Arts and Ways series. SIGNED on the first page by author H. E. Davey. Illustrated with drawings and full color photographs. Notes, glossary, 151 pp. Square format. ISBN: 1880656477.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 51981More details Price: $45.00 -
THE HOUSE OF BLUE MANGOES.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: HarperCollins, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a historical novel set in a seaside village in India, beginning in 1899 and following the history of the leading family for three generations. 421 pp. ISBN: 0-06-6212545.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 57455More details Price: $21.00 -
THE HOUSE OF BLUE MANGOES.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: HarperCollins, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a historical novel set in a seaside village in India, beginning in 1899 and following the history of the leading family for three generations. 421 pp. ISBN: 0-06-6212545.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (bookseller's black line on bottom edge.)
Book ID: 26566More details Price: $18.00 -
THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second novel, winner of the Man-Booker Award (Desai was the youngest woman to receive this award.) One of the judges described it as "a magnificent novel of humane breadth and wisdom, comic tenderness and powerful political acuteness. " 324 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-9294.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 59389More details Price: $25.00 -
THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2006.) dj. Hardcover - Her second novel, winner of the Man-Booker Award (Desai was the youngest woman to receive this award.) One of the judges described it as "a magnificent novel of humane breadth and wisdom, comic tenderness and powerful political acuteness. " 324 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-9294.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 57896More details Price: $15.00 -
THE EARTH SINGS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised first novel by this Chinese born writer, now living in France. Translated from the original French by Jon Rothschild. ISBN: 0-15-176140x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 22514More details Price: $20.00 -
ONE AMAZING THING.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Hyperion / Voice, (2010.). SIGNED first edition - When nine people - including a teenager, a couple on the brink of divorce, a Chinese grandmother, a Muslim-American young man, an African American ex-soldier - are trapped by an earthquake in an Indian visa office in an unnamed US city, each shares 'one amazing thing' that happened to them. SIGNED on the title page. 220 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy.)
Book ID: 83017More details Price: $22.50 -
OLEANDER GIRL.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster / Free Press, (2012.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Seventh novel by this highly praised Asian American writer, the story of a young woman who leaves India for America in a search that will change her life. INSCRIBED on the title page. 289 pp. ISBN: 978-1451695656.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 88959More details Price: $23.50 -
THE CONCH BEARER.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Brookfield, Connecticut: Roaring Brook Press, 2003. SIGNED first edition - A magical fantasy-adventure story of the remarkable journey of a 12 year old Indian boy from the teeming streets of Kolkata to a secret valley high in the Himalayas. SIGNED on the title page by the author.
Condition: Fine (as new.)
Book ID: 26761More details Price: $20.00 -
QUEEN OF DREAMS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An engrossing novel, the story of Rakhi, a young artist and divorced mother in Berkley, California, who is torn between the lure of her mother's past in India and assimilation in modern America. After her mother's death, Rakhi discovers her dream journals, and begins to learn, as her mother knew, that a dream is a telegram from a hidden world. But in the wake of 9/11, Rakhi and her friends find themselves branded as terrorists. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. 340 pp. Reading guide laid in. ISBN: 0-385-506821.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 34815More details Price: $31.50 -
BLACK CANDLE: Poems about Women from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh,
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Corvallis, OR: Calyx Books, 1991. First edition - The powerful third collection of poetry by this author who was born in India, now lives in California. 95 pp plus glossary. ISBN: 0-934971-234.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 64809More details Price: $15.00 -
THE VINE OF DESIRE: A Novel.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Sequel to "Sister of My Heart" although this exploration of the lifelong friendship between two women, from India, who emigrated to the United States stands on its own as an exploration of the ties that bind us. SIGNED on the title page. 373 pp. ISBN: 0-385-497296.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 43028More details Price: $25.00 -
OLEANDER GIRL.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Simon & Schuster / Free Press, (2012.). SIGNED first edition - Seventh novel by this highly praised Asian American writer, the story of a young woman who leaves India for America in a search that will change her life. SIGNED on the title page and dated March 9, 2013. 289 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 57326More details Price: $30.00 -
THE UNKNOWN ERRORS OF OUR LIVES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, 2001. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of short stories set in India and the United States, which explore the tension between the old ways and the new; each story features a woman, young or old, often uprooted - whether by choice or deception or necessity - from her traditional life in India. SIGNED on the title page by this American Book Award winning author. ISBN: 0-385-49727x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Review copy with publisher's material laid in, including a photocopy of a brief autobiographical piece which Divakaruni wrote called 'Miss World.'
Book ID: 30529More details Price: $40.00 -
QUEEN OF DREAMS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An engrossing novel, the story of Rakhi, a young artist and divorced mother in Berkley, California, who is torn between the lure of her mother's past in India and assimilation in modern America. After her mother's death, Rakhi discovers her dream journals, and begins to learn, as her mother knew, that a dream is a telegram from a hidden world. But in the wake of 9/11, Rakhi and her friends find themselves branded as terrorists. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. 340 pp. ISBN: 0-385-506821.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83095More details Price: $28.50 -
BLACK CANDLE: Poems about Women from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh,
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Corvallis, OR: Calyx Books, 1991. SIGNED first edition - The powerful third collection of poetry by this author who was born in India, now lives in California. SIGNED on the title page by the author. ISBN: 0-934971-234.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 25165More details Price: $30.00 -
MIRROR OF FIRE AND DREAMING: The Brotherhood of the Conch, Book Two.
Edition: First printing.
New Milford, CT: Roaring Brook Press, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult novel which continues the adventures of Anand - This time his journey takes him back from the present where he is living in the Himalayan Silver Valley back to Moghul times, as he encounters powerful sorcerers, spoiled princes, noble warriors and evil jinns. 329 pp. ISBN: 1-596430672.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83014More details Price: $16.50 -
SISTER OF MY HEART.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel by this highly praised Asian American writer. SIGNED on title page by the author. ISBN: 0-385-489501.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped dj.)
Book ID: 24579More details Price: $30.00 -
QUEEN OF DREAMS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An engrossing novel, the story of Rakhi, a young artist and divorced mother in Berkley, California, who is torn between the lure of her mother's past in India and assimilation in modern America. After her mother's death, Rakhi discovers her dream journals, and begins to learn, as her mother knew, that a dream is a telegram from a hidden world. But in the wake of 9/11, Rakhi and her friends find themselves branded as terrorists. SIGNED by the author on the title page. 340 pp. Reading guide laid in. ISBN: 0-385-506821.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 52046More details Price: $30.00 -
THE UNKNOWN ERRORS OF OUR LIVES.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Anchor Books, (2002.). SIGNED - A collection of short stories set in India and the United States, which explore the tension between the old ways and the new; each story features a woman, young or old, often uprooted - whether by choice or deception or necessity - from her traditional life in India.
Condition: Fair condition only in creased covers, but SIGNED on the title page by this American Book Award winning author.
Book ID: 47826More details Price: $10.00 -
SISTER OF MY HEART.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doubleday, (1999.). SIGNED first edition - Second novel by this highly praised Asian American writer. SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-385-489501.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages, as is common with this advance issue)
Book ID: 18417More details Price: $30.00 -
THE UNKNOWN ERRORS OF OUR LIVES.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doubleday, (2001.). SIGNED first edition - A collection of short stories set in India and the United States, which explore the tension between the old ways and the new; each story features a woman, young or old, often uprooted - whether by choice or deception or necessity - from her traditional life in India. SIGNED on the title page by this American Book Award winning author.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 30530More details Price: $30.00 -
STAINED GLASS ELEGIES
Edition: First trade paperback printing.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1987. First collection of short stories by this noted Japanese author to be translated into English.
Condition: Fine in glossy wrappers.
Book ID: 10578More details Price: $9.50 -
FIREWEED: Issue 30, Asian Canadian Women: Awakening Thunder.
Edition: First appearance in print of these works.
Toronto: Fireweed, 1990. First edition - The entire issue of this feminist quarterly is devoted to fiction, essays and poetry by women of Asian descent living in Canada - included are writers born in Korea, China, the Caribbean, India, the Philippines, Japan, Canada and more.
Condition: Very good in wrappers in stiff wrappers with cover illustration by Sharon Fernandez - reading crease on front cover, prev owner's name.
Book ID: 14351More details Price: $25.00 -
STORY CLOTHS OF BALI.
Edition: First printing.
Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first major study of an unusual group of Balinese embroideries - the "story cloths" which are used as ritual decorations and offerings in Balinese and Hindu temples, household ancestor shrines, and village ceremonial buildings - this includes over 200 examples from the author's own collection, depicted in full color. Discusses the various stitching techniques employed for each piece, how to determine the skill level of specific stitches, and the cultural significance of each textile. Includes a glossary of important Balinese characters and terms, bibliography and index. Large format, printed on heavy glossy stock throughout. A beautiful book. 144 pp. ISBN: 1-58008-4877.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 34758More details Price: $50.00