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  • BUDDHIST WAYS TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES by Venerable Dattejeevo Bhikkhu; Kiengsiri, Pensri, translator.
    Venerable Dattejeevo Bhikkhu; Kiengsiri, Pensri, translator.
    BUDDHIST WAYS TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES

    Edition: First printing.

    Thailand: Khumson Books, (1992.). First edition - A slim trade paperback, illustrated with photographs, with contains practical suggestions for incorporating Buddhist ways into your daily life. 56 pp. ISBN: 6167200009.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 57557
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  • ROY`S FEASTS FROM HAWAII. by Yamaguchi, Roy and John Harrisson/
    Yamaguchi, Roy and John Harrisson/
    ROY`S FEASTS FROM HAWAII.

    Edition: First printing.

    Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "A feast for the senses that mirrors the richness of the Hawaiian cuisine." Roy Yamaguchi is known for using only the freshest grown or harvested local ingredients and combining them in a unique style that combines the best flavors and techniques of European and Asian cooking. Wonderful recipes beautifully illustrated in full color (including many scenic photographs of Hawaii) Photographs by Franco Salmoiraghi and Lois Ellen Frank. SIGNED opposite the dedication page with "Aloha and keep in cooking!" and dated in 1996. Oversized oblong format, index. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-89815-6378.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 55345
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  • OLD TALES OF JAPAN: Volume I. by Yasuda, Yuri, Illustrated by Yoshinobu Sakakura.
    Yasuda, Yuri, Illustrated by Yoshinobu Sakakura.
    OLD TALES OF JAPAN: Volume I.

    Edition: First edition.

    Japan: Dai-Nippon Printing Co, (1947). Hardcover first edition - Three Japanese folk tales translated into English by Yasuda and illustrated with full color plates and some smaller black and white drawings by Yoshinobu Sakakura. Includes The Story of Shitakiri Suzume (The Tongue-cut Sparrow), The Story of Nezumi No Yomeiri (The Marriage of a Mouse) and The Story of Urashima Taro (The Fisherman). The first of four volumes of Japanese folk tales published just after World War II. Foreword by Elizabeth Grey Vining. 92 pp plus final illustration and a list of the 4 volumes. Decorative endpapers.

    Condition: Good overall in illustrated red boards (usual toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 79990
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  • CHILD OF THE OWL. by Yep, Lawrence.
    Yep, Lawrence.
    CHILD OF THE OWL.

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1977.). SIGNED hardcover - His third novel (the second won a Newbery Honor Award): "A 12 year old girl who knows little of her Chinese heritage is sent to San Francisco's Chinatown to live with her grandmother." In his afterword, Yep comments that this is set in the small, quieter Chinatown in which he grew up. Winner of the Jane Addams Peace Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page, and dated in 1978. 217 pp. Cover art by Allen Say. ISBN: 0-06-0267437.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated boards (one corner dog-eared, some wear to edges of boards)

    Book ID: 85887
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  • CHILD OF THE OWL. by Yep, Lawrence.
    Yep, Lawrence.
    CHILD OF THE OWL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - His third novel (the second won a Newbery Honor Award): "A 12 year old girl who knows little of her Chinese heritage is sent to San Francisco's Chinatown to live with her grandmother." In his afterword, Yep comments that this is set in the small, quieter Chinatown in which he grew up. Winner of the Jane Addams Peace Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. 217 pp. Dust jacket art by Allen Say. ISBN: 0-06-0267437.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (some wear to the ends of the spine of the dj.)

    Book ID: 56601
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  • HONEY FLAVA: The Eroticanoir.com Anthology. by Zane.
    Zane.
    HONEY FLAVA: The Eroticanoir.com Anthology.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - In her introduction, Zane comments that it was important to do an anthology that crossed the color lines of love and romance and to do "a collection full of vibrant Asian characters and a kaleidoscope of other races." Among the contributors are Anna Black, Ian Frey, S. J. Frost, M. Lavonne Jackson, Renee Manley and many others. SIGNED by Zane on the title page. xiv, 268 pp. ISBN: 978-1416548850.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards with a belly band wrapper.

    Book ID: 85566
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