Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, (1992). SIGNED first edition - A wonderful anthology, covering a very broad range of writers - included are sections on the rise of regions in California, the San Francisco Renaissance, the Fresno poets and many more. Contributors range from Mary Austin to John Muir to Chandler, from Sherley Anne Williams, Wanda Coleman and Amy Tan to Ella Leffland, from Jack Kerouac to Charles Bukowski, Bob Kaufamn, Kate Braverman. and Maxine Hong Kingston. SIGNED by Floyd Salas at his poem "To Sergei, My Sweet Old Dog." Introductory essays to each section, and brief biographies of the writers included. 388 pgs. ISBN: 0-87417-1830.

Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Company, (1995.). SIGNED - An anthology which "relates the newcomer's experience in prose, poetry, fiction, nonfiction and drama." Includes selections by such diverse writers as Joseph Bruchac (on Ellis Island), Jamaica Kincaid, Claude McKay, Amy Tan, Richard Rodriguez, W. S. Merwin, Frank Chin, Langston Hughes and more. SIGNED and dated by Frank Chin at this contribution. Glossary, index. 326 pp. ISBN: 0-8442-56277.

Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, (1992). SIGNED first edition - A wonderful anthology, covering a very broad range of writers - included are sections on the rise of regions in California, the San Francisco Renaissance, the Fresno poets and many more. Contributors range from Mary Austin to John Muir to Chandler, from Sherley Anne Williams, Wanda Coleman and Amy Tan to Ella Leffland, from Jack Kerouac to Charles Bukowski, Bob Kaufamn, Kate Braverman. SIGNED at TWO authors at their contributions : Maxine Hong Kingston and Floyd Salas (signed and dated) . Introductory essays to each section, and brief biographies of the writers included. 388 pgs. ISBN: 0-87417-1830.

Berkeley, CA: Heyday Books, (1996.). SIGNED first edition - An anthology of works on California's Central Valley by more than seventy writers, from William Saroyan to Luis Valdez, from John Muir to Jediadiah Smith, from Mary Austin to David Mas Masumoto, Gerald Haslam, Lillian Vallee John Steinbeck, William Saroyan, Gary Snyder, David St, John, Sherley Anne Williams, Gary Soto, Joan Didion and many others. SIGNED on the title page and dated in November 1996 by FIVE contributors: the editor Stan Yogi and authors David Mas Masumoto, Gerald Haslam, Lillian Vallee and Maxine Hong Kingston. Double page map. Notes on contributors, index, and bibliography of their publications. xvii, 428 pp. ISBN: 0-930588-82-7.

New York: Picador, (2016). SIGNED first edition - A collection of provocative essays which "look at the recent tragedies and widespread protests that have shaken the country. [This book] links #BlackLivesMatter to #OscarsSoWhite, Ferguson to Washington D.C., the Great Migration to resurgent nativism. Chang explores the rise and fall of the idea of 'diversity,' the roots of student protest, changing ideas about Asian Americanness, and the impact of a century of racial separation in housing." SIGNED on the title page. Notes. 182 pp. ISBN: 978-0312429485.

New York Ballantine, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Memoir of the comedian, icon and TV star. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-345-440137.

New York: Grove Press, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a picture of modern Bangkok, a city in the throes of changes, a city where the sex industry thrives. 209 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-16264.

Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, (1994). First edition - Essays, memoirs and poetry - contributors include Saundra Sharp, Sapphire, Rita Arditti, Genny Lim, Rita Williams, Maria E. Barron, Nellie Wong and many others. Each selection is preceded by a photograph of the writer. Reading list, list of resources. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-895947080.

New York: Ballantine, (2009.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Chinese American author's very highly praised debut novel - a story of a love lasting decades, and of conflict between father and son, rooted in the relocation of the Japanese during World War II. 285 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 978-0345505330.

New York: Grove Press, (2019). SIGNED first edition - The best new writing on California. An anthology of essays which capture some of the complexities of California as a proud melting pot, among other things. Among the contributors are Lauren Markham, Robin Coste Lewis, Jennifer Egan, Oscar Villalon, Rachel Kushner, Xuan Juliana Wang, Elaine Castillo, Frank Bidart, D.A. Powell, Yi-Yun Lee, Juan Felipe Herrera, Tommy Orange, William Vollman and many others. SIGNED by THREE authors: Mai Der Vang at her poem "Prayer to the Redwood", Rachel Kushner at "Gone in Sixty Seconds" and by Hector Tobar at his story "Portrait of the Artist as a Latchkey Child." Notes on contributors. 287 pp. ISBN: 978-0802147875.

New York: Grove Press, (2019). SIGNED first edition - The best new writing on California. An anthology of essays which capture some of the complexities of California as a proud melting pot, among other things. Among the contributors are Lauren Markham, Robin Coste Lewis, Jennifer Egan, Oscar Villalon, Xuan Juliana Wang, Elaine Castillo, Frank Bidart, D.A. Powell, Yi-Yun Lee, Juan Felipe Herrera, Tommy Orange, William Vollman and many others. SIGNED by FOUR authors: Rachel Kushner at "Gone in Sixty Sentences." Jaime Cortez at "Fire Notes" (and with his stamp), Mai Der Vang at her poem "Prayer to the Redwood" and by Hector Tobar at his story "Portrait of the Artist as a Latchkey Child." Notes on contributors. 287 pp. ISBN: 978-0802147875.

Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, (1997). A 'comprehensive guide to the exotic foods of the Philippines' by this second generation Filipino-American chef. Includes comments on the recipes and the traditions behind them, an insert of color photographs and smaller black and white photographs, a map and an index. Square format. xxii, 280 pp. ISBN: 978-0890135136.

Fremont, California: Shen's Books (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Charming multi-cultural children's story - a young African-American girl takes her skeptical grandmother to the Chinese New Year's Day parade - a parade climaxed by the dancing dragon - and as the dragon dancers emerge from beneath the dragon, Sugar recognizes her neighbors, including shopkeeper Mr. Chu, barber Mr. Johnson, teacher Mr. Gonzalez, and her own African-American daddy. Illustrated by Carolyn Reed Barritt with vibrant and colorful and lively paintings. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 9781885008305..

New York: Delta, (2005). SIGNED - Second mystery in this series featuring an unlikely sleuth - "a curmedgeonly LA gardener, Hiroshima survivor and inveterate gambler." From the time she was a little girl, his daughter was 'gasa-gasa' -never sitting still, always on the go. Now a continent separates them, but when she calls him asking for help, he heads off to New York. SIGNED on the title page. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-385-337604.

New York: Delta, (2005). SIGNED first edition - Second mystery in this series featuring an unlikely sleuth - "a curmedgeonly LA gardener, Hiroshima survivor and inveterate gambler." From the time she was a little girl, his daughter was 'gasa-gasa' -never sitting still, always on the go. Now a continent separates them, but when she calls him asking for help, he heads off to New York. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-385-337604.

New York: SOHO Press, (2021) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in 1944 Chicago, this is the first book in a new series and the winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award at the Edgar Awards. "The story of a young woman searching for the truth about her revered older sister's death, brings to focus the struggles of one Japanese American family released from mass incarceration at Manzanar during World War II." Includes a list of more reading and resources. 305 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 978-1641292498.

New York: SOHO Press, (2021). First edition - Set in 1944 Chicago, this is the first book in a new series and the winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award at the Edgar Awards. "The story of a young woman searching for the truth about her revered older sister's death, brings to focus the struggles of one Japanese American family released from mass incarceration at Manzanar during World War II." Includes a list of more reading and resources. 305 pp.

New York: SOHO Press, (2021). SIGNED first edition - Set in 1946 Los Angeles, this is the second book in a new award-winning series focusing on the struggles of one Japanese American family released from mass incarceration at Manzanar during World War II. In this, they have been allowed to return home to California from Chicago, but nothing is as they left it. SIGNED on the title page. Includes a list of more reading and resources. 290 pp.

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1985. SIGNED first edition - A third volume in the Capra Back-to-Back Series, with the colophon pages between the two sections. Two collections of short pieces, both focusing in different ways on life in California, by this husband and wife. SIGNED by James Houston on the title page for his essays and fiction, and dated in Sacramento in the year of publication. 65 and 65 pp. ISBN: 0-88496230X.

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1985. First edition - A third volume in the Capra Back-to-Back Series. Two collections of short pieces, both focusing in different ways on life in California, by this husband and wife. . 65 and 65 pp. ISBN: 0-88496230X.

New York: Atheneum, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Moving young adult novel by this Newbery award winning author, the story of a young soldier in Vietnam who bonds with his bomb-sniffing dog. Told in part thru the view of the dog. INSCRIBED on the title page "To -- happy reading" and with 'woof! woof!' under Kadohata's signature. 312pp. Dust jacket art by Shane Rebenschied. ISBN: 1416906371.

New York: Dutton, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, one which moves from the ethnic communities of the San Francisco area to the teeming "new" cities in India, to remove villages. A love story, and a cautionary tale of culture clash. SIGNED on the title page. 327 pp. ISBN: 0-525943676.

New York & Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third book by this Pulitzer prize winning author, a collection of eight longer and more complex stories with settings ranging from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand. 333 pp. ISBN: 9780307265739.

Vancouver, BC: Raincoast Books, (2005). First edition - Fourth collection of poems by this award winning young Canadian author. 120 pp. ISBN: 1-551927896.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2012). SIGNED first edition - The third novel for children featuring Pacy Lin, who is going with her family to Taiwan for a month. Based on the author's own memories of visiting Taiwan as a child. SIGNED on the title page with a tiny drawing. Illustrated. 264 pp.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third novel for children featuring Pacy Lin, who is going with her family to Taiwan for a month. Based on the author's own memories of visiting Taiwan as a child. SIGNED on the title page with a tiny drawing. Illustrated. 261 pp. ISBN: 978-0316125895.

New York: Harcourt, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of eight stories, including two stories -
"Fur" and "Her Slow and Steady" - which were selected for the Best American Short Stories in 1994 and 1997. In addition, she won the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in 1990 for her first published short story. Born in Macao, she emigrated with her family from Hong Kong at the age of six and now lives in the US. SIGNED on the title page. Review copy with a letter to another author dated in 2000 laid in. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-151005222.