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.

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 TWO authors: 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.

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, HŽctor Tobar, Jennifer Egan, Oscar Villalon, Rachel Kushner, Xuan Juliana Wang, Elaine Castillo, Frank Bidart, D.A. Powell, Tommy Orange and William Vollman. SIGNED by SIGNED by THREE contributors: 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" and by John Freeman on the title page. 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.

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) 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 & 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: Harcourt, Inc., (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first collection of short stories by this award-winning writer, born in Hong Kong, who now lives in California. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1005222.

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.

New York: Harcourt, (2001). 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. 210 pp.

Taipei, Taiwan: C.H. Lowe / China Printing, (1972). First edition - Foreword by Senator Hiram L. Fong. Historical sketch, chronology and a detailed descriptions of 362 items in English and 38 in Chinese. Index. Foldout map in the back. One of only 1500 copies. vi, 148 pp.

New York: Collier Macmillan. (1989.). SIGNED first edition - A bi-annual journal of new writing. SIGNED by THREE authors: Jamaica Kincaid at her story "Ovando"; Peter Straub at an excerpt from his forthcoming novel 'Mrs God' and Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge at the poem 'Irises.' This issue includes contributions by Salman Rushdie, Walter Abish, Barbara Guest, John Edgar Wideman, William Vollman, Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, Peter Straub, Gary Indiana, Patrick McGrath and more. Notes on contributors. 287 pp plus advertisements. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. ISBN: 0-02-0352905.

New York: St Martin's, (2016). SIGNED first edition - Second book by this award winning author, who was born in Sri Lanka, grew up in Nigeria, and is now living in California - a story of a woman driven by the demons of her past. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 305 pp.