Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, (1989) dj. Hardcover - First person narratives of fourteen Vietnamese as they attempt to adjust to living in America - ranging in age from 16 to 80, the narrators include a Buddhist nun, fisherman, civil servant, auto mechanic, Catholic priest, army officer, poet and others. Bibliography. xv, 446 pp. ISBN: 0-804715858.

New York: The Viking Press, (2009.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this popular and highly praised Chinese writer to be published in English. Both a coming of age story and a vivid picture of the effect of the Cultural Revolution in a small city in the border province of Xinjiang. At Love Liu's school, a man has arrived with a much different book from Mao's Little Red Book: a massive - and blue - English dictionary. Second Prize Wang is the school's new English teacher. Includes a new afterword for the English edition by the author. Translated by Martin Merz and Jane Weizhen Pan. 313 pp. ISBN: 0-670-020591.

Tokyo, New York and San Francisco: Kodansha, (1981.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Photos by Leo Hilber. Translated from the French by Valerie Howard. A detailed study of Chinese carpets. their history, regional variations, motifs, and their methods of production. Illustrated with both full-color (for the rugs) and black and white photographs (of the production process) - while this focuses on rugs being currently produced, it includes information on both 19th century and modern rugs from China, Tibet, Mongolia and Xinjiang, classified by region. Drawings of the motifs and information on each rug on a facing page to the full-color photograph. Glossary, bibliography and index. Oversized format, printed on heavy stock throughout. 200 pp Maps on endpapers. ISBN: 0-87011-4859.

New York: Harper Collins, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author to appear in English, published in the year he was awarded the prize, the first Chinese author to be named a Nobel laureate in literature. Translated from the Chinese by Mabel Lee. One reviewer called this "a magnificent monster of a book that takes us deep into China's unruly heart as no other work of contemporary literature. Includes a list of major publications by Gao Xingjian. 510 pp. ISBN: 0-06-6210828.

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1966. Hardcover first edition - A study of the history of the island now known as Taiwan. Chapters on Admiral Cheng Ho's visit to Formosa, the house of Cheng, the age of unrest, Liu Ming-ch'uan the master builder, the first Asian Republic, the Japanese occupation, and Formosa since 1945 and more. Illustrated with ten black and white plates, 5 maps. Bibliography, index. xviii, 229 pp.

New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2016). SIGNED first edition - The second novel by this Canadian born author, a story in which two childhood friends - a young doctor who left India to work in a hospital in Dallas, Texas, and a young woman struggling to adapt to an arranged marriage - must balance the expectations of their culture and their families with their own desires. SIGNED by the author on the title page and dated in October 2015, before publication, and very uncommon thus. 393 pp.

New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2010). First edition - The first novel by this Canadian born author, a story of two women bound together by the daughter they both love -one a poor woman in a village in India who gives up her baby for adoption hoping that she will be able to live, and the other an American doctor who adopts the baby. Glossary. 344 pp.

Beijing: Chinese Literature Press (Panda Books). (1987.). Novel set in a mountain town in south Hunan (a town based in part on the one in which the author was born) which describes the effects of the political events of the 1960's upon several families. One review called this by turns, "appalling, tragic and humane" and Gu Hua has been praised for his wry humor and his sense of humanity. Translated from the Chinese by Gladys Jang. Includes a postscript by the author. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-835110745.

New York: Pantheon, (2007). Hardcover first edition - Novel by this National Book Award winning writer - one which follows the Wu family as they leave China in the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 and attempt to build a new life in the US. Includes a section of poems by Nan Wu. 660 pp.

New York: Pantheon, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by this National Book Award winning writer - one which follows the Wu family as they leave China in the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 and attempt to build a new life in the US. Includes a section of poems by Nan Wu. 660 pp. ISBN: 9780375424656.

New York: Pantheon, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collection of twelve short stories by the author of the National Book Award winning "Waiting." Each story is set in contemporary China, in Muji City, the setting for "Waiting."SIGNED on the title page. 225 pp. ISBN: 0-375-420673.

New York: Pantheon, (1999.) dj. Hardcover - Powerful novel of love and loyalty, and the conflict between the traditional culture and modern life, set in contemporary China and spanning 17 years. Winner of the National Book Award. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-375-406530.

New York: Pantheon, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel by this National Book Award winning writer - one which follows the Wu family as they leave China in the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 and attempt to build a new life in the US. Includes a section of poems by Nan Wu. SIGNED on the title page. 660 pp. ISBN: 9780375424656.

New York: Pantheon, (1999.) dj. Hardcover - Powerful novel of love and loyalty, and the conflict between the traditional culture and modern life, set in contemporary China and spanning 17 years. Winner of the National Book Award. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-375-406530.

New York: Pantheon, (1999.). Powerful novel of love and loyalty, and the conflict between the traditional culture and modern life, set in contemporary China and spanning 17 years. Winner of the National Book Award. 308 pp.

New York: Pantheon, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in 1951-1953 during the Korean War, this is the story of a Chinese Army officer held as a POW by the American forces. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner award, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 352 pp. ISBN: 9780375422768.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel by this award-winning Filipina writer, alternating in setting between the Philippines and New York and Los Angeles. 311 pp. ISBN: 0-395-754127.

New York: Pantheon, 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by this Filipina poet and playwright - set in Manila in the late 50's where Hollywood dreams collide with the violence of living under a dictatorship. SIGNED on the title page. Nominated for National Book Award. 250 pp. ISBN: 0-394-574982.

New York: The Viking Press, (2011.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth novel by this award winning writer who was born and raised in the Philippines - set in Manhattan's West Village, this centers on two women - one a maker of low budget slasher films, the other an aging scandalous literary figure, addicted to cocaine and alcohol. Explores the connection between creativity and self-destruction. 225 pp. ISBN: 9780670022571.

New York: The Viking Press, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in the Philippine Islands by this award-winning writer, born in the Philippines herself, who 'chronicles the clash between American and Filipino culture.' SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket praise from Maureen Howard, Ruth Ozeki and Junot Diaz who said "As beautiful as summer, as unforgettable as heartbreak, and Zamora de Legazpi is one of the most troubled and fascinating protagonists in recent memory. Another luminous performance by a writer who soars from strength to strength." 325 pp. ISBN: 0-670-884588.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel by this award-winning Filipina writer, alternating in setting between the Philippines and New York and Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 311 pp. ISBN: 0-395-754127.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (c 1895). Hardcover - An appealing small volume containing a collection of eleven sketches on different aspects of life in Japan. Top edge gilt. 341 pp.

Seattle and Tokyo: Association for Asian Studies. University of Washington Press / University of Tokyo Press. n.d. (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - A study which "explores the political implications of various kinds of Japanese conciliatory techniques, particularly as they affect the enforcement of rights and popular right-consciousness essential to democratic government and rational industrial society." 2 volumes. Volume I includes a map, chart, 181 pp. Volume II contains several appendices glossary, bibliography, index, 183 - 420 pp.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - Translated from Chinese by Howard Goldblatt. The second novel by one of China's most important young writers, a "portrait of a dissatisfied and emotionally illiterate young man's desperate search for meaning and companionship in the grey world under totalitarianism." 261 pp. ISBN: 0-871135302.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2016) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first crime novel featuring Reiko Himekawa, a young female homicide detective with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, to be published in the US. Translated from the Japanese by Giles Murray. 292 pp. ISBN: 978-1250061591.

New York: Kensington, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - the story of three generations of Japanese women - from an arranged marriage, which sent the matriach, Sava, to America, through their internment during World War II. INSCRIBED on the title page. Glossary. 329 pp. ISBN: 0-7582-04558.

New York: Kensington, (2004.). SIGNED - First novel by the author of the classic "Farewell to Manzanar." The story of three generations of Japanese women, from an arranged marriage which sent the matriach, Sava, to America through their internment during World War II. SIGNED on the title page with the words "Best Wishes." Glossary. 329 pp. ISBN: 0-7582-04566.