New York: Random House, (1986.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautifully written and perceptive account of Salzman's experiences in China from 1982, when he arrived in Hunan Province to teach English, to 1984 - or as the dust jacket describes it: "A Young American Encounters Swordsmen, Bureaucrats and Other Citizens of Contemporary China." Already skilled in the martial arts, he was invited to become the only pupil of Pan Qungfu, China's foremost wushu (kung fu) expert. Finalist of the Pulitzer Prize and the basis for a movie, for which Salzman wrote the screenplay and played himself. Calligraphy by the author. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-394-551567.

New York: The Century Co., 1918 (c 1917.). Hardcover - Seaman's books have become hard to find in recent years, but are wonderful stories for girls - many involving history and hidden mysteries rooted in the past. In this story, a girl moves to the city, and next door to her apartment building is a ramshackle old house known as "Benedict's Folly" - and living in that house is a strange girl. Missionaries to China and the Boxer Rebellion all play a part in this story - this book is dedicated to Hoa-Sian-Si-Nui (Margaret Gillespie Fagg) and Hoa -Sian-Si (John Gerardus Fagg, the author of Forty Years in South China.) Illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 glossy inserted plates by C. M. Relyea. 260 pp.

New York: McGraw-Hill, (1986). dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel by these three authors written under this pseudonym. Set in China in a period spanning 60 years from 1924 to modern times. SIGNED on the title page by Lisa See, as 1/3 of Monica Highland. Notes, 462 pp. Map endpapers. Dustjacket illustration by Paul Henry,. ISBN: 0-07-0287929.

New York: McGraw-Hill, (1986). dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel by these three authors written under this pseudonym. Set in China in a period spanning 60 years from 1924 to modern times. SIGNED on the title page by Lisa See, as 1/3 of Monica Highland. Notes, 462 pp. Map endpapers. Dustjacket illustration by Paul Henry,. ISBN: 0-07-0287929.

New York: Random House, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in seventeenth century China, and based on actual historical events. SIGNED on the title page. 284 pp. ISBN: 9781400064663.

New York: Random House, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in seventeenth century China, and based on actual historical events. SIGNED on the title page. 284 pp. ISBN: 9781400064663.

New York: Random House, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in seventeenth century China, and based on actual historical events. SIGNED on the title page. 284 pp. ISBN: 9781400064663.

New York: Random House, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in seventeenth century China, and based on actual historical events. INSCRIBED on the title page "For Ann - Thank you for your kind words." 284 pp. ISBN: 9781400064663.

New York: Random House, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Gripping mystery set in China which begins with the discovery of an American archaeologist's body in the Yangzi river. Focusing on Ministry of Public Security agent Liu Hulan and her American attorney husband David Stark, this is a picture of China at a time of change and uncertainty. SIGNED on the title page. 348 pp. ISBN: 0-679463208.

New York: Random House, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Novel set in seventeenth century China, and based on actual historical events. SIGNED on the title page. 284 pp. ISBN: 978-1400064663.

London: Century, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Gripping mystery set in China which begins with the discovery of an American archaeologist's body in the Yangzi river. Focusing on Ministry of Public Security agent Liu Hulan and her American attorney husband David Stark, this is a picture of China at a time of change and uncertainty. SIGNED on the title page. 348 pp. ISBN: 0-712670262.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of quietly reflective lyric poems on topics ranging from the airport baggage claim to Hiroshima, China, and the 50th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. 62 pp. ISBN: 0-394-58516X.

New York: Anchor Books, (2002.). The author's first novel - an international best-seller, and winner of several awards. "At the height of MaoÕs infamous Cultural Revolution, two boys are among hundreds of thousands exiled to the countryside for 're-education.' " Translated from the French by Ina Rilke. 184 pp. ISBN: 0-375-41309X.

Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1933). Hardcover - Suspenseful story set against the backdrop of the Chicago Century of Progress World's Fair of 1933. Among the relatively few books written specifically for girls by this prolific author. 252 pp.

New York: Ecco Press, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - An historical epic, spanning more than forty years from 1897-1937 and two continents - Asia and North America, this is an account of two women's (a mother and daughter) search for identity. Set against "pivotal episodes in history: from the collapse of Chinas last imperial dynasty, to the rise of the Republic, the explosive growth of lucrative foreign trade and anti-foreign sentiment, to the inner workings of courtesan houses and the lives of the foreign 'Shanghailanders' living in the International Settlement, both erased by World War II." 589 pp. ISBN: 978-0062107312.

New York: Ecco Press, (2013). First edition - An historical epic, spanning more than forty years from 1897-1937 and two continents - Asia and North America, this is an account of two women's (a mother and daughter) search for identity. Set against "pivotal episodes in history: from the collapse of Chinas last imperial dynasty, to the rise of the Republic, the explosive growth of lucrative foreign trade and anti-foreign sentiment, to the inner workings of courtesan houses and the lives of the foreign 'Shanghailanders' living in the International Settlement, both erased by World War II." 589 pp. ISBN: 978-0062107312.

New York: Macmillan, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Tan's first book for children, adapted from her novel "The Joy Luck Club" illustrated in gorgeous full color by Gretchen Shields. SIGNED by Tan on the title page. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-02-788304.

New York: Putnam. (1988.) dj. Hardcover - Travelling through China as the Chinese do, from Peking to Urumchi near the Siberian border. An entertaining and enlightening book by one of our best and most adventurous travel writers. 480 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-399-133097.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (2016). SIGNED first edition - The author's third novel, the story of two generations of an extended family in China from the days of Mao's Cultural Revolution to their children who were among the students protesting in Tiananmen Square, as two young women- Marie and Ai-Ming - try to piece together the story of their fractured family now living in Vancouver. Winner of the 2016 Governor General's Literary Award and the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize, shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize. SIGNED on the title page. Notes. 473 pp.

New York: William H. Morrow, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Translated by Michael S. Duke - the first book by this author to be published in English. The title novella was the basis for the award winning movies of the same name. The additional novellas are Nineteen Thirty-four Escapes and Opium Family. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 268 pp. ISBN: 0-688-122175.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1972) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Judge Dee (630-700 AD), set during the Tang dynasty, illustrated with 8 drawings by Van Gulik. Illustrated endpapers. Postscript. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-684125609.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1976.). A Judge Dee mystery, originally published in 1961, set in China during the Tang Dynasty (Judge Dee was a real magistrate who lived from 630 to 700 A.D. and whose accomplishments became the basis for legendary feats of detection, as told by storytellers in the following centuries) Illustrated with drawings by van Gulik in Chinese style. Includes an introduction by Donald F. Lach and a historical postscript by the author, a Dutch diplomat, linguist and authority on Chinese history and culture. 209 pp. ISBN: 0-226-848639.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1967 c.1966.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Judge Dee mystery set in China during the Tang Dynasty (Judge Dee was a real magistrate who lived from 630 to 700 A.D. and whose accomplishments became the basis for legendary feats of detection, as told by storytellers in the following centuries.) Illustrated with twelve drawings by van Gulik in Chinese style. Includes a historical postscript by the author, a Dutch diplomat, linguist and authority on Chinese history and culture. 208 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-684-106205.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Judge Dee mystery set in China during the Tang Dynasty (Judge Dee was a real person who lived from 630 to 700 A.D.) Illustrated with eight drawings by van Gulik in Chinese style. Includes a historical postscript by the author. 144 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-684-106205.

New York: Harper & Brothers, (1960) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third Judge Dee book which includes three mysteries suggested by original Chinese plots and set in China during the Tang Dynasty. Judge Dee was a real magistrate who lived from 630 to 700 A.D. and whose accomplishments became the basis for legendary feats of detection, as told by storytellers in the following centuries. Illustrated with twelve drawings by van Gulik in Chinese style. Includes a historical postscript by the author, a Dutch diplomat, linguist and authority on Chinese history and culture. x, 211 pp. Illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket by Olivia Kahn

New York: Pantheon, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel in English, the story of a teenager growing up during the Cultural Revolution. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-375-420851.

San Francisco: China Books, (1988.). First edition - A collection of one novella and six short stories by the "most popular woman writer of Shanghai," stories which depict the humanism underneath the Cultural Revolution and in the movement away from it. Introduction by Jeffrey Kinkley. Translated by Howard Goldblat, Gladys Yang and others. A title in the New Chinese Fiction series, with cover praise from Tillie Olsen and Maxine Hong Kingston. 144 pp. ISBN: 0-8351-20325.

New York: Random House, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of Frederick Townsend Ward, a young American mercenary born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1831, who became one of the most acclaimed military leaders in the Chinese empire. In 1859, in the midst of the Taiping Rebellion, Ward created the 'Ever Victorious Army' - otherwise known as the 'Devil Soldiers' in response to the powerful rebel threat - by training Chinese soldiers in Western methods. By the time he fell mortally wounded in battle in September 1862, his place in Chinese military history was assured. Illustrated photographs, map. List of cast of characters, notes, index. xiv, 366 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-679411143.

Peking (Beijing): The Foreign Language Press, 1962. A story told in the mountains of Tibet. An old couple are tricked by a rogue into giving him their beautiful daughter in marriage but she is rescued by a handsome young hunter, who in turn tricks the rogue. Illustrated in full color throughout by Yoa Yu-tuo and Yoa Yu-hsin. 92 pp.