Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts Book Co., 1988. SIGNED first edition - A collection of 32 prose pieces about growing up in California now long gone; the authors include Devorah Majors, James D. Houston, Genny Lim,, Maxine Hong Kingston, Gary Soto, M. F. K. Fisher, Mary Helen Ponce, Gerald Haslam, Hisaye Yamamote, Richard Dokey, Domenic Stansberry, Soto himself and many others. SIGNED by THREE authors at their selections: Maxine Hong Kingston, Genny Lim and Floyd Salas. 255 pp plus notes on the contributors. ISBN: 0-88739-0579.

Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts Book Co., 1988. SIGNED first edition - A collection of 32 prose pieces about growing up in California now long gone; the authors include Devorah Majors, James D. Houston, Genny Lim,, Maxine Hong Kingston, Gary Soto, M. F. K. Fisher, Mary Helen Ponce, Gerald Haslam, Hisaye Yamamote, Richard Dokey, Domenic Stansberry, Soto himself and many others. SIGNED by TWO authors: INSCRIBED on the title page by Gary Soto and SIGNED by Maxine Hong Kingston at her story "The Quiet Girl". 255 pp plus notes on the contributors. ISBN: 0-88739-0579.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of 2 generations of the Kwan family in Hollywood, written with Chin's usual wicked humor and biting honesty. Tom Robbins described his writing as "red-hot chop suey laced with laughing powder and amphetamines." Chin was the first Chinese American author to have a play produced on a Broadway stage. SIGNED and dated on the title page. 404 pp. ISBN: 1-56689-0241.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1991. SIGNED first edition - First novel by this Chinese American playwright, set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the 15 days of the New Year Festival. ' Donald Duk is a 12 year old kid with a name he doesn't like and a family that doesn't deserve him.' INSCRIBED on front endpaper '... Best in the year of the Sheep, 4/11/91, Minneapolis.' Cover illustration by Susan Nees. 173 pp. ISBN: 0-918273-838.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, (1994.). SIGNED first edition - A novel of 2 generations of the Kwan family in Hollywood, written with Chin's usual wicked humor and biting honesty. Tom Robbins described his writing as "red-hot chop suey laced with laughing powder and amphetamines." INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1991. SIGNED - First novel by this Chinese American playwright, set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the 15 days of the New Year Festival. ' Donald Duk is a 12 year old kid with a name he doesn't like and a family that doesn't deserve him.' SIGNED and dated on the first page. Cover illustration by Susan Nees. 173 pp. ISBN: 0-918273-838.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, (1994.). SIGNED first edition - A novel of 2 generations of the Kwan family in Hollywood, written with Chin's usual wicked humor and biting honesty. Tom Robbins described his writing as "red-hot chop suey laced with laughing powder and amphetamines." SIGNED and dated on the title page. 418 pp

Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, (2011.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A young boy gradually comes to understand - and appreciate - his Chinese grandfather, an expert in tai chi. SIGNED on the title page by the author with the words "Happy Reading." Illustrated with full color paintings by Yan Nascimbene and also with small drawings showing the various tai chi postures. Oblong format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9780763646424.

New York: Ballantine, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's second novel, set against 1920s Depression-era Seattle. SIGNED on the title page. 322 pp plus a reader's guide. ISBN: 978-0345522023.

New York: Ballantine, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's second novel, set against 1920s Depression-era Seattle. SIGNED plus a chop mark on a blank preliminary page. 322 pp plus a reader's guide. ISBN: 978-0345522023.

New York: Ballantine, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's second novel, set against 1920s Depression-era Seattle. SIGNED plus a chop mark on a blank preliminary page. 322 pp plus a reader's guide. ISBN: 978-0345522023.

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..

Ashland, OR: Silver Light Publications, (2004). SIGNED first edition - The story of four generations of Chinese women, and of how the author, who was born in Hong Kong, found the courage to rebel against the cultural dictates handed down by her family, SIGNED on the title page. 368 pp. ISBN: 0-97448900X.

Ashland, OR: Silver Light Publications, (2004). SIGNED first edition - The story of four generations of Chinese women, and of how the author, who was born in Hong Kong, found the courage to rebel against the cultural dictates handed down by her family, INSCRIBED on the title page "To --- Enjoy the journey". 368 pp. ISBN: 0-97448900X.

New York: Avon, (2007.). SIGNED first edition - A coming of age story set in 1983 in San Francisco, the story of a young Chinese girl whose whole life seemed to revolve around the family's restaurant, Eggroll Wonderland. SIGNED on the title page. Issued as a paperback original. 278 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. dj. Hardcover first edition - A blend of fiction and memoir, this is in part a recreation of her lost novel, a sequel to China Men titled 'The Fourth Book of Peace," which was destroyed in the fires that burned in the Oakland hills, and an account of her attempts to remake her life after the fire and her experiences working with Vietnam veterans in writing workshops. 402 pp. ISBN: 0-679-440755.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second book, the story of the men in her family as they became American - her great-grandfather in Hawaii, her grandfather who worked building the railroads in the Sierras for years - and was then lynched, one uncle who was an ex-riverboat pirate, another who returned to China, and more. SIGNED on the title page with an initialed correction by Kingston on p 304. Winner of the National Book Award for non-fiction. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-394-424638.

New York: Vintage Books, (1977.). SIGNED - Author's highly acclaimed first book, the story of her childhood in the central valley of California, and of her mother's "talk-story" about the women in her family and about China and its legends, tales which so fascinated the little girl that she saw herself becoming Mu Lan, the woman warrior. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle award. SIGNED on the title page. 243 pp. ISBN: 0-394-723929.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A blend of fiction and memoir, this is in part a recreation of her lost novel, a sequel to China Men titled 'The Fourth Book of Peace," which was destroyed in the fires that burned in the Oakland hills, and an account of her attempts to remake her life after the fire and her experiences working with Vietnam veterans in writing workshops. SIGNED on the title page 402 pp. ISBN: 0-679-440755.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second book, the story of the men in her family as they became American - her great-grandfather in Hawaii, her grandfather who worked building the railroads in the Sierras for years - and was then lynched, one uncle who was an ex-riverboat pirate, another who returned to China, and more. SIGNED on the title page, with initialed correction on page 304. ISBN: 0-394-424638.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second book, the story of the men in her family as they became American - her great-grandfather in Hawaii, her grandfather who worked building the railroads in the Sierras for years - and was then lynched, one uncle who was an ex-riverboat pirate, another who returned to China, and more. SIGNED on the title page, with initialed correction on page 304. Winner of the National Book Award for non-fiction. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-394-424638.

New York: Riverhead Books, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a coming of age story about "an immigrant girl forced to choose between two worlds and two futures. When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings." Kwok herself immigrated from Hong Kong as a young girl, and worked with her family in a sweatshop. 290 pp. ISBN: 978-1594487569.

San Francisco: HOC DOI Project (History of Chinese Detained on Island), 1980. SIGNED first edition - Poems and interviews with those detained at the West Coast version of Ellis Island. Includes several photographs and the Chinese text of many of the poems. English and Chinese bibliography. SIGNED on the title page in both English and Chinese characters by editor and poet, Genny Lim, and uncommon thus. 170 pp. ISBN: 0-936434-007.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 as experienced by an 8 year old Chinese girl (the author's mother) and her family, including an account of how they took refuge in Golden Gate Park. Beautifully illustrated with double page paintings by Yangsook Choi. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-374-399646.

New York: Putnam, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, second book, a black comedy, but also a moving look at the immigrant experience - the deracination of the second generation, the losses of the first, and the misunderstandings that bind the two. 372 pp. ISBN: 0-399146032.

New York: Harper Collins, (2014). SIGNED first edition - The first novel by this writer who has won awards for her short stories, a tale of "three generations of Chinese-American women in a San Francisco family who must confront their past and carve out a future".. . A book which illuminates "the bonds of family and blood, explores the promise and pain of adoption, the price of assimilation and achievement, the debt we owe to others, and what we owe ourselves." SIGNED and dated on the title page. Author's note. 323 pp. Promotional postcard laid in.

New York: Garland Publishing, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Volume 3 in the Series: Asians in America. Includes essays by Susie Ling on the Asian American Women's Movement in Los Angeles; Loo and Ong on Chinatown's women, Scott on bride theft among the Lao Hmong; Manalansan on Filipino gay men in New York City and more. Notes and references. xi, 256 pp. ISBN: 0-8153-26920.

New York: Penguin, 2009. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, originally published in trade paperback only by a small press. Set in the Chinese town of Locke, in the Sacramento delta of California in 1928. Author's notes. SIGNED on the title page. 259 pp. ISBN: 978159420270.