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A HUNDRED SECRET SENSES
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Putnam, (1995.). SIGNED first edition - Third novel by this Chinese American writer, the story of the relationship between two half-sisters, one who grew up in San Francisco, and the older sister who was born and lived in a remote village in China until she was brought to California to be a caretaker for her sister. SIGNED on the title page. 358 pp.
Condition: Very good in printed blue wrappers (some minor wear to covers, lower corner a bit bumped, straight uncreased spine)
Book ID: 66979More details Price: $30.00 -
THE MOON LADY
Edition: First printing.
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.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 8100More details Price: $65.00 -
AMERICAN KNEES.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - His second novel, a funny (but also serious) take on love, race, culture and identity. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 1996. Basis for the 2006 independent film 'Americanese.' 240 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 54222More details Price: $20.00 -
CHILD OF THE OWL.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1977.). SIGNED hardcover - His third novel (the second won a Newbery Honor Award): "A 12 year old girl who knows little of her Chinese heritage is sent to San Francisco's Chinatown to live with her grandmother." In his afterword, Yep comments that this is set in the small, quieter Chinatown in which he grew up. Winner of the Jane Addams Peace Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page, and dated in 1978. 217 pp. Cover art by Allen Say. ISBN: 0-06-0267437.
Condition: Very good in illustrated boards (one corner dog-eared, some wear to edges of boards)
Book ID: 85887More details Price: $21.50 -
CHILD OF THE OWL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - His third novel (the second won a Newbery Honor Award): "A 12 year old girl who knows little of her Chinese heritage is sent to San Francisco's Chinatown to live with her grandmother." In his afterword, Yep comments that this is set in the small, quieter Chinatown in which he grew up. Winner of the Jane Addams Peace Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. 217 pp. Dust jacket art by Allen Say. ISBN: 0-06-0267437.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (some wear to the ends of the spine of the dj.)
Book ID: 56601More details Price: $35.00 -
SWORDBIRD.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Harper Collins, (2007). First edition - First book - and first in a trilogy - by this young author, who was born in China, came to the US with her parents at age 7, and wrote this just a few years later to give a message of peace to the world. Illustrated. 219 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 78271More details Price: $12.50 -
SWORDBIRD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - First book - and first in a trilogy - by this young author, who was born in China, came to the US with her parents at age 7, and wrote this just a few years later to give a message of peace to the world. Illustrated. 219 pp. ISBN: 978-0061243356.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 64697More details Price: $13.50 -
THE SLOUCHING TIGERS.
Edition: First printing.
Rockville, MD: Ariadne Press, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Prize-winning coming-of-age story of a young Chinese American girl. SIGNED on the title page. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-918056136.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 62299More details Price: $22.50
