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199864042Seattle Washington: The Ten Club 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Photography by Charles Peterson and Lance Mercer. The first official book from the media-shy band that played a vital role of redefining the musical sound of the 1990s. The images herein capture the raw intensity behind-the-scenes camaraderie and devoted fan base of the American rock band that has sold an estimated 60 million albums worldwide since forming in Seattle Washington in 1990. Signed by all five members of Pearl Jam on the front flyleaf: Eddie Vedder Mike McCready Stone Gossard Jeff Ament and Matt Cameron. Square octavo. Original black cloth binding. Light bump to the bottom corners; else fine in a fine dust jacket. Accompanied by the scarce Pearl Jam fan club Christmas 1998 single which features Soldier of Love on the A Side and Last Kiss on the B Side. Signed by Author. The Ten Club hardcover books
1946213199New York 1946. 1 vols. 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches. Blindstamp on recto. Atelier stamped on verso and with notations in ink giving the subject of the photograph "Pearl Bailey in St. Louis Woman"‚ the date of the sessions the number of the print. 1 vols. 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches. Provenance: The estate of Saul Mauriber Van Vechten's assistant and executor of Van Vechten's photography estate and the compiler of PORTRAITS: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF CARL VAN VECHTEN 1978. Inscribed "I don't care who sees me Pearl. unknown books
1946222117New York 1946. Half-length profile view of the actress in costume leaning out from behind a curtain. 1 vols. 33.2 x 24 cm 13 x 9-128 inches. Fine Atelier stamped on verso docketed by Van Vechten in ink recording the subject of the photograph "Pearl Bailey takes a call after singing A Womans Prerogative" the date the number of the negative "vi - cc - 10". Half-length profile view of the actress in costume leaning out from behind a curtain. 1 vols. 33.2 x 24 cm 13 x 9-128 inches. Provenance: The estate of Saul Mauriber Van Vechten's assistant and executor of Van Vechten's photography estate and the compiler of PORTRAITS: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF CARL VAN VECHTEN 1978 unknown books
191922594ENew York: George H. Doran 1919. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author / actress Pearl White on the half-title: “To ‘Nils’ Just me as I really am Pearlâ€. Front hinge split and starting to the interior with overall handling edge wear dust soiling to the cloth and some spotting without dust jacket. The memoirs of Pearl Fay White 1889 – 1938 who rose to popularity as an actress on the stage screen given the nickname the ‘Queen of the Serials’ most notably as the spirited ingenue / heroine in The Perils of Pauline which catapulted her into international stardom. Some of her other notable films include The Exploits of Elaine The House of Hate and The Lightning Raider. Sadly Ms. White was unable to find success in feature films and retired from acting in 1923. She was married twice - first to actor Victor Sutherland 1907 - 1914 then to actor Wallace McCutcheon 1919 - 1921. Pearl White's place in film history is important in both the evolution of cinema genres and the role of women in the film industry and she has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Tragically many of her films are officially considered to be lost. The 1947 film The Perils of Pauline is a fictionalized biography of Pearl White starring Betty Hutton as White with John Lund Billy De Wolfe William Demarest and Constance Collier. George H. Doran hardcover books
19467700Wash. DC.: GPO 1946. First Edition. 39 parts and final report SD244. Illus. maps plates etc. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Complete file of all published. A compilation of mammoth scope and great research value.some ex-lib markings GPO unknown books
16155Pearl Buck archive of 3 items a TLS and two typescripts. Pearl S. Buck was the first American female laureate and used her work to advocate for child refugees and women. TLS 1 pg 1957. The letter is signed in full by Buck. She states she is sending an editor 2 texts promoting post war child adoption. Also her original Typescript 25 pages titled "Children Waiting"; and a second Pearl Buck Typescript 19 pages titled "What we can do about Children Waiting" Both Typescript have important content on adoption of children in Asia specially by American soldiers and include hand annotations. <br/><br/>In part: "Two babies came from adoption agencies where they were considered unadoptable because it was difficult to find adoptive parents to "match" them. I was sure that there must be good families matching or not who could love these babies and indeed there were. . .Yet I continue acutely and constantly aware of the thousands of children waiting. . . . These are the citizens of my new world the children without parents and the parents without children pressing eagerly toward each other and yet unable to reach each other. A barrier stands between a high wall and in the middle of the wall is a narrow gate kept locked until a social agency unlocks it a little way and lets one child through at a time. . . .Nobody knows truthfully how many children are in our orphanages. There are many kinds of orphanages. most children are not perfect and so on. They can be helped to want a handicapped children a child of mixed origin or any child at all. . . . We can tear down the walls that keep them prisoners of red tape prejudice and religious division. . . . We can refuse to accept the excuse that there are not enough children to satisfy adoptive parents. unknown books
1931140940954London: Methuen & Co. LTD 1931. First British Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First British edition first printing of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Bound in publisher's original cloth. Near Fine with light fading to spine a small ding to top and bottom edge of upper board. In a Near Fine dust jacket with light edge wear. Methuen & Co. LTD unknown books
1931107325New York: The John Day Company 1931. First edition first issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100 line 17 of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. Octavo original brown cloth brown topstain. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some expert restoration. Though over eighty years have passed since this novel won the Pulitzer Prize it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know and I know nothing but China having always lived there" wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. The John Day Company hardcover books
19312928London: Methuen & Co. 1931. First British edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. Octavo original light brown cloth. Signed by Pearl Buck on the title page. Near fine in the rare dust jacket which shows light wear to the extremities with minute expert restoration. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare signed. Over eighty years have passed since The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know and I know nothing but China having always lived there" wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. Methuen & Co. hardcover books
193180122New York: John Day 1931. First edition first issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100 line 17 of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. Octavo original brown cloth brown topstain. Inscribed and dated by Pearl Buck on the half-title page. Buck also underlined the error "flees" on page 100 and marked it with an arrow on the left margin. It is interesting to note that Buck knew the first issue points and makes note of it. Near fine in the original dust jacket with some tape repairs to the verso. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed and inscribed examples of the first edition in the original dust jacket are rare. Though nearly eighty years have passed since this novel won the Pulitzer Prize it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know and I know nothing but China having always lived there" wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. John Day hardcover books
