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1972bps,teSp<p>PLEASE SEE PHOTOS. Needs leather cleaned with shoe brush or strong hand action. This is the 2nd family release with Fighting angel but this one is about her Mother. small foxing on the leather or this would be FINEone scratch on top gold page end.</p> JOHN DAY hardcover
1980250941New York: Simon & Schuster 1980. First edition w complete number line. HC w DJ. MV VG/VG. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Quarter burgundy cloth w cream boards gilt spine titling bright light foxing to edges SIGNED by author to FFEP ""Howdy! / Minnie Pearl"" bright unmarked tight. Unclipped DJ $11.95 light edgewear chipping to spine tips some foxing now in Brodart. B/W photos. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012. Simon & Schuster hardcover
198024793Simon & Schuster. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0671229141 . Fine hardcover in a Near Fine dust jacket which has been wrapped. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. ; 1 x 8.6 x 5.5 Inches; 256 pages; Signed by Author . Simon & Schuster hardcover
199129225New York: Simon & Schuster 1991. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Simon & Schuster 1991. First Edition with full number line. Quarto; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 527pp. Light shelf wear to jacket and board extremities a hint of dust-soil to textblock margins else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on half title page. Offered together with publisher's promotional author photograph which Meyer has also inscribed and signed in red sharpie. She has also adorably added a devil's horn and goatee to her portrait. Simon & Schuster unknown
1975006701Harper & Row. Inscribed And Signed By The Author Mylar Protected Jacket Binding Is Very Good And One Or Two Of The Pages Have Small Stains Otherwise It Is A Very Clean Book. "Perla Meyers First Book The Seasonal Kitchen Was Named Best Cookbook Of The Year In 1973. In Her New Cookbook Mrs. Meyers Continues Her Fresh Exciting Approach To Cooking Return For Inspiration To Some Of The Great But Simple And Hearty Foods. . Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. 1975. Harper & Row hardcover
19285085London & New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons Limited 1928. Octavo 303 pages. First edition. More than 1200 American recipes compiled by and for American woman while abroad in the UK. The introduction acknowledges the British origins of many American dishes but encourages English women to engage the recipes as well as Americans have placed their own unique spins on them. It's interesting to see American dishes typeset in the style of English cookbooks. Generally very good in slightly edge worn printed gray boards with the front and rear panels of the dust jacket present otherwise perished. The front panel of the dust jacket features a charming illustration by Hester Sainsbury. OCLC locates nine copies just four in the US. G.P. Putnam's Sons, Limited hardcover books
1953013492London: George G. Harrap & Co 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. purple cloth. With 11 plates in half-tone and 83 illustrations in line by the author. Dust jacket is chipped to spine head lightly edge worn a few short closed tears rubbed to covers. This is a frank and stimulating account of dress and fashion--male and female military and civilian--in particular relation to moral standards and social developments from ancient Egypt to present-day Korea. George G. Harrap & Co hardcover
1935280<p>Pearl S. Buck 1892-1973 was an American author best known for her historical fiction set in China. Her novel The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize and in 1938 she was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.</p><p>Buck's works set in China come from her first-hand experience living there. Her parents were missionaries in China but returned to the U.S. for Pearl's birth. When Pearl was five months old they all returned to China where Pearl went to school. She left China in 1911 to go to school in the U.S. but returned in 1914 where she married and moved to Suzhou in Anhui Province the setting for her House of Earth trilogy.</p><p>In the 1920s Buck began publishing stories in various magazines including Nation The Chinese Recorder Asia and Atlantic Monthly. In 1930 she published her first novel with the John Day Company entitled East Wind West Wind. Ultimately she would go on to have a very successful and prolific writing career publishing over seventy novels.</p><p>A House Divided is the third book in the House of Earth trilogy following the third generation of the family introduced in the first book.</p><p>This book is in Good condition. There is some fading staining and discolouration to the cloth on the covers. Internally the front hinge is cracked and there are some small tears and minor stains on some of the pages but nothing that appears to affect the text.</p> McClelland & Stewart, Ltd hardcover
1932279<p>Pearl S. Buck 1892-1973 was an American author best known for her historical fiction set in China. Her novel The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize and in 1938 she was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.</p><p>Buck's works set in China come from her first-hand experience living there. Her parents were missionaries in China but returned to the U.S. for Pearl's birth. When Pearl was five months old they all returned to China where Pearl went to school. She left China in 1911 to go to school in the U.S. but returned in 1914 where she married and moved to Suzhou in Anhui Province the setting for her House of Earth trilogy.</p><p>In the 1920s Buck began publishing stories in various magazines including Nation The Chinese Recorder Asia and Atlantic Monthly. In 1930 she published her first novel with the John Day Company entitled East Wind West Wind. Ultimately she would go on to have a very successful and prolific writing career publishing over seventy novels.</p><p>Sons is the second book the House of Earth trilogy sequel to the Pulitzer-Prize winning The Good Earth. The book continues the story of a Chinese family in Anhwei covering the events following the death of the patriarch.</p><p>This copy is in Good condition. There is some fading staining and minor wear to the fabric covering the boards. There is some movement in the spine and binding but all pages remain firmly attached. There is a tear to the front pastedown and some staining to the pages but nothing that affects the text.</p> John Day Company hardcover
197116619London: Methuen 1971. First edition first printing. Published by Methuen in London 1971. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper designed by C. W. Bacon has some very light wear to the top edge and some curling to the bottom. There are some chips to rear panel and some slight surface marks. It has been price clipped. The boards are free from notable chips and marks and the text blocks are bright and white. There are no inscriptions or internal marks. Overall this is a near fine copy. Centring her story around a princely family of the New India Buck explores the mysticism that pervades everyday life there. It is unusual among this author's novels which are most often set in China or the U.S. Methuen hardcover
19971-0793827639TFH Publications 1997. Hardcover. New. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. TFH Publications hardcover
1988SONG1558604790Morgan Kaufmann 1988-09-15. 1. paperback. Used: Good. 6.00x1.30x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Morgan Kaufmann paperback
1965m01268Sage Books 1965T. hardcover. Good. 1.0000 in x 9.0000 in x 6.0000 in. Free Delivery Confirmation is included with each item. Mailed inside a plastic sleeve for extra shipping protection. Sage Books hardcover
1975G0974136506I3N10Jackson County Historical Society 1975. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Jackson County Historical Society hardcover
1970142370Melbourne: Nelson 1970. 1st edition. Nice copy. oversize. hardback in original cloth 34 47pp. illusts. No dust jacket o/w a nice copy Nelson hardcover
195517604ROWOHLT ERNST 06/1955. 4. softcover. ROWOHLT, ERNST paperback
193910078Paris: Stock 1939. Fine. Stock Paris 1939 13 x 19 cm broché First edition in French one of 550 numbered copies on alfa paper the only issue with 25 hors commerce copies. Spine lightly sunned a small harmless stain on the front cover otherwise a handsome copy. Stock unknown
1960GB000JC9CV2I3N10THE JOHN DAY CO. 1960. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. THE JOHN DAY CO. hardcover
1992G1892112329I3N00No Greater Joy Ministries Incorporated 1992. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. No Greater Joy Ministries, Incorporated paperback
1973G0330201573I4N01Pan Books 1973. Paperback. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Pan Books paperback
1973G0330201573I5N00Pan Books 1973. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Pan Books paperback
1973G0330201573I3N00Pan Books 1973. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Pan Books paperback
1949mon0000186036Methuen And Co 1949-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book Hardback/Hardcover. Original dust cover laminated onto front cover. Usual stamps and marking. Clean text sound binding. Methuen And Co paperback
193401738THE MOTHER John Day 1934 first edition dust soiling on front and rear panels soiling and sunning on spine else a vg copy in wraps of this ADVANCE READING COPY. John Day 1934 paperback
1952072340Softcover in Good condition there are no stamps writing or marks some scuffing on the glossy covers and quite a few small creases volume 403 some wear but good shape for its age . Good. Soft cover. 1952. paperback
