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2003127An important début novel that was extremely well reviewed and became an international best seller. It is a literary thriller and mystery.This copy is signed by the author on the half title page an unread VERY FINE COPY in both book and jacket. Random House NY hardcover
43083SOUTH CAROLINA. McFALL Pearl Smith. So Lives the Dream. History and Story of the old Pendleton District South Carolina and the establishment of Clemson College. N.Y. 1953. 149pp. Very good in a chipped d/j. unknown
2009574371Jackson: University Press of Mississippi 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Small oblong quarto. Fine in fine dust jacket. University Press of Mississippi hardcover
1980KOS01300350TBD 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. KOS01300350 TBD paperback
198043786New York: Simon and Schuster. As New in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. Hardcover in excellent condition. Little to no visible wear. Dust jacket has been wrapped in protective mylar. Signed by author on front free-end sheet. ; 5.75 x 8.75"; 256 pages; Signed by Author . Simon and Schuster hardcover
20012379mint oversize hc expedited and international shipping not available Indiana University Press hardcover
1971GC-001<p>Pearl Bailey signed this 1971 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich first edition of her memoir — a book as warm candid and soulful as the woman herself. Bailey was one of the defining figures of mid-twentieth century Black American entertainment: Tony Award winner for Hello Dolly on Broadway USO stalwart actress and a genuine ambassador of joy across five decades of American public life. She wrote Talking to Myself the way she sang — with complete honesty and no pretense.</p><p>The signature reads "Love to all — Pearl Bailey" in blue ink on the title page verso. First edition hardcover dust jacket intact with light age-appropriate edge wear pages show yellowing consistent with a 1971 printing. No missing pages no dog-ears.</p><p>This book is from the personal collection of Captain Thomas Goode a Black United States Air Force officer who was shot down in Cambodia and who spent his lifetime and considerable means pursuing signed books directly from their authors. He regularly traveled for the purpose of acquiring books and having them autographed in person. The collection is being liquidated through his estate by Joanne O'Donnell his U.S. military-designated beneficiary and power of attorney. A notarized affidavit from James O'Donnell sworn before an Alameda County California notary public on April 17 2026 attests under penalty of perjury to the provenance and authenticity of the entire collection.</p><p>AI signature analysis returned AUTHENTIC at 70% confidence.</p><p><strong>Biblio Listing Fields:</strong></p><p>• SKU/Book ID: GC-001</p><p>• Title: Talking to Myself — Signed First Edition</p><p>• Author: Pearl Bailey</p><p>• Price: $125</p><p>• ISBN: 0-15-187990-7</p><p>• Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich</p><p>• Year: 1971</p><p>• Format/Binding: Hardcover</p><p>• Book Condition: Very Good</p><p>• Jacket Condition: Very Good — intact light edge wear appropriate to age</p><p>• First Edition: Yes</p><p>• Signed: Yes</p><p>• Signed: Yes — inscribed "Love to all — Pearl Bailey" in blue ink on title page verso</p><p>• First Edition: Yes — first printing</p><p>• Dust Jacket: Present — Very Good condition light edge wear</p><p>• Binding: Tight and square</p><p>• Pages: Yellowed appropriate to 1971 printing; clean and unmarked</p><p>• Authentication: Notarized affidavit Alameda County CA April 17 2026; AI analysis AUTHENTIC 70%</p><p>• Keywords: Pearl Bailey signed autobiography African American entertainment history</p> Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
1972121<p>A rich and varied collection of the best dishes from all of asia by America's best-loved nobel prize winner. Hardback book in excellent condition. Dust cover has some tearing and signs of shelf wear.</p> Simon & Schuster hardcover
1948016160New York: Harper & Brothers 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Author inscribed on the first free end paper above Theodore W. Schultz' bookplate.: "To Theodore W. Schultz of the N.P.A International Committee in Remembrance of Wallace Clark from Pearl F. Clark". - Theodore W. Schultz Winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1979. Black lettering on red covers. 8vo 172pp. From Theodore W. Schultz' library. <br/> <br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover
19474555<p>First Edition. In very good condition clean and unmarked cloth boards without wear in a good dust jacket chipped at spine ends and edges $3.00 publisher's price intact on flap.</p> John Day hardcover
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
bps,tfaSE<p>please see photos. Special Edition add-on with others with Creme colored leather spines. This is the story of Pearl's Dad.</p> JOHN DAY hardcover
2003204130NY: Random House 2003. ARC for the first edition. Glossy pictoral wraps. Signed and dated "2-27-03" by Pearl on the title page. Bottom corner of front wrap just touched; rear wrap upper corner and few text page corners with shallow small crease trifle spine bottom edge bump. Unread copy. Near Fine condition. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reader's Copy. Random House Paperback
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
2008260530034WILEY 2008. hardcover. New. 0x1x0. Please Read My shelf location SO-H-91GREIF WILEY hardcover
1977234933.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
692335like new. unknown
2005SONG0976464225Brand: RMS Media Group 2005-10-01. 0002-. hardcover. Used: Good. 10.12x0.59x13.94. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: RMS Media Group hardcover
B9781258500252Hardback. New. hardcover
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
200532019Illus. end papers MeadWestvaco's Classic Series unknown
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
