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9558LA WESTERNLORE 1965. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. LA, WESTERNLORE, 1965 unknown books
19374573JNew York: Grosset & Dunlap 1937. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the release of the MGM classic film starring Paul Muni and Luise Rainer. Ownership inscription else fine in a bright slightly used dust jacket. The endpapers show scenes from the film and the front panel of the jacket is a color painting of Muni and Rainer in the rice fields. Winner of two Academy Awards including one for Rainer as Best Actress. Grosset & Dunlap unknown books
1965289884New York. : John Day. 1965 . 1st Edition. Green cloth gilt spine title top edge stained green. . Very good bookplate to ffep in a nearly very good dust jacket with some edgewear and a brown coffee stain to back panel. . ‘21x14.2 cm. . Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page. John Day. hardcover books
1965148542New York: NBC 1965. Vintage publicity photograph of Minnie Pearl in her signature hat and dress circa 1965 with "NBC Photo by Paul Bailey" stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon known professionally by her stage character Minnie Pearl was an American country comedian perhaps best known for the television variety show "Hee Haw" which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1971. She also appeared at the Grand Ole Opry for over 50 years from 1940 to 1991.<br/><br/>Pearl's comedy was a light-hearted satire of rural Southern "hillbilly" culture and always appeared in frilly dresses wearing a hat with the $1.98 price tag hanging from it. She greeting her audience with her signature "How-w-wDEE-EEE! I'm jest so proud to be here!" which quickly became a call-and-response with audiences everywhere.<br/><br/>7.25 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with two vertical holograph wax pencil markings at top and semi-transparent white ink along hat tie with two staples in the upper margins. NBC unknown books
1928RPEARAT01EMAlfred A. Knopf 1928. Very Good. Pearl Raymond. Rate of Living : Being an Account of Some Experimental Studies on the Biology of Life Duration. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1928. 1st edition. 185pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt. Book condition: Very good with spine sunned. Edges gently bumped and rubbed. Small chip in head of spine. Inscribed by the author on front endsheet. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1971292130New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971. First. hardcover. very good/very good. 233 pages. 8vo purple cloth dust wrapper; cloth and wrapper sunned at top edge "Gift from Pearl Bailey" stamped on flyleaf. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971. First edition. A very good copy.<br/><br/> From the estate of Sylvia Miles. Includes a signed letter "Pearl" on P.B. Production Corp. letterhead in full: "My dearest Sister Sylvia: I just love you. You're a fine human being. All love Pearl".<br/><br/> Harcourt Brace Jovanovich unknown books
1976RBAKROB00twUtah State University 1976. Very Good. Baker Pearl. Robbers Roost Recollections. Logan: Utah State University 1976. 1st edition. 194pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Several related newspaper clippings and a brief chronology are laid in. Ex-libris Sam Weller. Utah State University unknown books
1947303458New York John Day Company 1947. 1947. First edition. 8vo. Dust jacket unclipped; few nicks and short tears spine slightly faded. Very good. Advance copy for review with publisher's slip laid in loose with publication date of November 13. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, John Day Company [1947]. hardcover books
025603New York; 1945: John Day. Octavo. 224 pages illustrated by Charles Hargens. Buck's novel of a marriage set against the Pennsylvania countryside. "Marriage is so profound an experience" William wrote to his grown daughter "I should be sorry if you missed it. It takes place sometimes between two who are unsuited but still it is profound." In this fine novel Pearl Buck writes of a couple unsuited but the richness through trials is told in her marvelous style. Bound in green cloth spine lettering gilt gilt a bit dull a very good copy in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with light chipping to foot. John Day unknown books
193920490<b>The Official Poem of the New York World's Fair 1939 and other prize winning poems</b><br />Book contains the prize winning poems entered into contest for the New York World's fair of 1939. pp.43<br />Condition is As New with publisher's original glassine wrap. The Academy of American Poets hardcover books
2000188980Cambridge University Press 2000-03-13. Hardcover. Very Good. Dust jacket and book are clean has a very good binding and crisp pages no mLight dust jacket wear. HB HS Cambridge University Press hardcover books
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 books
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
194016586Muscaine Iowa: The Prairie Press 1940. First edition ltd. to 250 copies 8vo pp. 5-71 1; fine copy in orig. linen. Cheever 33. <br/><br/> The Prairie Press unknown books
197127938NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971. 8vo pp. 233. Author's presentation on title. A nice copy in little curled and yellowed dj. A memoir--anecdotes and opinions. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich unknown books
1940130310Muscatine IA: The Prairie Press 1940. cloth. Prairie Press. 8vo. cloth. 711 pages. Limited to 250 copies. Table of contents. Designed and printed by Carroll Coleman. A collection of poetry. The Prairie Press unknown books
197560133New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illustrated with photographs. An allegory of life by the American actress and singer. Presentation copy labeled a "Pre-Release Copy" and inscribed by Pearl Bailey to Bob and Dolores Hope on the title page. A fine copy in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Provenance: From the library of Bob and Dolores Hope accompanied by a letter from the Hope Foundation. Inscribed by Author. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
197660134New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Presentation copy labeled "First Copy 6/5/76" and inscribed by American actress and singer Pearl Bailey 1918-90 to Bob and Dolores Hope on the secondary title page. Mild dust staining to the top edge with a bit of sun fading along the spine of the dust jacket; otherwise very good. Provenance: From the library of Bob and Dolores Hope accompanied by a letter from the Hope Foundation. Inscribed by Author. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
31947BAILEY Pearl. Signed Photograph. An early 8- by 10-inch black-and-white photograph of Bailey inscribed: "To Joe Thru the years thanks for your friendship - Pearl Bailey." $50.00. <br/><br/> unknown books
31946BAILEY Pearl. Signed Photograph. An 8- by 10-inch black-and-white publicity photograph of Bailey boldly inscribed in black marker: "To Joe. Love Pearl Bailey" Stamped on verso Apr. 4 1963. $50.00. <br/><br/> unknown books
196081643Washington: The Associated Publishers 1960. 10p. staplebound wraps 5.5x8.5 inches illus. with drawings pen notation and previous owner's stamp on front wrap front wrap foxed else good condition. Children's booklet on Marian Anderson. The Associated Publishers unknown books
1953716441953. BUCK Pearl. THE MAN WHO CHANGED CHINA the Story of Sun Yat-Sen. Illustrated by Frank Castellon. New York: Random House 1953. First edition. 8vo. decorative green cloth pictorial endpapers. Ink ownership name to fore-edge in pencil. Eight leaves are lightly effcted by a small circular patch of dampstain approx. 1/2" else this is a near fine copy in a mildy foxed dust ajcket with some light edgewera and soil small split to the crown.$50.00. unknown books
196628946New York: John Day Company 1966. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy with only a hint of rubbing at the upper corners lacking the unprinted glassine jacket. 30 2 pp. Portrait frontis. 8vo. Signed by the Buck on the half-title. One of 1000 copies of Buck's address to the American Library Association1966. John Day Company hardcover books
1940130311Muscatine IA: The Prairie Press 1940. cloth. Prairie Press. 8vo. cloth. 711 pages. Limited to 250 copies. Table of contents. Designed and printed by Carroll Coleman. A collection of poetry. Light tanning. The Prairie Press unknown books
1940005700Muscatine Iowa: The Prairie Press 1940. Fine in a Near Fine original glassine dust jacket 2 small chips top edge rear panel. One of 250 copies. Cheever 33. . Limited First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Prairie Press Hardcover books
