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1945237519New York: John Day 1945. First Edition. Illus. by George T. Heartman. 60 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Olive cloth lightly soiled in torn and creased dust jacket. First Edition. Illus. by George T. Heartman. 60 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED by the author to her secretary's daughter Jackie Shaddlinger "For Jackie Shaddlinger Pearl S. Buck. John Day unknown books
1948330446New York: Limited Editions Club 1948. Limited. hardcover. fine. Miguel Covarrubias. Translated from the Chinese by Pearl S. Buck. With an Introduction by Lin Yutang. 2 volumes 32 hand colored plates & text illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. 688pp. 4to flexibile Oriental bark boards bound stab-sewn with red silk cord; cloth backed red board chemise with printed spine label but lacking outer slipcase.New York: Limited Editions Club 1948.<br/> <br/> The 14th century masterpiece of Chinese fiction. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the artist.<br/> <br/> Limited Editions Club unknown
1948022341New York: Limited Editions Club 1948. Hardcover. Fine with the chemise but lacking slipcase. Miguel Covarrubias. Two folio volumes 9-1/4" x 12-1/4" bound in Oriental bark paper in the traditional stab-sewn Chinese style. Illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias with the plates hand-colored in the studio of Paul Baruch. Calligraphic titles by Jeanyee Wong. Copy #751 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover
1948056972The Limited Editions Club. A beautiful clean crisp two volume set in very good condition light scattered foxing to spine and edges of boards. Chemise has fading to spine and faint edge wear. Slipcase in near fine condition. No. 1133/1500 limited edition copies signed by illustrator. Photos available upon request. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1948. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
1948019922New York: Limited Editions Club 1948. Hardcover. Slight foxing to bulked text edges otherwise about Fine lacking the chemise and slipcase. Miguel Covarrubias. Two folio volumes 9-1/4" x 12-1/4" bound in Oriental bark paper in the traditional stab-sewn Chinese style. Illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias with the plates hand-colored in the studio of Paul Baruch. Calligraphic titles by Jeanyee Wong. Copy #323 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover
16884Self-published. 1943. Good. Signed. On personalized stationery Buck thanks the recipient for sending a copy of "The Protestant" magazine. Self-published unknown
B22736-FMcclain Printing Company. Collectible - Very Good. 1992. Teal blue cloth w/gilt. Stamp to fep 'Pickersgill Sep 2001'. O/w very nice condition. Dust jacket is edgeworn torn and quite scratched. Mcclain Printing Company hardcover
1970103-1924New York: John Day 1970. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full tan cloth. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in gilt. Octavo. 305pps. A special limitation page reads: 'Of this special edition of China As I See It 3000 copies have been retained by the author for presentation'. This copy is not numbered but is SIGNED by the author. An excellent collector's-quality copy: clean tight square and bright. All tips are sharp. The pages are immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket glossy in a mylar sleeve has light rubbing wear -- particularly at the tips and the spine-ends; no chips soiling or tears. The original price 7.95 is intact. A beautiful copy of a scarce issue. ".With Communist control of China in its third decade Pearl Buck takes a long view of a country that measures its history by millennia. 'China As I See It' is made up of a selection of Pearl Buck's writings and speeches beginning in the 1930's with a long final chapter newly written to summarize the Communist take-over its background and its consequences." Purchase with confidence: all books gradings and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision photos can be emailed upon request. SIGNED by the Author. Limited First Edition. Cloth. John Day Hardcover
1956569278New York: John Day Company 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited edition stated ninth impression. Quarter pebble-grained white cloth and papercovered boards issued without dustwrapper. Spine a little toned very good or better. Copy number 252 of 1000 numbered copies Signed by the author. Additionally Inscribed and initialed by Buck to Byron and Nancy Keeble: "To By and Mary good wishes - This book based on history PSB. John Day Company hardcover
1940000584New York: John Day 1940. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. John Day New York 1940. First Edition/First Printing. Original price on dust jacket $2.50. Green top stain. Book appears not to have been read. No marks except for former owner inscription on the front free endpaper. No smudges pushes shelf wear. Slight odor of tobacco. Dust jacket is present with chipping folding and losses around the edges especially spine top and bottom. Small spot stain on back cover. Looks dashing in its shiny new plastic cover. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing. John Day Hardcover
1942507941942. Unbound. Fine. Broadside printed on cardstock. Measuring 11" x 16". Very light soiling else fine. Poster reading "Don't Miss Pearl Buck's Powerful New Novel 'China Gold.'" The novel relating "How two young Americans find love in war-torn China" was serialized in Collier's Magazine in 1942 and has never been published in book form except in a German translation. unknown
1931131131666New York: The John Day Company 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. FIRST EDITION. 1st issue with "for the John Day Publishing Company Inc." on the copyright page; "flees" error present on p. 100. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering. Good with sunning to spine cloth former owner's bookplate on verso of front free endpaper with associated wrinkling to nearby pages a few stray pencil marks in text lacking jacket. Decent shape overall. The true first edition of the bestselling novel. The John Day Company hardcover
1931131128341New York: Teh John Day Publishing Company 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. FIRST EDITION FIRST STATE. NY: John Day 1931. Original tan cloth lettered in gilt. States "For the John Day Publishing Company Inc." on copyright page "Publishing" missing in later states. No jacket. Cloth worn at head and tail spine dulled. Good condition overall. Teh John Day Publishing Company hardcover
193120904New York: The John Day Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1931. 1st Edition. Second Printing. Hard Cover. First edition second issue 'Flees' rather than 'fleas' on page 100; "For the John Day Company Inc." on copyright page; top edge stained brown. Publisher's full brown cloth gilt lettering and medalion on spine and cover t.e.g. brown fore-edge deckle green printed endpapers. . Front hinge starting spine and cover faded pages 82 and 83 have shadow where a newspaper clipping had been placed covers mildly worn small closed tear at exterior rear hinge otherwise unmarked square and clean. GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 375 pp . The John Day Company hardcover
1966504867New York: The John Day Company 1966. Softcover. Very Good. Spiral-bound uncorrected proof in tall galley form printed rectos only. Blue printed wrappers in plastic spiral binding as issued. Remnant on front wrap from a publisher's label on covers age-toning at edges of leaves else a very good copy. Very scarce in this format. The John Day Company unknown
1903310078Biarritz 1903. 1 page. 8vo. Bifolium of Grand Hotel lined stationery. Some minor creasing old folds. 1 page. 8vo. A chatty letter from the Anglo-American novelist and dramatist John Oliver Hobbes written under her real name to her parents. "The motor is still in Paris being 'repaired' but we go on to Madrid tonight . We want to be there for Whitsun: then to Seville Cordova Granada Barcelona & so forth! . It would be impossible to travel with kinder people than the Cotes'. She is very fond of reading & quiet and I work a good deal in her sitting-room. unknown books
1903310078Biarritz 1903. 1 page. 8vo. Bifolium of Grand Hotel lined stationery. Some minor creasing old folds. 1 page. 8vo. A chatty letter from the Anglo-American novelist and dramatist John Oliver Hobbes written under her real name to her parents. "The motor is still in Paris being 'repaired' but we go on to Madrid tonight . We want to be there for Whitsun: then to Seville Cordova Granada Barcelona & so forth! . It would be impossible to travel with kinder people than the Cotes'. She is very fond of reading & quiet and I work a good deal in her sitting-room. unknown
1952429619New York: Comet Press Books 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Cover by Pearl Edler. Octavo. 204pp. Very good in brown cloth gilt boards with some light dampspots in good dustwrapper foxing to the front board and light wear. Novel of a talented black woman from the South who inherits a fortune from a white woman but realizes money does not buy happiness. OCLC locates no copies. Comet Press Books hardcover
19151396Austin: E.L. Steck 1915. Very good. 22pp. Oblong octavo. Original green printed wrappers string-tied. Light wear and chipping to edges slightly faded. Internally clean. Handsome promotional work for the city of Austin Texas compiled and published by the American National Bank on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary. The work is extensively illustrated with halftones and includes a brief history of the city highlighting the capitol university local businesses and historic sites. The final few leaves are devoted to images of the bank and its directors with a history of the establishment and a glowing assessment of its bright and thriving future. E.L. Steck unknown books
194837670New York: limited Editions Club 1948. One of 1500 copies signed by the artist. Illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias. 2 vols. Large 4to. Chinese paper with outside wrapper in mended slipcase. Fine. Covarrubias Miquel. One of 1500 copies signed by the artist. Illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias. 2 vols. Large 4to. limited Editions Club unknown books
6373PEARL S. BUCK 1892-1973. Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American author best known for her book The Good Earth which was inspired by her experiences living in China.TLS. 1pg. July 22 1968. Perkasie Pennsylvania. A typed letter signed Pearl S. Buck to Patricia Levine of Connecticut: I received your letter of July the 15th with its two questions period I can answer them quite briefly by saying that there is no one person who has exercised any particular influence upon me. I had good parents and I have wonderful friends each of whom has added to my life. The letter is in very fine condition. unknown
5555PEARL S. BUCK 1892-1973. Buck was a prolific Nobel Prize-winning writer and missionary who spent much of her life in China.DS. 2pgs. April 23 1959. N.p. A printed document signed Pearl S Buck. It is a contract for Spanish-language publication of Bucks novel Command the Morning. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made and entered into this 23rd day of April 1959 BETWEEN Pearl S. Buck c/o. Harold Ober Associates 40 East 49th Street New York 17 N.Y. hereinafter called the Proprietor of the one part and Editorial Draft Buenos Aires Argentina hereinafter called the Publisher of the other part WHEREBY it is mutually agreed as follows regarding the work by Pearl S. Buck entitled: COMMAND THE MORNING 1. The Proprietor hereby grants to the Publisher the sole and exclusive license to translate print publish and sell the said work in volume form only in the a regular Spanish language subject to the terms and conditions following: trade edition in the for the Spanish-speaking world. A witness signed as well. The document is in fair condition with tears and losses to three of the fold edges. Some of the typed text is quite blurry but Bucks signature is unobstructed. unknown
4572PEARL BUCK 1892-1973. Buck an American writer won both the Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize. She was born in West Virginia the daughter of missionaries and lived in China until 1933. Many of her works discuss China and its people. Her best known works are The Good Earth Dragon Seed My Several Worlds and A Bridge for Passing. DS. 2pg. 8 x 14. April 23 1959. New York. A legal document signed Pearl S. Buck and representatives of an Argentinian publishing company. It concerns publishing her book Command The Morning in Argentina in the Spanish language. The signature is strong and the edges particularly the bottom one is chipped. The condition is good. unknown
4572PEARL BUCK 1892-1973. Buck an American writer won both the Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize. She was born in West Virginia the daughter of missionaries and lived in China until 1933. Many of her works discuss China and its people. Her best known works are The Good Earth Dragon Seed My Several Worlds and A Bridge for Passing. DS. 2pg. 8 ½†x 14â€. April 23 1959. New York. A legal document signed “Pearl S. Buck†and representatives of an Argentinian publishing company. It concerns publishing her book Command The Morning in Argentina in the Spanish language. The signature is strong and the edges particularly the bottom one is chipped. The condition is good. unknown books
bps,ahdSigned<p>PLEASE SEE PHOTOS. THIS IS THE SIGNED LIMITED TO 1000 to celebrate her 80th birthday. This is the only oneexcept in a 10 book collection for $2000 listed in the world. I jump on these when I can find them because they are getting scarce. this one is not numbered which means it made its way to the public after her deathher estate. This is the 3rd book of the earth series and then she had so many request about the Mother she wrote the 4th book of the saga. I have many signed Pearl Buck books including the true First Edition1 of 125 "The Good Earth" with its wrapper. as of this time I do not have this in a collection of the Earth Triology but I usually do. But here it is on its on.</p> JOHN DAY hardcover
