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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
1931bps,tge1stDaynoDJ<p>PLEASE SEE PHOTOS. 1ST STATE HARD BROWN CLOTH. hAS ALL THE POINTS OF ISSUE. nO MARKINGSINK OR PENCIL PRESENT. vERY SMALL SHELF WEAR TO THE ORIGINAL INCLUDING ITS TOP BROWN STAIN. aLL 1ST STATE POINTS PRESENT CHECK THE PHOTOS.</p> JOHN DAY PUBLISHING hardcover
SKU1012434<p>Samuel Wood 362 Pearl Street New York. PAPERBACK. Original 1807 Edition; The Picture Alphabet for Little Children contains alphabets with woodcuts illustrating objects; 16 pages total including covers with 2 letters to a page; Size: 3" x 2 inches; cover is loose at the lower edge of spine; a few spots to cover; This work has the distinction of being one of the first publications issued by Samuel Wood who would go on to a distinguished career in the American publishing trade; Very Scarce . Very Good.</p> Samuel Wood, 362 Pearl Street, New York paperback
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
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
197138415HEYNE WILHELM 1971. 1. softcover. Maloftege! WESTERN CLASSICS HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
CA09B-00225Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission Prince George's County Planning Dept. Collectible - Very Good. Upper Marlboro MD: Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission Prince George's County Planning Dept 1996. 1st edition. 4to spiral-bound paperback. iv162pp. Illustrations maps. Near Fine book. Price marked out with ink on front cover. African Americans Historic Buildings Prince George's County Maryland Inquire if you need further information. Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission, Prince George's County Planning Dept paperback
19303462791930. Single leaf announcement folded twice to make three panels; 3 newspaper clippings; staple-bound periodical 84 pg.; staple-bound periodical 13 pg. x2; unbound pamphlet unpaginated x2; bookmark-style handbill x2; single leaf folded newspaper clipping reproduction; typescript carbon leaves with manuscript annotations 11 pg. x2. A near fine collection. Single leaf announcement folded twice to make three panels; 3 newspaper clippings; staple-bound periodical 84 pg.; staple-bound periodical 13 pg. x2; unbound pamphlet unpaginated x2; bookmark-style handbill x2; single leaf folded newspaper clipping reproduction; typescript carbon leaves with manuscript annotations 11 pg. x2. Pearl S. Buck b.1892 - d.1973 was the daughter of American missionaries to China and an author whose 1931 novel 'The Good Earth' won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938 Buck won the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China" and for her books 'The Exile: Portrait of an American Mother' and 'Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul' memoirs about her mother and father respectively. <br /> <br /> Buck's life was defined by her advocacy for the people of China and shifting western perceptions about that part of the world. This collection has several items pertaining to her early recognition on the heels of her Pulitzer Prize when a luncheon was held for her in New York at the Hotel Astor in 1932. There she gave her famous speech "Is There a Case for Foreign Missions" At the end the the audience appeared confused and speechless. Initially no one clapped or congratulated her and Buck later recalled after a few painful moments a storm of applause arose but by then her publisher was abruptly escorting her from the room.<br /> <br /> Inlcuded here is:<br /> <br /> 'Luncheon in Honor of Pearl S. Buck at the Hotel Astor November 2nd 1932' listing of guests and their table numbers. Pearl S. Buck is listed as Mrs. J. Lossing Buck her first husband's name at the speaker's table. <br /> <br /> Press clippings- <br /> "WANTS BETTER MISSIONARIES." World-Tel. November 3 1932<br /> "Mission Worker Abroad Vexes Mrs. Pearl Buck" New York Herald-Tribune November 3 1932<br /> "Mrs. Buck on Foreign Missions" New York City Mirror November 4 1932<br /> <br /> Bulletin of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences Science Bulletin November 2 1935. Announcement of Pearl S. Buck's lecture on December 3 'Fiction and the Front Page' pg. 79.<br /> <br /> "What About India" A transcribed conversation between Pearl S. Buck T.A. Raman Louis Fischer and Bertrand Russell. The American Forum of the Air Vol. 4 No. 41. October 11 1942 x2<br /> <br /> 'The New Children' fund-raising pamphlet. The Pearl S. Buck Foundation ca. 1970s x2<br /> <br /> "Amerasians" Bookmark-style red solicitation mailer. The Pearl S. Buck Foundation ca. 1970s x2<br /> <br /> Reproduction of a press clipping 'Pearl Buck's Presence Lingers On.' The Philadelphia Inquirer February 16 1975 Printed as a pamphlet.<br /> <br /> The Spearhead. By Pearl S. Buck. typescript essay carbon copy annotated in ink in the hand of Pearl S. Buck undated. unknown
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
193345218NY: John Day. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Original red cloth yellow topstain. Two volumes in slipcase. Spine sunned else fine condition; with cellophane wrappers. Laid into V1 is Buck's "A Note by the Translator." The slipcase is mildly sunned and a bit rubbed/marked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1279 pages . John Day hardcover
0023270 217 x 165 mm Pas de couverture
In-8°, occhietto, (8), XXXV, (1), 104, frontone calcografico a c.3 (C.N. Cochin filius inv. e C. Baquoy sculp) raffigurante il blasone coronato del dedicatario Principe di Condé, 10 tavole incise. Tabelle xilografiche. Legatura ottocentesca in piena pelle, tagli in rosso, titolo in oro al dorso su tassello in marocchino, nervature. Prima edizione francese. Graesse III, 458
102577London T. Fisher Unwin 1906. . First edition; 8vo; title printed in red & black with publisher's device 4pp. advertisements at rear light toning to margins; publisher's white & blue buckram design by Beardsley to the white section of the upper cover top edge gilt spine slightly toned and rolled but overall a near fine example in the original dust-jacket reiterating the Beardsley design some restoration using tissue paper to spine ends and part of the upper cover some other minor chips and tears some toning and light dust-soiling.<br /> The first edition of Hobbes'/Richards' last work as she died unexpectedly that same year. This copy in the remarkably rare dust-jacket repeating the design by Beardsley adapted from his poster for Fisher Unwin's Pseudonym and Autonym Libraries.<br /> Lasner 76C. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. hardcover
1939000115New York: The John Day Co. 1939. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine in Near Fine jacket; signed by author. Slipcase also present. See scans and description. New York: The John Day Company 1939. First Edition signed by the author uninscribed on the ffep. Thin octavo 59 pp. Black cloth binding with gilt imprinting black and gold jacket. Fine book in Near Fine jacket showing only light peripheral wear. Unclipped still bearing the $ 1.50 1939 price. The very scarce slipcase is also present albeit with detached spine; slipcase otherwise quite perfect. See all scans. One of Buck's scarcest. The Chinese Novel is Buck's Nobel Lecture delivered at the Swedish Academy upon winning the Nobel Prize for Literature. Buck the first of just two American women to win the prize points out the distinct nature of the Chinese novel the quintessential grass-roots form which comes from and lives within the Chinese common people whose tea house and farming villages are the roots of the stories contained therein. She also predicted - correctly - that her own adherence to this form would cause her to fall out of the critical limelight in time. With the slipcase hard to replace. Provenance provided to purchaser. L12n <br/> <br/> The John Day Co. hardcover
193961177New York: The John Day Company 1939. First Edition. Advance Issue one of an unspecified number of copies signed by Buck on the front endpaper and sent with "Dear Bookseller" letters roughly a month prior to publication with the compliments of The John Day Company. Octavo 22cm; black cloth with titling and author's facsimile signature stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; publisher's slipcase; ii45-593pp with a photographic frontispiece portrait of the author. Touch of dust-soil to cloth else a clean Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $1.50 lightly edgeworn with some light surface wear and a diagonal crease to rear flap; Very Good in like slipcase. <br /> <br /> Buck's Nobel Lecture in which she discusses the origins of the great novels of China and maintains "that it is the Chinese and not the western novel which has shaped her own efforts in writing." from front flap. The John Day Company unknown
671780980Mass Market Paperback. Brand_New. Book in NEW condition We ship daily Monday-Saturday. Delivery confirmation included. Vintage edition in pristine condition! paperback
1946222118New York 1946. reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAIT: The Photography of Carl van Vechten from this print. Half-length view of the performer in costume. 1 vols. 34.5 x 24 cm 13-5/8 x 9-1/2 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 - 3" and indications to the printer for reduction. reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAIT: The Photography of Carl van Vechten from this print. Half-length view of the performer in costume. 1 vols. 34.5 x 24 cm 13-5/8 x 9-1/2 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
185316766<p>New York: Stringer & Townsend 1853 First edition. Pamphlet bound in early twentieth century half brown leather over light brown cloth boards. . Twelvemo. Some fading to leather on upper board. Spine rubbed. Top edge gilt. Purple endpapers with bookseller's ticket in right hand corner of lower endpaper. Title-page coming loose at head. Some dampstaining to first dozen or so leaves. Some toning and foxing to leaves. Still a good tight copy of an item that is rare in commerce. Wrappers removed in rebinding. The present work compiles letters first published in the New York Tribune discussing whether divorce should be legal. The epistolary conversation takes place between Henry James Sr. 1811 – 1882 the father of psychologist William James and novelist Henry James; Tribune founder and editor Horace Greeley 1811 – 1872; and Stephen Pearl Andrews 1812 – 1886 an abolitionist and anarchist. Andrews released the present work when Greeley refused to print one of his letters to the Tribune. In the letter Andrews argues in favor of divorce permitting sex outside of marriage and the right of women to freely choose their husbands pp. 71-81. Greeley based his rejection partially on the grounds that Andrews' letter described injustices against women in excessive detail.</p> Stringer & Townsend, hardcover
1946222118New York 1946. reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAIT: The Photography of Carl van Vechten from this print. Half-length view of the performer in costume. 1 vols. 34.5 x 24 cm 13-5/8 x 9-1/2 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 - 3" and indications to the printer for reduction. reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAIT: The Photography of Carl van Vechten from this print. Half-length view of the performer in costume. 1 vols. 34.5 x 24 cm 13-5/8 x 9-1/2 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
1971BPS,TGE<p>PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS OF THIS DIRECT SIGNED AND DATED ONLY. REVISED AND RESET BUT ALONG THE SAME LINES AS THE FIRST EDITION. HARD TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION SIGNED. Light bruising to spine endsonly defects I see a really nice copy. I collect Pearl Buck so I have an extensive library including the only Review Copy to survive so far1 of 125 totally intact.</p> JOHN DAY hardcover
193613182The Exile Reynal and Hitchcock / John Day 1936 first edition fine in glassine wraps as issued which exhibit wear tear and chipping. A pre-publication issue with a special binding and Christmas Greetings card for select customers laid in. Reynal and Hitchcock / John Day paperback
1088AWA. 1.ND. hardcover. Nova Kovrajoformado! AWA hardcover
194832820565<p>Buck won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for "notable works which pave the way to a human sympathy passing over widely separated racial boundaries and for the studies of human ideals which are a great and living art."</p><br /><p>Gelatin silver print 16 x 20 in. Archivally framed. Estate Edition a limited edition of 20 copies embossed and numbered.</p><br /><p><b>$900 unframed; framed: $1300 </b></p>
1939308048New York: John Day 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The lecture given by Buck on accepting the Nobel Prize for literature. She was the third American after Sinclair Lewis and Eugene O'Neill and fourth woman after Selma Lagerof Grazia Deledda and Sigrid Undset to win the prize.<br/> <br/> Buck whose best-known novel The Good Earth is set in China uses the Nobel pulpit to discuss Chinese fiction a little considered subject at the time. It wasn't until 2012 that a Chinese writer—Mo Yan—was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. <br/> <br/> 59 pages. First edition first printing. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with a snag on the back panel resulting in a narrow band of creasing and some tears. Bookplate on the front pastedown. In a very good slipcase with some wear to the corners.<br/> <br/> This copy is one of an unspecified number signed by Buck and issued in a slipcase. It is possible that none of the signed copies were for sale. This one comes with a letter from the publisher addressed "Dear Bookseller" that reads "We take pleasure in sending you with our compliments a personal advance copy of The Chinese Novel." The letter goes on to promote a forthcoming Chinese novel Moment in Peking by Lin Yutang.<br/> <br/> This book is not common with the slipcase and letter. John Day hardcover
1956165293Methuen & Co LTD. London 1956-01-01. Second. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Signed by Author. REPRINTED 1968 BY JOHN DAY; SIGNED BY AUTHOR! Methuen & Co LTD. London hardcover
