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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
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
2121AWA. 1. hardcover. Ken Sirmkovrilo! AWA hardcover
2301AWA. 1. hardcover. Sirmkovrilo! AWA hardcover
195012678San Antonio: San Antonio Brewers Association 1950. Seven-color lithograph including reproduced photographs of Calloway and a bottle of Pearl Beer measuring 19.25 x 23.75 inches. Minor edge wear faint dampstain along bottom edge else a really nice example. Very good. An evocative piece of midcentury advertising art featuring Swing Band leader Cab Calloway pitching Pearl Beer of San Antonio Texas. The text of the advertising piece reads: "Join the Swing to Pearl. Xtra Dry. Xtra Light. Xtra Mellow. The 3 X's of Texas - Swing Master Cab Calloway says 'Join the Swing to Pearl' Say.Bottle of Pearl Please." The advertisement is artfully illustrated by a banner of piano keys musical notes a bottle of Pearl Beer and a small outline of the state of Texas with a half-length portrait of Calloway enjoying a tall glass of Pearl at right. Calloway is dressed in an all-white tuxedo and holds a baton in his other hand. The famous band leader’s career as a pitch man included among others Rheingold Extra Dry Beer around 1960 Hula Hoops crackers in the late-1980s and Gap turtleneck sweaters as late as 1993 the year before he passed away. No examples of any Cab Calloway Pearl Beer-related material found in OCLC. A striking example of African American midcentury advertising in which the most famous band leader of Harlem’s Cotton Club hawks beer made in San Antonio Texas. San Antonio Brewers Association unknown
1942500069<p>"Pearl S. Buck" in dark blue fountain pen ink on Loew's letterhead New York April 17 1942. Also signed by witness Bliss Ananes and by New York Notary Public Milton C. Rose on April 21 1942 with notary blindstamp. Small folio 2 pages recto and verso with rubberstamped "Contract Office File Copy." Contract for motion picture rights to her novel "Dragon Seed." "Dragon Seed" was released by MGM in 1944 directed by Jack Conway starring Katharine Hepburn Walter Huston Turhan Bey Hurd Hatfield Frances Rafferty Agnes Moorehead and J. Carol Naish. The film received two Academy Award nominations. Exteriors for the film were shot in Calabasas north of Los Angeles and in Los Angeles' Chinatown district. During filming Buck visited the set of "Dragon Seed" and gave her approval to the production. Although some critics consider "Dragon Seed" a sequel to "The Good Earth" its characters and story line are unrelated to the earlier film. Many Asian actors who appeared in "Dragon Seed" also appeared in "The Good Earth."</p>
198088188Atlanta: Nexus Press 1980. First Edition. Limited Edition one of 1200 copies of which this is No. 146 and signed by Polk with an additional inscription: "To Geoffrey Holder my admiration for all you have accomplished which have furthered black America culture P.H. Polk". Quarto 32cm; brown cloth spine over oatmeal cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and artist's facsimile signature stamped in gilt on front cover; publisher's cloth slipcase with artist's facsimile signature stamped in gilt; 89-1111pp; black-and-white photographic halftone illustrations throughout. A Fine copy. Publisher's slipcase has trace shelf-soil and light rubbing to edges; Very Good. <br /> <br /> Graduate of Tuskegee Institue and later head of their photography department shares this collection of photographs of African American subjects in Tuskegee Alabama from 1929-1958. Concludes with Pearl's essay focused on Polk and the impact of his works and an index of photographs with dates and individuals' names. This copy inscribed by the artist to renown Trinidadian-American actor dancer and musician Geoffrey Holder. 88188. Nexus Press unknown
1895AWA. 1. hardcover. AWA hardcover
1980212769Atlanta: Nexus 1980. Limited. hardcover. fine. P.H. Polk. Exquisite black & white photographic portraits. Square 4to beige and brown cloth beige cloth slip case. Atlanta: Nexus 1980. Limited First Edition. A fine copy.<br/> <br/> One of 1200 signed and numbered copies. A monograph of the work of P. J. Polk one of the most important African-American photographers of the last century.<br/> <br/> Nexus unknown
1980HM4317Atlanta Georgia: Nexus Press 1980. Limited & Signed by Polk; 1/2 brown & cream buckram over boards gold titles tan endpapers / pastedown & lush black & white photo reproductions; Cream buckram slipcase; A near fine copy with small wear & dust soil to slipcase hardly worth mentioning; 111 pages. Illus. by P. H. Polk. 11.75"x12.25". Nexus Press hardcover
1896AWA. 1. hardcover. Maloftege! AWA hardcover
193247046New York: John Day Company 1932. First Trade Edition. Octavo 21cm.; publisher's brown cloth in yellow and red decorative dust jacket red topstain; 6467pp.; pictorial endpapers printed in red. Crown gently nudged some pinpoint wear to gilt titling on spine else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.50 gently spine-sunned and lightly dusty with light wear to extremities and a few closed tears along upper edge; Very Good. Inscribed and signed on front flyleaf: "For Mrs. Oppenheim / Pearl S. Buck." Addtionally laid in are several pieces of ephemera and correspondence from the office of Laurent Oppenheim including two sheet of pencil notes on Plaza Hotel notepaper beginning with the mention of "Pearl Buck -Radio - Feb 20"; a mimeographed postcard announcing the opening of the Family Planning Center by the American Birth Control League at 701 Fifth Avenue; and an autograph note signed to Oppenheim from a Sheila Fry thanking her for an invitation to lunch at which she was to be introduced to Buck. Provenance: Inscribed to philanthropist Mrs. Laurent Oppenheim 1878-1955 née Amy Ruth Schwartz founder of the School Art League in New York City. John Day Company unknown
1962230091Published in New York: Pocket Books 1962. 12 pp. on rectos of blank paper. 1 vols. 4to. Fine. 12 pp. on rectos of blank paper. 1 vols. 4to. The title story of her 1962 collection HEARTS COME HOME AND OTHER STORIES. Set in China the story deals with the conflict between modernity and tradition in one Chinese family. Pocket Books unknown
a87594One volume. Hardcover. Octavo 65 pages of diary entries with 19 additional pages of copied jokes essays poems one page of addresses etc. A tiny inch square original photograph of Gladys is laid in. All in ink very easy to read. Diary begins as Gladys goes off to Central Missouri State Teacher's College. From the diary we learn she is married and has a child - Willowdean - whom she leaves with her parents. Her husband Noah Erwin only mentioned briefly in the diary by the initial "M" for some reason is out of the picture. On April 6th Gladys writes in her diary that she is asked by Sheriff Duncan to come "to Judge Cockerell's office and talk with him. Said M asked him to tak with me and try to get me to come back. Duncan's answer: "M - do you think i'd ask a woman to do anything for a man who would sit in a court room & talk about a woman like you did your wife" Said M talked half the time when he didn't know what he was talking about. The boy's crazy." Certainly Gladys does not seem to be in mourning at all. She is gay silly and sounds very happy . She goes on dates frequently goes into town to have photos taken and enjoys "kisses". Interesting details include her excitement in getting the latest haircut - presumably the flapper bob cut - "I purchased a hair cut. Most wonderful one I ever had." But then when she goes to class the next day she "Put a net over my hair this morn so Miss Kennedy wouldn't know I had had a fresh bob. I was afraid it might cut down on my grade if she realized the fact." Internet genealogy indicates that Gladys was the daughter of Sterlin Price and Mollie Hadley Stapleton was born in Exeter Barry Co Missouri on April 9 1897 and died Feb 4 1947 in Barry Co MO. Gladys never remarried. Her daughter Willodean Erwin Hughes died at age 83 in Siloam Springs Benton Co Arkansas leaving her husband Manville Hughes to whom she was married since March 9 1939 and several children and grandchildren. Diary is in Very Good condition. . hardcover
1933SKU1033605New York: The John Day Co. 1933 1933-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The John Day Company; New York 1933. Hardcover. First Edition. Complete 2 Volume Set. A Very Good red cloth binding with white lettering on spine binding sturdy and intact heavily sunned spine bit of age spotting to board buckram top text block edges stained yellow some scattered foxing to text block edges bit of rubbing to board and spine edges trace crimping and fraying to spine edge buckram some age toning to pages without Dust wrapper. In a Fine new black cloth slipcase with original paper label laid down. An uncommon and unmarked set. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches. 1279pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. New York: The John Day Co., 1933 hardcover
