Buck Pearl S.ABAA
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193208124New York: John Day Company 1932. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good-. Octavo. A very good- Review Copy in original yellow and red dust jacket over wrappers. Mild cover edge wear dampstain affecting lower edge of rear cover spine and a few pages. 467 pp. <br/><br/> John Day Company paperback books
196768025NY:: John Day Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. 0381999157 . Eighth impression. Near fine in a very good price clipped dust jacket.; 80 pages . John Day Company, hardcover books
1978137711Brooklyn NY: Self published 1978. Draft script for an unproduced three-act play called "The Council in Hell" written by Pearl Wiesen adapted from Books I and II of John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost." Brief annotations throughout in holograph ink. <br/><br/>Red wrappers with title and address labels on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 1978 with a credit for Wiesen. 58 leaves with last leaf of text being page 16 of Act III. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Self published unknown books
1938127697Berkeley Heights NJ: The Freeman Press 1938. 19p. string-bound wraps 4.25x7.25 inches wraps lightly worn light foxing throughout else very good condition. One of 300 copies. First published in September 1857 in 'The periodical letter' edited by Josiah Warren. " Printed and hand-set with the Garamond type by A. Freeman Ishill." - colophon. The Freeman Press unknown books
1989JC2791New York: Doubleday 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Red cloth spine and boards. Bookplate of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Inscribed on a post-it: "Dearest friend / I'll always remember the 'Ginger Bread' Love Pearl." <br/><br/> Doubleday hardcover books
1976JC2793New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Original boards. Bookplate of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Inscribed on title-page "To my darling Mary and Doug From dearest 'Duey' a child of all ages -- Pearl." Marked "Pre-Release Copy." <br/><br/> Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
1971JC2792New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Original boards. Bookplate of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Inscribed on title-page "To dear Doug -- a rare man -- all love Pearl. Teacher to scholar / scholar to pupil / we all learn." <br/><br/> Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
1965RBAKWIL00efWesternlore 1965. Very Good. Baker Pearl. Wild Bunch at Robber's Roost. Los Angeles: Westernlore 1965. 255pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and bumped edges. Front endsheet slightly discolored. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with rubbed bumped and slightly creased edges. Two short closed tears in head of front panel. Lightly faded spine. Bulging with items laid-in: two copies of photographs of Black Jack Ketchum a letter written by author Pearl Baker and newspaper clippings about the wild bunch Baker and the Robber's Roost Ranch enclosed in a letter written to legendary Western Americana bookseller Sam Weller. Westernlore hardcover books
193016822E1930s. Original autograph signature of British novelist Pearl Bellairs who also published under the name Margaret Jepson written in vintage fountain pen ink on a 4†x 3†piece of paper. Fine. Pearl Bellairs is a pen name of Margaret Jepson the daughter of British writer and editor Edgar Alfred Jepson who published mostly adventure and detective fiction but also of some supernatural and fantasy stories. He used the pseudonym of R. Edison Page for some of his many short stories collaborating at times with John Gawsworth and possibly Arthur Machen. His son Selwyn Jepson was known as a crime writer. Margaret Jepson is the author of Via Panama and her daughter Franklin is the well-known writer Fay Weldon. unknown books
1932W0421ANew York: Friendship Press 1932. Dust jacket some wear and chipping on edges; inside of top edge extending to spine has paper tape reinforcement. Pictorial endpapers. A portyral of Chinese youth of the early nineteen thirties. Third Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Friendship Press Hardcover books
195492879NY:: John Day Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. Hardcover. B001NXWWXG . First edition. Very good in a very good edge worn chipped at the spine ends price clipped dust jacket. . John Day Company, hardcover books
194920869New York: John Day Company 1949. First Edition. Octavo 21cm.; original cloth in red and black pictorial dust jacket; 8406pp. Two tiny closed tears to jacket spine crown else Fine. "A Novel of China" - upper jacket panel. John Day Company unknown books
1970170727003New York: Cowles Book Company 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Buck on the half title. First edition second printing. 218pp. Leather-backed ream-colored cloth boardslettered in gilt. Very Good with light foxing to cloth and very slight lean to spine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with small closed tear near foot a bit of light staining to back panel. Best known for her Pulitzer-winning novel The Good Earth in this book Pearl S. Buck examined the long-suffering women of the Kennedy political dynasty. Cowles Book Company hardcover books
1970025607New York: Cowles 1970. First Edition. Octavo. . 218 pages. Limited to 575 copies for presentation and signed by the author this is number 160. Besides the well-known Kennedy women such as Rose Jackie and Ethel she also writes of the lesser known ones. This is a woman's view of the tragic deterioration of a proud and powerful family caused Miss Buck believes by the standards and failures of the society that spawned it. Bound in 1/4 brown leather over white cloth spine lettering gilt some finger soiling to cloth in clipped dust jacket. showing only very minor wear to spine ends. Cowles unknown books
1947278026New York: John Day 1947. First. hardcover. very good/very good-. 8vo black cloth d.w. with a small amount of slight chipping d.w. lightly soiled corners of cloth and a small area bottom edge of back cloth cover lightly bumped. New York: John Day 1947.<br/><br/> John Day unknown books
19344375.2New York: John Day 1934. 1st edition. Hardback. Yellow top stain. Dust jacket. VG cloth dull/slt cock/Abt VG some wear/sp darkened/sm 1/4" piece msg at hd of spine. 302 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> John Day hardcover books
1963290744New York.: John Day. 1963. First edition. . Mustard cloth gilt titles. . Good plus light stains to covers in a fair dust jacket with pieces missing at both spine ends. . 22.3x15 cm. . Signed by the author on an endpaper. Dust jacket has $6.95 price and 0963 date code. weight: 1.7 lb. John Day. hardcover books
19342311349Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. No jacket. Paste-down endpapers soiled a few pages dog-eared. 1934 Hard Cover. xiv 253 pp. "Originally published in 1934 this is the first scientific study to attempt to understand how to breed dogs primarily German Shepherds of superior intelligence disposition and physique for use in a wide variety of working dog capacities. The Johns Hopkins Press hardcover books
1968118462New York: Harcourt Brace 1968. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper to noted critic and reviewer Mel Gussow: " To Mel / All my love and respect / God keep you / Pearl / 8/16/68." Gussow was a theatre critic and cultural writer for The New York Times from 1969 until his death in 2005. He authored 8 books served as editor for many others and his reviews and interviews with the likes of Arthur Miller Samuel Beckett Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard became staples of students and fans of theatre for decades. His first published review was Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" in 1962 leading to a lifelong relationship with the playwright that resulted in a biography of Albee by Gussow published in 1999. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Light toning to the page edges. Jacket has a bit of rubbing and nicking at the extremities. A very presentable copy of the Tony Award winning actress and singer's autobiography. Harcourt, Brace unknown books
195327100302Kingsport TN: Kingsport City Schools 1953. This is a brochure prepared for parents of children in public schools in Kingsport Tennessee. It is directed towards the parents who are sending their kids to school for the first time. The brochure is divided up into categories: Rules & Regulations Visits & Conferences Health & Safety Readiness in Subject-matter Areas Home-School Cooperation Suggested List of Children's Books and References of Interest to Parents of School-Beginners. Along with the information presented there are cartoon line drawings throughout. 26 pp. Illustrated wraps. Measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". <br/><br/> Kingsport City Schools paperback books
194156545NY: John Day 1941. First Edition. 8vo pp. 203. Partially unopened. A very good copy in some worn dj. Novelist Buck on the relationship between men and women finding that the imbalance in power threatens democracy. John Day unknown books
190629508London: Fisher Unwin 1906. Beardsley. 8vo pp. 444. Colored picture on the cover by Beardsley. Edges foxed o/w a VG tight copy. The illustration is adapted from the poster design for Unwin's Pseudonym Libraries. Lasner 76c. A novel. Fisher Unwin 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
