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1972210396New York: The John Day Company 1972. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 177 pages. Features text by Pearl S. Buck. Features photographs from Magnum by Henri Cartier-Bresson Rene Burri Hiroshi Hamaya Marc Riboud and Helen Snow. A clean very near fine copy in cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some minute wear. The John Day Company unknown
1972128783John Day Co 1972-10-01. hardcover. Like New. 10x8x1. Signed by Author. Buck signed limited edition 85 of 1000 in as new price clipped jacket. Please email for photos. John Day Co hardcover
1972Q-0381982122John Day Co 1972-10-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! John Day Co hardcover
19721411718John Day 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed limited edition one of 1000 copies signed by Buck created to honor her 80th birthday. This copy is unnumbered. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. John Day hardcover
1972303-3045New York: John Day 1972. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full white buckram. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in black. Quarto. Burnt-orange endpapers. 177pps. with numerous black-and-white photos. Pages 95 and 97 have 1" closed tears with attendant creases otherwise Fine: clean tight square and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The price-clipped dustjacket glossy in a mylar sleeve has a slight crease in the rear panel and at the lower rear tip; no chips soiling or tears. This is copy #402 of 1000 SIGNED by the author on a special tipped-in sheet in honor of her 80th birthday. A very nice collector's-quality copy. ".'We cannot understand China's present unless we know her past' says Pearl S. Buck. Here she shares with us her knowledge of China's past and present its history religions customs and culture and her own memories of China personal and public. Accompanying the text are 40 photographs of China by such famous photographers as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Marc Riboud each with a personal comment by Miss Buck." 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. Buckram. John Day Hardcover
100-04434Triangle Books. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Triangle Books hardcover
19720003134New York New York: The John Day Company 1972. Signed Collector's Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. This specially bound edition of China Past and Present limited to 1000 copies is part of the selected works of Pearl S. Buck created in honor of the author's eightieth birthday. This is Copy Number 54. Signed by the author Pearl S. Buck; not personalized to anyone and dated June 1972. 177 pages. Dust jacket is price-clipped. With 40 compelling photographs from Magnum by Rene Burri Henri Cartier-Bresson Hiroshi Hamaya Marc Riboud and Helen Snow. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality Brodart cover. Book itself has white cloth covers with black lettering on the spine and a black emblem on the front cover. No owner names not ex-libras no book plates no underlining nor highlighting. An interesting slice of history from the high visibility and award winning author Pearl S. Buck. A nice copy. <br/> <br/> The John Day Company hardcover
1972016244John Day 1972. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. #166 of 1000 copies signed by Pearl S. Buck. John Day Hardcover
44827John Day Co. 1960. Hardcover. Good. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The top edge of the front cover has some small insect chewing through the cloth but not extensive. Light soiling to the covers. . 038199919X . John Day Co hardcover
195314556John Day. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1953. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Reddish cover has wear to corners and spine caps but clean bright and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. End sheets and paste downs are toned with handwritten date on front end sheet. Pages are clean and near pristine. Dust jacket is tattered and torn but clean and bright. Publisher's price of $3.75 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new clear acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. If pictured shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. .; 311 pages . John Day hardcover
19531400403New York: The John Day Company 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 311 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering clipped front flap. Spine green with off-white lettering. Exterior has moderate wear including modest age toning to the rear/flaps rubbing to the joints slight soiling and few chips to the head/tail edges. Boards have light wear including faint sunning and light edge wear with a small chip to the tail spine edge. Cocked spine. Text block has modest wear including age toning to the edges with deckled fore edge. First edition. <br /> <br /> <p> NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column T ND-T. 1400403. FP New Rockville Stock. The John Day Company hardcover
1959564743New York: The John Day Company 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Foxing on the endpapers and boards about very good in about very good dust jacket with creased internal repairs. Important pianist Claudio Arrau's copy with his ownership signature. The John Day Company hardcover
196542567New York: John Day Co. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Signed and inscribed by author on half-title page. Octavo 20 cm pp. 248. Pictorial jacket green cloth publisher's top stain deckle edge. Jacket has moderate wear with multiple small chips and closed tears. Top edge of boards is faintly sunned. This murder mystery came late in Buck's prolific and storied career but was not terribly well received. John Day Co. hardcover
084880435XNew. hardcover. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. hardcover
1965005192New York: The John Day Company 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A British castle spirits of past ages and romance come together in this intriguing novel quite out of Buck's ordinary realm. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Usual aging and shelf wear. Unclipped dust jacket now protected in an archival plastic cover has some age-toning and one rubbing mark on cover not affecting any print. 248 pages. Atmospheric and unique. <br/> <br/> The John Day Company hardcover
1965039947John Day. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket inscribed dated and signed by the author: "To Lloyd and Viola Yoder with deep appreciation Pearl S. Buck - May 5 1965." This is a clean attractive copy with a couple of minor flaws only: there is a small darkened area to the green cloth on the rear cover a few tiny lightened areas to the green top outer edge of the pages the binding is tight and square and the contents are fine the jacket has mild tanning at the edge of the white-colored flaps and rear panel and a tiny amount of wear at the tips of the top corners the jacket presents very nicely overall the original price 4.95 is present and a professional removable mylar cover is included also included with this copy is an insert from the publisher announcing the release of this book which includes a photo of the author it is titled "A Salute to Pearl Buck on the publication of her twenty-eighth novel and her thirty-fifth anniversary as a novelist" also a postcard of the Pearl Buck House in Bucks County PA and two other related inserts; Signed by Author . John Day hardcover
196510284John Day Company 1965. BUCK Pearl S. DEATH IN THE CASTLE. NY: John Day Company 1965. 8vo. green cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Buck's only mystery novel and a bit uncommon. Signed presentation from Buck on the half-title page: "For Patty & Elvin Souder Greetings from Pearl S. Buck. May 5 1965." Fine; minor wear very faint interior stain; price-clipped d/j. $275.00. John Day Company unknown
1956155556H. Aschehoug & Co. Fair/No Dust Wrapper. 1956. Norwegian Language Binding Torn. Hard Cover. M451 . H. Aschehoug & Co. hardcover
1938155383Av. H. Aschehoug. Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1938. Norwegian Language. Hard Cover. M411 . Av. H. Aschehoug hardcover
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>
19425959<p>John Day Company 1942. First Edition. Fine Hardcover. No dj. Dark brown cloth Gilt stamping and lettering. 8.1"x5.5"X1.3". be34.</p> John Day Company hardcover
2006Q-1559210338Moyer Bell and its subsidiaries 2006-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Moyer Bell and its subsidiaries paperback
40-16081Methuen & Co. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with some wear to dust jacket. Ex-library. Methuen & Co hardcover
194247531New York: John Day Company 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 378p octavo a very good copy in original brown cloth. Signed by Pearl Buck on s tipped in page by the publisher. Extreme offset to the last page from an old newspaper clipping. Ironically the clipping pertains to Nanking as does the novel. <br/><br/> John Day Company hardcover
1942006285The John Day Company. DJ in archival caver large chips. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1942. The John Day Company hardcover
