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1942000550New York: The John Day Company 1942. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A tale of Chinese peasants living in a village near Nanking and their lives before and after the Japanese assault. A SCARCE first printing. Aside from a name and a 1.5" personal library seal on the front free endpaper this is a clean copy with no other writing marks underlining or bookplates. The pages and endpapers are moderately browned as are the textblock edges though the upper edge remains a deep blue. There may be a hint of foxing here and there. The spine is relatively tight and crisp given its age and the corners are square.The boards are flat and true and show only minor wear/bumping just some very light soiling and some fading to the brown cloth and gilt lettering. This is not an ex-library copy. Dust jacket is not price-clipped price is $2.50 but does have some flaws including a 2" by 1" tear to the upper left corner of the front cover. The edges are also quite worn with numerous 1/4" to 1/2" tears and chips. The back cover is browned along the edges and there may also be some light foxing/soiling. The inside cover along the spine is also a bit foxed/soiled and the spine itself shows some sunning though the writing is still quite legible. This highly collectible very good/good first edition/first printing copy is protected with an archival mylar dust jacket cover. Satisfaction guaranteed! <br/> <br/> The John Day Company hardcover
194251123New York: John Day Company 1942. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good- in a Good- dust jacket. Several chips and tears to jacket. Soiling. All corners of flaps are slightly clipped not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. John Day Company hardcover
1975Q-0381900150John Day Co 1975-07-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! John Day Co hardcover
193157785London Great Britain: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1931. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First U.K. Edition. 244 pages 12mo. Missing dust-jacket. Light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering along spine blind-stamped title on front cover. Stated on copyright page: "First Published in Great Britain in 1931". Printed by Jarrold and Sons Ltd. Norwich. Includes 8 pages of Methuen's General Literature at rear. Shelfwear: scuffing along edges and covers spine is cocked inner front spine hinge is cracked some tanning and foxing on endpapers and inside covers previous seller's small bookplate on inside front cover. Volume is in Fair condition. Methuen & Co. Ltd. Hardcover
19953C1-00048Moyer Bell and its subsidiaries 1995-04-05. paperback. New. 5x0x8. Ship within 24hrs. 100% Satisfaction is Our #1 Goal! Moyer Bell and its subsidiaries paperback
1995H3-00059Moyer Bell and its subsidiaries 1995-04-05. paperback. New. 5x0x8. Ship within 24hrs. 100% Satisfaction is Our #1 Goal! Moyer Bell and its subsidiaries paperback
1025393015.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1931291607London : Methuen & Co. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Corners slightly bumped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 244p. ; 20cm. Subjects: English fiction. London : Methuen & Co. hardcover
1995Q-1559210869Moyer Bell and its subsidiaries 1995-04-05. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Moyer Bell and its subsidiaries paperback
1406020109John Day Co 6/1/1930. Hardcover. Very Good. 1931 4th printing of 1st edition. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Chipping and loss to DJ extremities. Contemporary gift inscription on initial title page. Clean unmarked pages. Ships daily. John Day Co hardcover
97049302Cleveland 1943 Forest. Green boards very clean14 x 20.7 cm. 277p. papers a bit browned else a very solid copy. AUTHOR'S SIGNED COPY a small blue paper tipped inside front cover:"Best Wishes Pearl Buck" in blue pen. VERY RARE ! This is the author's first book and her first novel. It concerns he knowledge of Buddhism and China. . It is a poignant and lovely primary impression of life and religion in China the land where she spend most of her life. She was born in and grew up in China. Pearl went to the States in 1929 to find a publisher of her first book. She met Richard Walsh editor at John Day publishers in New York he accepted her novel East Wind: West Wind. The rest is history ! PEARL BUCK: "Pearl Sydenstricker Buck June 26 1892 -March 6 1973 also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu was an American writer and novelist. As the daughter of missionaries Buck spent most of her life before 1934 in China. Her novel The Good Earth was the best-selling fiction book in the U.S. in 1931 and 1932 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces." . After her return to the United States in 1935 she continued her prolific writing career and became a prominent advocate of the rights of women and minority groups and wrote widely on Asian cultures becoming particularly well known for her efforts on behalf of Asian and mixed race adoption.". . During the Cultural Revolution Buck as a preeminent American writer of Chinese village life was denounced as an "American cultural imperialist." Buck was "heartbroken" when she was prevented from visiting China with Richard Nixon in 1972. . Pearl S. Buck died of lung cancer on March 6 1973 in Danby Vermont and was interred in Green Hills Farm in Perkasie Pennsylvania. She designed her own tombstone. The grave marker is inscribed with Chinese characters representing the name Pearl Sydenstricker." Note: above extracted from Wikipedia see below. EDITION: This is the FIRST TOWER EDITION. CONDITION: This is a very clean solid copy mild browning to the paper a small mend to the top verso of title page & the bottom edge of the first fly leaf else exceptionally clean copy. REFERENCES:. unknown
8490701679.Gmass_market. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
19743431677Barcelona.: Juventud. 1974. Hardcover. Cubierta deslucida. Good. 23 cm. 54 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial ilustrada. Firma del anterior propietario. Cubierta deslucida. Literatura.82 82 Juventud. hardcover
999922749X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Q-999922749XSimon & Schuster Juv 1965. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Simon & Schuster (Juv) hardcover
1947303458New York John Day Company 1947. 1947. First edition. 8vo. Dust jacket unclipped; few nicks and short tears spine slightly faded. Very good. Advance copy for review with publisher's slip laid in loose with publication date of November 13. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, John Day Company [1947]. hardcover
19369031083New York: John Day Reynal & Hitchcock 1936. Advance Reading Copy. Hardcover. Fine. With Reynal & Hitchcock card laid in. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine and covers stamped in green and spine stamped in gilt. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. 302 pages. <br/><br/> John Day, Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover
1910736988.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1936210766New York: John Day 1936. Hardcover. VG/Good. 302 pages in very good clean condition. Previous owner's name on the ffep. Brown cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Embossed illustration on spine and upper cover. Very light wear on corners. Blue DJ with illustration and black titles. Spine and edges yellowed. Small chips and tears on the corners and edges. Binding tight. VG/GOOD <br/> <br/> John Day hardcover
193636158New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1936. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Slight trace of lightening at the extremities still fine lacking the dustwrapper. The author's uncommon biography of her father an adventurer who traveled throughout China. Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover
1966100627NY:: John Day Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. First edition. SIGNED by both authors in the year of publication. Near fine in a very good some light edge wear dust jacket.; 221 pages . John Day Company, hardcover
1966569274New York: John Day Company 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a very slightly rubbed else about fine dust jacket. One of 500 numbered copies retained by The Pearl S. Buck Foundation Signed by both by Buck and Harris. This is copy "A 20" which we surmise was a copy for presentation by the authors. John Day Company hardcover
1966462911New York: John Day Company 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in modestly rubbed else near fine dustwrapper. Copy number 306 of 500 numbered copies retained by The Pearl S. Buck Foundation Signed by both by Buck and Harris. John Day Company hardcover
1966500384New York: The John Day Company 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 221pp. Cloth. Binding is dull and lightly soiled rubbed at the extremities else very good lacking the dust jacket. Signed by Pearl S. Buck and Theodore F. Harris on second front flyleaf and dated in year of publication "June 1966". Pearl S. Buck won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature. The John Day Company hardcover
1966205034John Day 1966. First edition first printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a slightly toned spine in mylar cover. Signed by both authors. John Day hardcover
