BUCK, Pearl.Livre Rare Book
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47668Paris, Club des Libraires de France sans date, 200x130mm, 238pages, reliure d'éditeur sous jaquette. Exemplaire numéroté sur alfa bouffant, 170/3500. Maquettes de Pierre Faucheux. Très bel exemplaire.
1947748641947 Paris, Stock, 1947, in 12 broché, 245 pages.
cROU-1551Paris, Editions Gautier-Languereau,1959 ; grand in-8°, pleine toile éditeur imprimée d’un décor de fleurs, titre et auteur doré sur un médaillon blanc au dos; 269pp. Nombreuses illustrations hors texte en couleurs (reproductions en couleurs contrecollées d’ estampes du Musée Guimet .Edition originale numérotée sur alfa.
1961N1071Hamberg: White Lotus Press 1961. Paperback. Good/no dj. 0.17. Frauen des Hauses Wu Die White Lotus Press paperback
1960GB000JC9CV2I3N10THE JOHN DAY CO. 1960. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. THE JOHN DAY CO. hardcover
1948W0314New York: Limited Editions Club 1948. Books are immaculate and are bound in the Chinese manner with red silk cord the covers are Chinese silk paper. Number 753 of 1500 copies. Signed in red pencil by Covarrubias at end of volume 2. A great classic imaginatively produced. Signed by Illustrator. Limited/Numbered. Paper Wraps. Near Fine/Chemise Fine Slipcase Poor. Illus. by Covarrubias Miguel. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Private Press. Limited Editions Club Paperback books
500069"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.". Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. paperback books
195645746Paris: Stock 1956. Paperback. Very good. 494 pp. Light creases and soiling to the spine light edge wear and soiling to the front and back else very good in publisher's wraps. Text in French. <br/><br/> Stock paperback books
194745770Paris: Payot 1947. Paperback. Very good. 448 pp. Light creases and tanning to the spine light edge wear to the front and back else very good in publisher's wraps. Text in French. <br/><br/> Payot paperback books
194745771Paris: Payot 1947. Paperback. Very good. 403 pp. Light creases and tanning to the spine light edge wear to the front and back else very good in publisher's wraps. Text in French. <br/><br/> Payot paperback books
196145349Paris: Stock 1961. Paperback. Good. 242 pp. Creases to the spine light soiling to the back wear to the front and back else good in publisher's wraps. Text in French. <br/><br/> Stock paperback books
1953716441953. BUCK Pearl. THE MAN WHO CHANGED CHINA the Story of Sun Yat-Sen. Illustrated by Frank Castellon. New York: Random House 1953. First edition. 8vo. decorative green cloth pictorial endpapers. Ink ownership name to fore-edge in pencil. Eight leaves are lightly effcted by a small circular patch of dampstain approx. 1/2" else this is a near fine copy in a mildy foxed dust ajcket with some light edgewera and soil small split to the crown.$50.00. unknown books
16155Pearl Buck archive of 3 items a TLS and two typescripts. Pearl S. Buck was the first American female laureate and used her work to advocate for child refugees and women. TLS 1 pg 1957. The letter is signed in full by Buck. She states she is sending an editor 2 texts promoting post war child adoption. Also her original Typescript 25 pages titled "Children Waiting"; and a second Pearl Buck Typescript 19 pages titled "What we can do about Children Waiting" Both Typescript have important content on adoption of children in Asia specially by American soldiers and include hand annotations. <br/><br/>In part: "Two babies came from adoption agencies where they were considered unadoptable because it was difficult to find adoptive parents to "match" them. I was sure that there must be good families matching or not who could love these babies and indeed there were. . .Yet I continue acutely and constantly aware of the thousands of children waiting. . . . These are the citizens of my new world the children without parents and the parents without children pressing eagerly toward each other and yet unable to reach each other. A barrier stands between a high wall and in the middle of the wall is a narrow gate kept locked until a social agency unlocks it a little way and lets one child through at a time. . . .Nobody knows truthfully how many children are in our orphanages. There are many kinds of orphanages. most children are not perfect and so on. They can be helped to want a handicapped children a child of mixed origin or any child at all. . . . We can tear down the walls that keep them prisoners of red tape prejudice and religious division. . . . We can refuse to accept the excuse that there are not enough children to satisfy adoptive parents. unknown books
16692Pearl Buck. First American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature and the second woman overall. Buck asks an editor to publish a piece "to the colored people of this country". Typed letter signed on Buck's letterhead for 40 East 49th Street New York N.Y. February 25 1942. Measures 8" x 9.75" inches. Buck's letter reads: "To the Editor: Enclosed is something which I should like to say to the colored people of this country. I am sending copies of this letter to all colored journals and shall be glad to have you use it if you wish on or after February 28th. Sincerely yours" she signs in large elegant script "Pearl S. Buck". In the United States February is designated "Black History Month". Buck was a lifelong activist and her advocate work extended to adoption immigration and anti-War efforts. unknown books
1932288693New York: John Day 1932. Limited. hardcover. fine. 8vo tan buckram leather spine label. New York: John Day 1932. Limited First Edition. Fine<br/><br/> One of 371 copies signed by the author.<br/><br/> John Day unknown books
193929091NY: John Day 1939. First Edition. 8vo pp. 372. Small worm hole at bottom of a few pages o/w VG in worn dj. John Day unknown books
500070"Pearl S. Buck" in blue fountain pen ink on her "R.D.3" Perkasie Pennsylvania letterhead May 29 1942. 4to 1 page. Creases from mailing else fine. To Edward T. Ingle Northwestern Zone Promotion Manager Treasury Department Washington DC: "My dear Mr. Ingle: Thank you for your letter of May the 26th. I am glad to speak at the Inter-Racial Rally and will do the best I can. Yours sincerely Pearl S. Buck". Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
B22736-FMcclain Printing Company. Collectible - Very Good. 1992. Teal blue cloth w/gilt. Stamp to fep 'Pickersgill Sep 2001'. O/w very nice condition. Dust jacket is edgeworn torn and quite scratched. Mcclain Printing Company hardcover books
194240170New York: John Day 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. William Arthur Smith. New York: John Day 1942. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to her grandson. Numerous duotone illustrations. Illustrated by William Arthur Smith. 64 pp. Hardcover. Oblong 12mo. Red cloth. Head heel and corners bumped and worn with small tear at heel of spine; spine faded; boards soiled and lightly stained; endpapers toned. Binding slightly shaken but still quite sound. Very good-/No dust jacket. John Day hardcover books
1966302817London Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1966. 1966. First edition so stated. 8vo. Dust jacket designed by C.W. Bacon unclipped. Very good-fine. 223 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. [1966]. hardcover books
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 books
194442150NY:: Modern Library. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1944. Hardcover. Modern Library number 15. Foreword by the author. A later printing. Very good in a very good minor edge wear with a few very small chips dust jacket.; 313 pages . Modern Library, hardcover books
197060208NY:: Cowles Book Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0402124618 . Fourth printing. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Previous owner's address label and old sale price on front free endpaper else very good in a very good tape repair on verso - at the crown of the spine price clipped dust jacket. ; 218 pages . Cowles Book Company, hardcover 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
197260067NY:: John Day Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. First edition number 1062 of 5000 copies retained by the author for presentation. SIGNED by the author. Previous owner's gift inscription on front paste-down else very good in a very good age toning to flaps and rear panel price clipped dust jacket. . John Day Company, hardcover books
