Buck Pearl S.ABAA
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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
106726hardcover. very good. Illustrated. 8vo cloth. New York 1970.<br/><br/> unknown 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
197257055NY: The John Day Company 1972. Specially-bound edition limited to 1000 copies signed by Buck on the limitation page this being copy #195. One of the selected works of Pearl S. Buck issued to recognize her 80th birthday. Buck whose maiden name is Sydenstricker was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. She was well known for her efforts on behalf of Asian and mixed-race adoptions. Buck's epic tells the history of Korea through the lives of one family. She paints an amazing portrait of the country and makes us empathize with their struggle for sovereignty through her beautifully drawn characters. 8vo. imitation white leather & green boards stamped in gilt top edge gilt; 316 pages. Fine condition covers nice; contents clean & tight. The John Day Company unknown books
196331205NY: John Day 1963. First Edition. 8vo pp. 478. Part of a bookplate on flyleaf o/w VG no dj. A novel about Korea. John Day unknown books
197257059NY: The John Day Company 1972. Specially-bound edition limited to 1000 copies signed by Buck on the limitation page this being copy #195. One of the selected works of Pearl S. Buck issued to recognize her 80th birthday. Buck whose maiden name is Sydenstricker was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. She was well known for her efforts on behalf of Asian and mixed-race adoptions. 8vo. imitation white leather & blue boards stamped in gilt top edge gilt; 255 pages. Fine condition. The John Day Company unknown books
19391503473John Day 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition no mention of later printing on copyright page. Very good in a very good jacket. John Day hardcover books
1943241848New York: John Day 1943. 248 pages very good hardcover in edgeworn dustjacket. Novel about Chinese soldiers who are sent to rescue a British-American platoon in Burma from the Japanese army. John Day unknown books
1943025606New York: John Day 1943. William A. Smith. 60 pages. One of the more scarce children's books by Pearl Buck. Based on her childhood growing up in China she writes of her fantasies of magic and Aladdin she picked up a stone and rubbed it when she saw large figures including the Water-Buffalo Children and others. A marvelous tale of imagination and childhood ways of viewing their world. John Day unknown books
1943237518New York: John Day 1943. First Edition. Illus. by William Arthur Smith. 60 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Very good in edgeworn dust jacket. First Edition. Illus. by William Arthur Smith. 60 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED by the author to her secretary's daughter Jackie Shaddlinger "For Jackie Shaddlinger with appreciation and good wishes. Pearl S. Buck. John Day unknown books
025605New York; 1945: The John Day Co. First Edition. 60 pages Illustrated by George T. Hartman. An uncommon work of Pearl Buck's. This is the story of a small Chinese boy who saw air planes of the Japanese but one lucky day an American pilot made an emergency landing close to Yu Lan's home and he ran to meet the pilot and the story tells how his friendship with the pilot. Bound in gray pictorial cloth depicting a young boy holding an airplane blue spine lettering blue some toning to covers and endpapers previous owner's name stamped in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with a few closed edge tears chip to foot tape mend to underside light foxing. The John Day Co unknown books
1945237519New York: John Day 1945. First Edition. Illus. by George T. Heartman. 60 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Olive cloth lightly soiled in torn and creased dust jacket. First Edition. Illus. by George T. Heartman. 60 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED by the author to her secretary's daughter Jackie Shaddlinger "For Jackie Shaddlinger Pearl S. Buck. John Day unknown books
195948509Hong Kong: World Book Store 1959. First Edition. Octavo ca. 19cm.; publisher's blue decorative card wrappers; xviii163pp. Wrappers a bit cockled from exposure to damp light wear from handling else Very Good and sound. Text in Chinese and English throughout. Date of publication based on date of Foreword p. xv. Includes examples by James Legge Herbert Giles Arthur Waley Pearl S. Buck and others. Scarce; OCLC locates two copies in North America as of April 2020 at the Brooklyn Public Library and Purdue-Fort Wayne. World Book Store unknown books
1936184628London: Methuen 1936. Magazine. 32p. 5.75x8.75 inches illustrated with b&w photogravures very good literary review in green art deco stapled wraps. Pearl Buck on what else China Sacha Guitry reviews a play he saw 33 years earlier photo of Chiang Yee making a brush illustration for a film. Methuen unknown books
2017Embry 194641Simon & Schuster 2017. First printing thus. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Graphic novel illustrations by Nick Bertozzi. Simon & Schuster, 2017. First printing thus. unknown books
196628946New York: John Day Company 1966. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy with only a hint of rubbing at the upper corners lacking the unprinted glassine jacket. 30 2 pp. Portrait frontis. 8vo. Signed by the Buck on the half-title. One of 1000 copies of Buck's address to the American Library Association1966. John Day Company hardcover books
195708335New York: The American Weekly 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-. Tall Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY PEARL S BUCK ON FFEP. Illustrated by Herschel Levit. A very good- copy with dampstains covers affecting pastedowns and endpapers. Bookplate front pastedown. 23 pp. <br/><br/> The American Weekly hardcover books
196670351NY:: John Day Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. B0007DZWVW . First edition. INSCRIBED by both authors in the year of publication. Very good in a very good minor edge wear dust jacket.; 221 pages . John Day Company, hardcover 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
197238712New York: The John Day Company 1972. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by Pearl S. Buck to front fly-leaf in the year of publication. Grey cloth binding stamped in light blue to spine and cover. Dark blue illustrated DJ printed in white lettering. A VG book in a slightly edgeworn VG dust jacket. 2 251 3 design & blank pp. B/w illustration to title page and rear flyleaves. 8-1/4" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> The John Day Company hardcover books
19592706.1New York: John Day 1959. 1st ed. Hardback. Dust jacket. Nr. F date written on ffep/VG rub on sp panel. 319 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> John Day hardcover books
1947387.3New York: John Day 1947. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. Nr F bpt/VG sp sunned/edgewear. 381 pp Sm. 8vo. <br/><br/>Stories of China Japan and America. John Day hardcover books
19493363.1New York: The John Day Company 1949. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. VG slight lean/VG light wear. 406 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> The John Day Company hardcover books
19704690.1New York: John Day 1970. 1st edition. Hardback. Yellow dust jacket. VG/VG some wear/pc. 372 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> John Day hardcover books
194238711London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 36 Essex Street Strand 1942. 1st UK edition. Black cloth boards white stamped lettering to spine. Drab paper DJ printed in blue and purple. Binding spotted. P. 68 creased due to publishing error to pape. A VG copy in a VG dj which shows light wear & a somewhat darkened spine. vii 1 212 pp. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> Methuen & Co. Ltd., 36 Essex Street, Strand hardcover books
