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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
2310143New York: The John Day Company 1931. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good/Fine. Tenggren Gustaf. First edition first state 'flees' for 'fleas' on p. 100 line 17. Includes new facsimile jacket. Owner bookplate on front endpaper edges a bit rubbed with corners slightly exposed boards lightly soiled. 1931 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 374 1 pp. The Pulitzer Prize winning novel of a woman's life in China. "Though more than seventy years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer Prize it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. In The Good Earth Pearl S. Buck paints an indelible portrait of China in the 1920s when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings. This moving classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-Lan is must reading for those who would fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during the last century. Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck traces the whole cycle of life: its terrors its passions its ambitions and rewards. Her brilliant novel The John Day Company 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
1931107325New York: The John Day Company 1931. First edition first issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100 line 17 of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. Octavo original brown cloth brown topstain. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some expert restoration. Though over eighty years have passed since this novel won the Pulitzer Prize it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know and I know nothing but China having always lived there" wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. The John Day Company hardcover books
193180122New York: John Day 1931. First edition first issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100 line 17 of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. Octavo original brown cloth brown topstain. Inscribed and dated by Pearl Buck on the half-title page. Buck also underlined the error "flees" on page 100 and marked it with an arrow on the left margin. It is interesting to note that Buck knew the first issue points and makes note of it. Near fine in the original dust jacket with some tape repairs to the verso. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed and inscribed examples of the first edition in the original dust jacket are rare. Though nearly eighty years have passed since this novel won the Pulitzer Prize it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know and I know nothing but China having always lived there" wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. John Day hardcover books
19312928London: Methuen & Co. 1931. First British edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. Octavo original light brown cloth. Signed by Pearl Buck on the title page. Near fine in the rare dust jacket which shows light wear to the extremities with minute expert restoration. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare signed. Over eighty years have passed since The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know and I know nothing but China having always lived there" wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. Methuen & Co. hardcover books
19348659ENew York: John Day 1934. First Edition. Minor dampstain to the bottom rear board and dust jacket panel else very good plus in a fairly bright price-clipped dust jacket with a few small chips and tears. John Day 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
1963175192New York: Pocket Books 1963. Softcover. Very Good. First paperback. Very good. Paper cover slightly rubbed along spine edge light soiling on front cover book store stamp on front inside panel text brown; minor writing on top text edges. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. Pocket Books paperback books
