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1943165333New York: The John Day Company 1943. First edition first printing presentation copy inscribed on the front free endpaper "For Jackie with affection and good wishes Pearl S. Buck". This work uncommonly found inscribed aimed to introduce American children to the China that Buck had long known and loved. Further information on the recipient has unfortunately proved elusive. Octavo. Illustrations in text after drawings by William Arthur Smith. Original off-white boards spine and front cover lettered in brown front board with brown buffalo vignette pictorial endpapers edges untrimmed. With dust jacket. Spine ends bumped boards lightly toned contents clean gutter cracked at pp. 16-17 with webbing exposed and skinning; jacket unclipped losses at spine ends: a very good copy in like jacket. hardcover
1943001907NY: John Day. NEAR FINE book VG DJ. Edgeworn DJ 1/4" wear chips & a 1" tear. 1943. 1st edition. Hardcover. NEAR FINE book VG DJin Brodart. FINE text & illustrations. Attractive DJ complete with $1.50 price. 8vo 60pp. . DJ with few minor flaws: 1tips & spine ends rubbed. 2 Pastedowns faintly glue browned. 3 Neatly inked 6 line gift note dated 1944 inside cover. . John Day hardcover
1932526127London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1932. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First English edition published in the same year as the American edition. 12mo. 187 1 pp. Binding cocked endleaves with a bit of tanning and foredge lightly spotted very good in a heavily spine-toned good only dust jacket with loss at the spine ends affecting the titling and several nicks and tears. The English edition is uncommon in jacket. Methuen & Co., Ltd hardcover
99074102London 1932 Methuen. Black cloth 187p. very cleansolid a few old spots to the covers same color as the cover the contents clean 11.5 x 18 cm. Bill Powell's Bookplate and title stamped: "The China Weekly Review." FIRST UK EDITION PRIVATE LIBRARY BOOKPLATE: This copy has the Bill Powell bookplate. He and his father John B. Powell were the editors of the Shanghai-based periodical: "The China Weekly Review." Bill Powell was later tried for sedition upon his return to the U.S. for publishing allegations of U.S. germ warfare during the Korean War. . unknown
19386pqavMethuen & Co. Ltd. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Recent full leather. Publication of 398 pages. There is light gilt on the spine of the book. The boards are in lovely condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Methuen & Co. Ltd. hardcover
2008Q-1559210400Moyer Bell 2008-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Moyer Bell paperback
0749314370.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1969N3850New York : White Lotus Press 1969. Paperback. Good/no dj. 0.60. Three Daughters of Madame Liang the White Lotus Press paperback
194112206The John Day Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Orange cloth cover with gilt image and . lettering; owners name stamp on fep; seems unread; DJ has edge chips at . spine and two small tears on cover in protective sleeve; No marks or . writing clean tight binding;. 1941. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Short stories first issued in 1933 under title of : the First Wife"; this volue contains additional selections from the village story tellers in the teahouses; ; 327 pages . The John Day Company hardcover
15-4351New York: New Republic 1937. 4to. 339-366 pp. Good Original Paper Wraps with yellowing throughout minor losses tears creasing damp stains covers detached shelf wear. New York: New Republic, 1937. paperback
181967257Perkasie Pennsylvania May 18 1959. on letterhead printed with the author's address. Lightly creased where formerly folded; otherwise fine. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. In about 38 words Buck notes that over the years she has received many letters of rejection has taken them for granted and has paid no particular attention to them. The postscript adds in her handwriting that by the way she has not kept those letters. unknown
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
1942816341942. Unbound. Fine. Typed Letter Signed from Buck dated 25 February 1942 on her New York stationery to an editor stating "Enclosed is something which I would like to say to the colored people of this country. I am sending copies of this letter to colored journals and shall be glad to have you use it if you wish." Whatever was enclosed is no longer present. Fine. Apparently Buck sent several copies of this letter to editors as we have a second copy bound into a copy of her 1942 novel Dragon Seed however all evidence indicates that she did hand sign each one. unknown
1962230091Published in New York: Pocket Books 1962. 12 pp. on rectos of blank paper. 1 vols. 4to. Fine. 12 pp. on rectos of blank paper. 1 vols. 4to. The title story of her 1962 collection HEARTS COME HOME AND OTHER STORIES. Set in China the story deals with the conflict between modernity and tradition in one Chinese family. Pocket Books unknown
010876Utrecht: A.W. Bruna & Zoon Kleine gebruiksspoortjes / oxidatieplekjes op de boeksnede. 208 pagina's. Tientallen illustraties door Dick Bruna. Gelamineerde kaft. 208 pages / some foxing on edges / decorative red endpapers / about 67 illustrations throughout the text. 1ste / 1st. Cardboard / Karton. Good / Goed. Illus. by Bruna Dick. A5. A.W. Bruna & Zoon hardcover
0836923871.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1979Q-0690017898Ty Crowell Co 1979-02-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Ty Crowell Co hardcover
1974Q-0381982637John Day Co 1974-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! John Day Co hardcover
1945058419New York: The John Day Co. 1945. Book. Illus. by Georg T. Hartman. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tan cloth lettered/illus. in blue. Essentially as issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows a few short closed tears along top edge minor loss at top front panel corner and small chip at head of front joint mild tanning to rear panel and flaps now in mylar. 2nd ptg. 63 pp. illus. The John Day Co. Hardcover
025605New York; 1945: The John Day Co. First Edition. Octavo. 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
1945014052New York: The John Day Co. 1945 60 numbered pp 2; HB. Pages: clean bright tight decorative eps frontis; gift inscription ffep verso a.e. lt tanned. Cover: gray navy artwork front navy titles spine; v lt shelfwear dampstain front b.e. sm dampstain back b.e. The John Day Co. hardcover
194541180New York: John Day Company 1945. 8vo. 60 4 pp. Illust. title numerous illusts. Gray cloth blue illust. & lettrng w/ d.j. mnr edgewear mnr chppng hd of spine couple clsd tears creasng VG/G copy First edition of one of the author’s scarcest children’s titles set during World War II in Japanese occupied southern China about a young boy’s love of airplanes. John Day Company, hardcover
1945SKU2010021521The John Day company 1945. First edition. Hard cover. Very Good/Good. Brief gift inscription by previous owner. The dustjacket has some short tears chipping and edgewear. "The story of a Chinese village lad who loves planes and wants to learn all about them in spite of the traditions his father attempts to teach him. An American pilot during World War II makes a forced landing in a rice field and Yu Lan endears himself to the man by his courage generosity and intelligent curiosity. He is vividly reminded of his own kid brother and determines to help his Chinese friend to get away from the village to study in a big city school for air cadets. He gains the parents' consent by proving to them the need of Chinese pilots in a world of the future. A pleasant direct little story with social values". unobtrusively and charmingly handled. Third and fourth grade level. On of Buck's scarcest titles; uncommon in dustjacket. The John Day company hardcover
8483460491.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
8499080367.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
