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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
1966549395New York: The John Day Company 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition signed issue distributed by Kroch and Brentano's "First Edition Circle" with their bookmark laid into book. Bookplate and light crease on front fly else a fine copy in near fine dust jacket with two short creased tears. Signed by Buck and Harris and dated in year of publication "June 1966" on second front flyleaf. The John Day Company hardcover
196611718<p>John Day NY 1966 First Edition. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Nicely signed by both authors "Pearl S. Buck Theodore F. Harris June 1966 with black pen on blank prelim. Clean. Tightly bound. near Fine condition. No dust jacket. </p> John Day hardcover
1966413661New York: John Day 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in price-clipped else fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Buck "For Elvin and Patty Souder Greetings from Pearl S. Buck. July 1966. John Day hardcover
1966040418New York NY: The John Day Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1966. Limited First Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket signed by both authors on the special added limited edition page for this edition the page states: "Of this first edition of For Spacious Skies five hundred especially bound copies have been retained by The Pearl Buck Foundation and the authors for presentation. This is copy No. 82." Book has one minor flaw: mild dust-tanning to the top edge the jacket is also in excellent condition a tiny amount of surface-wear on the bottom edge of the spine is the only remarkable flaw the original price 4.95 is present and a professional removable mylar cover is included a fine collector's copy of this "warm personal and revealing account of the most recent period in Pearl Buck's remarkable career" ; Signed by Author . The John Day Company hardcover
1966COLLECTI004976INEW YORK NY: JOHN DAY CO THE. F/VG. PUB 1966. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ISBN: SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS ON A BLANK PAGE FOLLOWING THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPAER. D.J. IS LIGHTLY RUBBED AT THE SPINE-ENDS. AN EXCELLENT COPY. . Keywords: AUTOBIOGRAPHY SIGNED INVISIBLE ABCDEF. JOHN DAY CO (THE) hardcover
1961620004New York: The John Day Company 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Slightly cocked spine owner name on the front free endpaper and some wear on the board edges thus very good in a very good dust jacket with shallow chips creasing and toning. The John Day Company hardcover
0671803263.Gmass_market. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
999740517X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
