Buck Pearl.ABAA
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1963290744New York.: John Day. 1963. First edition. . Mustard cloth gilt titles. . Good plus light stains to covers in a fair dust jacket with pieces missing at both spine ends. . 22.3x15 cm. . Signed by the author on an endpaper. Dust jacket has $6.95 price and 0963 date code. weight: 1.7 lb. John Day. hardcover books
19493360.1New York: The John Day Company 1949. 1st edition. One of 500 presentation copies for use by the publisher. Hardback. Dust jacket. VG slight lean/VG spine panel lightly sunned/light wear. 128 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> The John Day Company 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
19344375.2New York: John Day 1934. 1st edition. Hardback. Yellow top stain. Dust jacket. VG cloth dull/slt cock/Abt VG some wear/sp darkened/sm 1/4" piece msg at hd of spine. 302 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> John Day hardcover 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
193920490<b>The Official Poem of the New York World's Fair 1939 and other prize winning poems</b><br />Book contains the prize winning poems entered into contest for the New York World's fair of 1939. pp.43<br />Condition is As New with publisher's original glassine wrap. The Academy of American Poets hardcover books
1980Embry 175059U. of California Press 1980. First edition first printing. Lower corners lightly bumped else fine in near fine faintly rubbed dust jacket with a chip to lower spine in mylar cover. U. of California Press, 1980. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1985031075Berkeley Etc.: University of California Press 1985. x 315p. music b/w illus. original black half-cloth with stiff boards. University of California Press unknown books
198032984University of California Press 1980. 268 pp. University of California Press 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
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
1958035723London etc.: George G. Harrap & Co 1958. 399 1p. b/w illus. lightly chipped dj. George G. Harrap & Co unknown books
1975406447London: Jupiter Books 1975. A near-fine copy with some light shelfwear. 9.5 x 6.5 inches 128 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First edition. <br/><br/> Jupiter Books hardcover books
1978UMEYPEA00twVintage 1978. Very Good. Meyers Perla. The Peasant Kitchen: A Return to Simple Good Food. NY: Vintage 1978. 222pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped and rubbed edges. Vintage paperback books
197173054Oakland: Peralta Hospital 1971. Paperback. 29p. 7p. illus. a 7x10 inch softbound inscribed by Fibel plain brown wraps titled gilt a nice design by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. The Yapp edges are a little crimped else excellent: sound clean and unmarked. Peralta Hospital paperback books
2006Embry 150106Random House 2006. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket with one tiny scratch to rear panel in mylar cover. Random House, 2006. First edition, first printing. unknown books
20069020399New York: Random House 2006. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in the publisher's original burgundy paper over boards spine stamped in gilt. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
1969WRCLIT46962New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1969. Gilt black cloth. First edition. Small sticker ghost offset to endsheet on front pastedown otherwise very good in dust jacket. Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
1969UEPSPRI00HMRHolt Rinehart and Winston 1969. Very Good. Epstein Perle. The Private Labyrinth of Malcolm Lowry: Under the Volcano and the Cabbala. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1969. 241pp. Indexed. 8vo. Black cloth. Book condition: Very good with subtly rubbed edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with bumped and chipped edges. Faintly yellowed. Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
196951313New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near fine copy in a bright and glossy dust jacket. <br/><br/> Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
196937623NY: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1969. First Edition. 8vo pp. 241. Appendices bibliography index. A nice copy in somewhat soiled dj. Holt, Rinehart and Winston unknown 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
I23OS-00002Pocket. Used - Good. Good condition. Pocket unknown books
SB05OS-00672Pocket. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Reading copy only. Spine is cracked. Slightly dampstained. Pocket unknown books
196818992ENew York: Harcourt Brace 1968. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author singer-actress Pearl Bailey to her son Tony: “To my son Tony whom I love dearly - and who is so much a part of this book. God bless you always and your loved ones. Mama Pearl.†Illustrated. Very good plus bright copy with a bit of use and edge wear in a very good lightly used dust jacket with some fading to the spine and a few small chips and tears. Several photos of Pearl and Tony are in the book. A book of memoirs. Pearl Mae Bailey 1918 – 1990 was an American actress and singer working in vaudeville and on Broadway. Her Broadway debut was in ‘St. Louis Woman’ in 1946 and she went on to win a Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of ‘Hello Dolly!’ in 1968. She also enjoyed a successful television career and in 1986 she won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as a fairy godmother in the ABC Afterschool Special ‘Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale.’ Miss Bailey and her husband jazz drummer Louie Bellson adopted a son Tony in the mid-1950s and a girl Dee Dee in the early 1960s. The meeting between Pearl her husband jazz drummer Louie Bellson and the infant boy Tony is loving described: “Sunday we took off for this town to get our fine son. There he was this lovely baby boy nineteen months old in just a diaper - not undershirt no shoes - big wondering eyes staring at Louis and me. He might have been wondering if these two folks would leave him stranded later in this big world. Well Son we’re still around.†When Tony was seven Dee Dee was adopted into the family to everyone’s delight. Harcourt, Brace unknown books
