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1968118462New York: Harcourt Brace 1968. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper to noted critic and reviewer Mel Gussow: " To Mel / All my love and respect / God keep you / Pearl / 8/16/68." Gussow was a theatre critic and cultural writer for The New York Times from 1969 until his death in 2005. He authored 8 books served as editor for many others and his reviews and interviews with the likes of Arthur Miller Samuel Beckett Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard became staples of students and fans of theatre for decades. His first published review was Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" in 1962 leading to a lifelong relationship with the playwright that resulted in a biography of Albee by Gussow published in 1999. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Light toning to the page edges. Jacket has a bit of rubbing and nicking at the extremities. A very presentable copy of the Tony Award winning actress and singer's autobiography. Harcourt, Brace unknown books
19681327320New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo; First edition; VG/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine black with tan print; DJ in mylar edgewear crease to front toning to spine mild shelfwear price-clipped; Boards in orange cloth with black print clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Inscribed in ink by the author on the title page; 206 pages illustrated b&w plates. 1327320. FP New Rockville Stock. Harcourt, Brace & World hardcover books
1997WRCLIT78215New York: Scribner 1997. Cloth and boards. Dust-speckled top and fore edges hence very good in fine dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the author on the title and with a six-line autograph note of conveyance from her to Kit Reed thanking her for her early help. Scribner hardcover books
199515798NY: Riverhead Books 1995. 1st edition. Signed. Green cloth spine with green paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. NF/NF. 296 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Riverhead Books hardcover books
19531331596London: Faber and Faber 1953. Hardcover. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Spine yellow with gold print on blue banner; Boards in yellow cloth wear to corners and spine caps bump to bottom corners toning to spine light shelfwear; Text block has blue-tinted top edge slight spotting to edges name in ink on front endpaper else clean and tight; xix 114 pages frontispiece color illustrated b&w plates. Shelf: East Asian Art. 1331596. FP New Rockville Stock. Faber and Faber hardcover books
1913263549London: C.W. Daniel Ltd 1913. Hardcover. 256p. cloth-covered boards 6x9 inches corners bumped offsetting to both free endpapers penciled check marks in the margins of a few pages else very good condition. Andrews an individualist anarchist cofounded the Modern Times colony. An anti-Marxist affiliate of the First International he wrote speeches and articles for Victoria Woodhull. Johnpoll. C.W. Daniel, Ltd hardcover books
1959029918Urbana: University of Illinois Press 1959. vii 360p. b/w front. original grey cloth author's SIGNED presentation copy. University of Illinois Press unknown books
1938127697Berkeley Heights NJ: The Freeman Press 1938. 19p. string-bound wraps 4.25x7.25 inches wraps lightly worn light foxing throughout else very good condition. One of 300 copies. First published in September 1857 in 'The periodical letter' edited by Josiah Warren. " Printed and hand-set with the Garamond type by A. Freeman Ishill." - colophon. The Freeman Press unknown books
2012Embry 190718Random House 2012. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Random House, 2012. First edition, first printing. 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
1971007094New York Etc.: Abelard-Schuman 1971. Revised edition. 224p. b/w illus. dj. Abelard-Schuman unknown books
1989UBAKWIL00fpUniversity of Nebraska 1989. Very Good. Baker Pearl Biddlecome. The Wild Bunch at Robbers Roost. Lincoln: University of Nebraska 1989. 224pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Former owner's name on first page. University of Nebraska paperback books
19892311694Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 1989. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Second printing. Front wrapper creased. 1989 Trade Paperback. 224 pp. "Robbers Roost was a hideout for outlaws and hunted men long before Butch Cassidy found it in 1884. The impenetrable wastes and wilds of this high desert country in southeastern Utah cut through by canyons along the Green and Colorado rivers and bounded on the west by the Dirty Devil discouraged lawmen from pursuit. Growing up on a ranch that included Robbers Roost Pearl Baker heard many of the legends about University of Nebraska Press paperback books
1947177772New York: Harper 1947. hardcover. good. Profusely illustrated in b/w throughout. 789pp. tall 8vo cloth; corners bumped. New York: Harper & Brothers 1947. Good.<br/><br/> Harper 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
19323367.5New York: Friendship Press 1932. 1st edition Johnson & Blanck p. 71. Black cloth binding with red lettering. Red silouhette eps by Ayer. Red topstain. Red black & yellow dust jacket design by Ayer. VG very slight lean/VG vibrant colors/some modest edgewear & tiny chips. 182 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Author's 3rd book. Friendship Press hardcover books
1938011804Reynal & Hitchcock 1938. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In Like Jacket. First Edition. 1938 Quite Scarce.Beautiful Copy. Reynal & Hitchcock Hardcover books
1942WRCLIT57436Derby: Edited and Published by Kenneth Hopkins 1942. Small folio broadside 31.2 x 20cm. Printed on recto only. First edition published as the second of the GRASSHOPPER BROADSHEETS. Old folds from having been mailed otherwise very good. Edited and Published by Kenneth Hopkins unknown books
1970022198Boulder Colorado. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. Baby blue boards with dark blue lettering on spine; pictorial dust jacket. Includes 6 maps total; 5 in rear pocket and 1 printed on the front pastedown and endpaper. Dust jacket has moderate wear and toning; text block is clean. Biography of the legendary Bert Loper who was one of the early Colorado runners. Bob Price was the cartographer of the maps included with the book. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 134 pp . hardcover books
199645384New York: Columbia Univerisity Press. Very Good. 1996. Softcover. New York: Columbia University Press. 1996. SOFTBACK. 365 pages. VG. . Columbia Univerisity Press paperback books
200243395Boston:: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0618118632 . A Jules and Gertie adventure. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Houghton Mifflin, hardcover 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
12780Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Typed letter signed from the popular American actress and singer to Mr. Edward Sothern Hipp. Â Bailey thanks Hipp for his positive review of her book The Raw Pearl in the Newark News. Â Dated September 30 1968 and signed "Pearl." Â Letter creases with very slight tears and discoloration to the edges; otherwise in fine condition. Â 8.5 x 11 inches. unknown books
197284746New York: Trident Press 1972. Octavo hardcover. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #84746 Trident Press unknown books