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196670351NY:: John Day Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. B0007DZWVW . First edition. INSCRIBED by both authors in the year of publication. Very good in a very good minor edge wear dust jacket.; 221 pages . John Day Company, hardcover books
19899102Athens: The University of Georgia Press 1989. Hardcover. xv 348p. illus. as new in like dj. "As a prominent member of the Socialist party in the early twentieth century Stokes was highly revered for her fiery passionate commitment to the rights of workers. A poet playwright actress and pioneering feminist she was at the center of left-wing intellectual life until her death in 1933." - dj. The University of Georgia Press hardcover books
197257057NY: 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. "Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul" is a memoir about Buck's father Absalom Sydenstricker as a companion to her memoir of her mother "The Exile. 8vo. imitation white leather & red boards stamped in gilt top edge gilt; 302 pages. Fine condition. The John Day Company unknown books
193612803New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1936. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine in dust jacket a little faded at spine panel minutely rubbed. A biography of the author's father. <br/><br/> Reynal & Hitchcock 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
1947387.3New York: John Day 1947. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. Nr F bpt/VG sp sunned/edgewear. 381 pp Sm. 8vo. <br/><br/>Stories of China Japan and America. John Day hardcover books
197629754Newark: Transactions of the Delaware Academy of Science 1976. self paper wrappers. 8vo. self paper wrappers. pp.163-188. Reprinted from the Transactions. With illustrations of early maps. Reference to Mrs. Herlihy is a long-time resident of Delaware has been corrected in ink to "native. Transactions of the Delaware Academy of Science unknown books
34199Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. NY Studio Publications 1952 . 163 pages clothbound no jacket very good condition. . Other hardcover books
199944316Athens GA: Hill Street Press 1999. First printing. 8vo pp. iv 118. Illustrated with photographs. About new in dj. Twenty-two short tributes to Welty. Authors include Alice Munro Reynolds Price Richard Wilbur. Hill Street Press unknown books
199950599Athens GA: Hill Street Press 1999. First edition 8vo pp. 14 iv 118 16; one of 226 specially bound copies signed by all 22 contributors including Richard Wilbur Alice Munro William Maxwell George Garrett and others; this copy not numbered but belonging to the binder Greg Campbell Campbell-Logan Bindery; full turquoise cloth over boards spine and front cover gilt-stamped; fine in cloth covered slipcase. A festschrift of sorts prepared for Welty's 90th birthday. <br/><br/> Hill Street Press hardcover books
196628946New York: John Day Company 1966. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy with only a hint of rubbing at the upper corners lacking the unprinted glassine jacket. 30 2 pp. Portrait frontis. 8vo. Signed by the Buck on the half-title. One of 1000 copies of Buck's address to the American Library Association1966. John Day Company hardcover books
193008955New York: John Day Company 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Bound in bue cloth with gilt lettering spine gilt design lower corner front cover. Very good copy with fading to gilt on spine mild wear to spine tips short closed tear top of first few pages. 277 pp. <br/><br/> John Day Company hardcover books
197520247ENew York: Harcourt 1975. First Edition. Signed by the author Pearl Bailey at a 5 1/2†x 4†black & white snapshot of her affixed to the half-title. Illustrated. Fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a bit of use and some minor fading to the spine. A charming and inspiring children’s story. Harcourt unknown books
19759480JNew York: Harcourt 1975. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author Pearl Bailey to band leader arranger and composer Nelson Riddle. Inscribed: “ For Nelson and Family All Duey Pearl.†Across the front flyleaf Bailey has written in her hand: “Pre-Release Copy.†Fine in dust jacket. Harcourt unknown books
197560133New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illustrated with photographs. An allegory of life by the American actress and singer. Presentation copy labeled a "Pre-Release Copy" and inscribed by Pearl Bailey to Bob and Dolores Hope on the title page. A fine copy in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Provenance: From the library of Bob and Dolores Hope accompanied by a letter from the Hope Foundation. Inscribed by Author. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
1976JC2793New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Original boards. Bookplate of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Inscribed on title-page "To my darling Mary and Doug From dearest 'Duey' a child of all ages -- Pearl." Marked "Pre-Release Copy." <br/><br/> Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
197525860New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1975. Hardcover. 59p. photos by Arnold Skolnick and Gary Azon first edition dj. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
1969217063New York: Viking 1969. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Contemporary photographs & prints. 85pp. 4to cloth d.w. N.Y.: Viking 1969. First Edition.<br/><br/> An engaging companion for reader of Joyce.<br/><br/> Viking unknown books
1969WRCLIT83779New York: Viking 1969. Quarto. Cloth. Photographs. First edition US issue printed and bound in the UK. Near fine in dust jacket with slight tan offset from the pictorial endsheets to the flaps. Viking hardcover books
1986037546London etc.: Allen & Unwin 1986. xv 159p. b/w illus. dj. Allen & Unwin unknown books
1986036032London etc.: Allen & Unwin 1986. xv 159p. b/w illus. lightly chipped dj. Allen & Unwin unknown books
1943WALTER-FILM004029<p>Vintage original script by Marguerite Roberts dated 8-13-43 with revisions on colored paper dated up through 11-26-43 for Pearl S. Buck adaptation. Brad bound printed wrappers mimeograph 190 pp. Minor water stains to covers generally NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD or better wrappers.</p><p><i><b>Numerous pages have the name of director James Conway written in pencil making it almost certain that this was his copy of the script.</b></i>However it does not contain any MS annotations.</p><p>"<i>As the Second Sino-Japanese War erupts in 1937 with the Japanese invasion of northern China the rural Tan family in southern China go about their daily chores without notice of the impending conflict. Jade Katharine Hepburn wife of Lao Er Tan Turhan Bey desires books an unconventional request for a Chinese wife. But when war finally reaches the family Jade is first to join the resistance leading pacifist patriarch Ling Tan Walter Huston to concern over his family's entry in the war.</i>" Wikipedia</p><p>At this moment in her career after a few years of comedies in which her feminist characters generally got their comeuppance in the final reel Hepburn was now returning to the strong kinds of characters with which she had earlier been identified in this film with a woman screenwriter adapted from a novel by Pearl S. Buck.</p><br /> Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer paperback books
1942242030New York: John Day Co 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very good in good dustwrapper. Hardcover rubbed at spine ends and corners soiled and worn. Dustwrapper rubbed and chipped with tape repair at spine ends torn at corners soiled and worn faded spine. 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. John Day Co hardcover books
500069"Pearl S. Buck" in dark blue fountain pen ink on Loew's letterhead New York April 17 1942. Also signed by witness Bliss Ananes and by New York Notary Public Milton C. Rose on April 21 1942 with notary blindstamp. Small folio 2 pages recto and verso with rubberstamped "Contract Office File Copy." Contract for motion picture rights to her novel "Dragon Seed." "Dragon Seed" was released by MGM in 1944 directed by Jack Conway starring Katharine Hepburn Walter Huston Turhan Bey Hurd Hatfield Frances Rafferty Agnes Moorehead and J. Carol Naish. The film received two Academy Award nominations. Exteriors for the film were shot in Calabasas north of Los Angeles and in Los Angeles' Chinatown district. During filming Buck visited the set of "Dragon Seed" and gave her approval to the production. Although some critics consider "Dragon Seed" a sequel to "The Good Earth" its characters and story line are unrelated to the earlier film. Many Asian actors who appeared in "Dragon Seed" also appeared in "The Good Earth.". Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. paperback books
1854264203New York: Charles B. Norton 1854. 137p. slender hardcover textblock has mild stain running from beginning to end penciled notes on endpaper occasional minor marginalia in text. An investigation of the history of the Chinese script including illustrations of ancient character forms. Charles B. Norton unknown books