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1942501445New York: John Day 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Drawings by William Arthur Smith. Boards quite stained a good only copy in moderately stained good or better dust jacket. Inscribed by Buck on front fly: "For Gladys Rosa Watkins and I hope you like the Chinese children. Pearl S. Buck." Additionally Inscribed by the artist incorporating a Chinese chop mark: "To Gladys. Happiness to you forever! Bill. William Arthur Smith. March 4 1943." A very uncommon children's book. John Day hardcover
19431785London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 36 Essex Street STrand W.C. 2 1943. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Katharine TOZER. WOMAN AUTHOR WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR. Katharine TOZER illustrator. Jas. Truscott & Son Ltd. Printers London E.C.3. First British edition. 8vo; 54pp; blue cloth over board portrait of a Chinese girl dancing on front stamped in red and black black lettering on front and spine; color pictorial endpapers; fp; 14full-page color illustrations; sunning of board bottom edges; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket chipping at head and tail of spine scattered foxing; near fine in very good dj. Pearl Buck 1892-1973 was an American writer and novelist. As the daughter of missionaries she spent much of her life before 1934 in China with her parents and then her first husband. This is a story of some of her girlhood playmates in China. In later life she became a strong proponent of women's rights and racial equality. Methuen & Co. Ltd, 36 Essex Street, STrand W.C. 2 unknown
19425619John Day. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1942. Hardcover. Former school library with stamp inside front cover and card pocket inside back cover. Illustrated white and red boards black titling. Solid binding moderate shelfwear head and tail of spine and corners bumped. Light surface soil. Clean unmarked pages. Drawings by William Arthur Smitth. ; 9 X 6 X 1 inches; 62 pages . John Day hardcover
1939000115New York: The John Day Co. 1939. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine in Near Fine jacket; signed by author. Slipcase also present. See scans and description. New York: The John Day Company 1939. First Edition signed by the author uninscribed on the ffep. Thin octavo 59 pp. Black cloth binding with gilt imprinting black and gold jacket. Fine book in Near Fine jacket showing only light peripheral wear. Unclipped still bearing the $ 1.50 1939 price. The very scarce slipcase is also present albeit with detached spine; slipcase otherwise quite perfect. See all scans. One of Buck's scarcest. The Chinese Novel is Buck's Nobel Lecture delivered at the Swedish Academy upon winning the Nobel Prize for Literature. Buck the first of just two American women to win the prize points out the distinct nature of the Chinese novel the quintessential grass-roots form which comes from and lives within the Chinese common people whose tea house and farming villages are the roots of the stories contained therein. She also predicted - correctly - that her own adherence to this form would cause her to fall out of the critical limelight in time. With the slipcase hard to replace. Provenance provided to purchaser. L12n <br/> <br/> The John Day Co. hardcover
193996291New York: John Day Company 1939. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a light rubbed near fine price-clipped dustwrapper lacking the cardboard slipcase. John Day Company hardcover
19381661Hardback with Dust Jacket first edition DJ has some edge wear clipped John Day hardcover
1969383636NY: John Day Company 1969. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. William Arthur Smith. Hardcover oblong pictorial cloth 64 pages illustrated in two-colors by William Arthur Smith. SIGNED BY BUCK on the title page. Originally published 1n 1942 this is the 17th printing and was most likely signed in 1969 by Buck in Danby Vermont where she lived in her later years. Bright clean copy no dust jacket. Record # 383636 John Day Company hardcover
1992Q-0933149492Woodbine House 1992-09-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Woodbine House paperback
0381980200.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1950004864New York Day 1950. 1950. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Ink inscription blue cloth slightly bubbling else NrF. Ink inscription states that this was from a speech given at a convention in June of 1953 Signed by Buck on a tipped-in card. 3rd edition. New York Day 1950. Hardcover
1950GB0006ASDW6I3N00J. Day Co 1950. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. J. Day Co hardcover
1953Obp,childnevergrewSigned<p>SEE PHOTOS</p> JOHN DAY hardcover
1992965236John Day Co March 1992. Hardcover. Good - Cash/Good. Rice paper type DJ yellowing to the edges and spine and chipping to the edges. 1950 copyright 15th impression 1973. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. The cover is clean. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. John Day Co hardcover
2011fh204jMumbai: Alfreruby Publishers 2011. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. the wraps are a touch shelf rubbed and there is a very soft crease on the back. the book has no inscriptions and the binding is excellent. the book appears unused. lovely condition. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Alfreruby Publishers paperback
2011221117006Alfreruby Publishers 2011. paperback. Like New. 0x0x0. Please Read 2011 printing - Pearl Drego Author - No marks on text - My shelf location we-h-121 Alfreruby Publishers paperback
A9781008984875Hardback. New. hardcover
ria9781008984875_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Michael Hollinghurst is a successful corporate lawyer living a comfortable suburban life in leafy North West London. But on 7 July 2005 his life is transformed when he steps on a London underground train targeted by Islamist suicide b hardcover
B9781008984875Hardback. New. hardcover
1008984876.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1955140945335London: Faber & Faber Inc 1955. First edition. First edition. Signed by Brain Aldiss on the title page. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in Fine dust jacket unfaded and unclipped 12s 6d net. <p>The British scifi author's first book just plain old literature but semi-autobiographical about toiling in a large provincial bookshop. An excellent copy from a collection of an old book scout that sat undisturbed for decades. Faber & Faber, Inc unknown
1955133545London: Faber & Faber 1955. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 200pp. illusts. Some edge-wear & a rather chipped dust jacket o/w a VG copy of AldissÕ first book Faber & Faber hardcover
1955013984London: Faber and Faber Ltd 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Pearl Falconer. Signed by Authors. Inscribed by Aldiss on ffep. First edition. Blue cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine. Interior is crisp clean and unmarked. 200 pages. Dust jacket shows light edgewear with rubbing at corners; minor smudging on rear panel; not price clipped 12s 6d net; in an archival mylar sleeve. Brian Aldiss's first book. Inscribed ''With fond memories / of Portland Oregon / Brian Aldiss''. Faber and Faber Ltd hardcover
1973668165.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1543774830.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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