BUCK, Pearl SABAA
1969réf. 325137New York: John Day 1969. Second. hardcover. near fine/very good-. 254 pages. 8vo brown cloth d.w. largely intact but dust-soiled price-clipped and with some foxing. New York: John Day 1969. Second impression. Near fine in very good- dust wrapper. Signed by the author on the half title page. John Day unknown books
1972réf. 90437Detroit: Broadside Press 1972. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.5cm.; photo-illustrated card wrappers stapled; 16pp. Signed by the author "Pearl Cleage" on the title page. Trivial wear to extremities else very Near Fine. The author's first book. "I believe that a Black Poet has a responsibility to contribute his art toward the strengthening and unifying of the Black Nation. There are several ways that a poet may contribute to the liberation struggle. One way is to explore the relationships of brothers and sisters inside the nation in hopes of reflecting positive values and exposing negative ones. This is what I hope to do with my poems" from rear wrapper. In 2021 Lomax was named the first Poet Laureate of Atlanta Georgia. Not in Blockson. 90437. Broadside Press unknown books
1971réf. 528973New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint. Illustrated with black and white plates. Very good or better with toning and light wear and very good or better with tidemark at the topedge and edgewear including nicks small tears and creases. Inscribed to actress Novella Nelson: "To dearest Novella - who faces Life - with Reality and Truth All my love your sister Pearl." Nelson served as Bailey's understudy in an all-black version of Hello Dolly! in 1967 and would go on to join the cast of the Tony nominated cast of Purlie the following year alongside Tony winners Melba Moore and Clevon Little. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich hardcover books
1968réf. 528960New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Early reprint. Illustrated with black and white plates. Near fine with light wear and very good rubbed dust jacket with edgewear including small nicks tears and creases. Inscribed to actress Novella Nelson: "Love to dear dear Novella Pearl Bailey who has nothing to prove - Thank God - it's there." Nelson served as Bailey's understudy in an all-black version of Hello Dolly! in 1967 and would go on to join the cast of the Tony nominated cast of Purlie the following year alongside Tony winners Melba Moore and Clevon Little. Harcourt, Brace & World hardcover books
1943réf. 1785London: 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 books
1972réf. 569283New York: John Day Company 1972. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Limited edition. Illustrations by Donald Lizzul. Quarto. Quarter pebble-grained white cloth and red velvet over boards. A bit of rubbing at the bottom of the boards else near fine in price-clipped else near fine dust jacket. Copy number 252 of five thousand copies retained by the author for presentation this copy is Signed. Additionally Inscribed and initialed by Buck to Byron and Nancy Keeble: "For By and Nancy my good wishes." A handsome copy. John Day Company hardcover books
1936réf. 2504035Grosset & Dunlap 1936. first photography edition. hardcover. fine/near fine. First photography edition 33rd printing. Book fine dust jacket near fine very minor rubbing to dj edges. Grosset & Dunlap unknown books
1964réf. 1815New York: John Day Co. 1964. First edition. 1960 PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM OF AMERICA'S CHILDREN ANNOTATED BY NOBELIST PEARL BUCK--SIGNED BY HER. 21x28 cm hardcover blue cloth binding gilt title to cover and spine pictorial endpapers depicting faces of children inscribed and signed on half title "To Margaret Symonds Greetings from Pearl S. Buck February 1965." i-xi 247 photographs . Very good in very good-minus price-clipped dust jacket with edgewear in protective mylar sleeve. THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH was a series of meetings hosted over 60 years by the President of the United States and was the first White House conference ever held. Under the leadership of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon the Conferences involved thousands of delegates from around the country. According to the Child Welfare League of America "the conferences were devoted to improving the lives of children across the Nation." Each conference focused on issues relevant to the decade in which the conference was held. In 1960 the "Golden Anniversary White House Conference on Children and Youth" expanded ways for children to explore their potential in order to discover creative freedom. The 7000 delegates attending this conference during Eisenhower's presidency met to study the factors that influence individual fulfillment—family religion education health and community life. As stated by Roy Sorenson in the INTRODUCTION "The Committee is proud indeed that Pearl Buck has provided the text for The Joy of Children and that she has written it with such heart. As a 1932 Pulitzer Prize winner and recipient of the 1938 Nobel Award in literature Pearl Buck stands in the ranks of American writers. And now in The Joy of Children her sensitivity to the universal and spiritual meaning of childhood adds another dimension to photography. The beauty and rhythm of her words combined with the appeal and vividness of the pictures has transformed an exhibit called "These Are Our Children" into a book titled The Joy of Children." PEARL S. BUCK 1892-1973 writes "The individual human cycle is not whole until man and woman look back to the parents who gave them life and forward to the children to whom they themselves give life. Only thus does the individual feel assured of his place in the eternal scheme of creation. … The strength or weakness of a nation is in the hands of its children. Yet our children are what we make them. They come to us helpless malleable dependent upon what we provide. They leave us as men and women the next generation the blessed or the doomed." John Day Co. hardcover books
1966réf. 413661New 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 books
1981réf. 1395173Pearl Cleage Lomax 1981. First Edition. Saddle-stitched. Octavo unpaginated. In Very Good minus condition. Red wraps have mild creasing along spine faint soiling along covers and a faint brown smudge on front cover. Text block has mild scuffing along edges and brown staining along fore edge; faint brown smudges on title page. Signed flat and dated "12/25/81" by Pearl Cleage known then as Pearl Cleage Lomax. Inscribed "A.B. and Karen--with love and hope that '82 is the year of the writer!" and dated "12/25/81" by Pearl Cleage on rear copyright page. Shelved Room B. 1395173. Special Collections. Pearl Cleage Lomax unknown books
1997réf. 94210New York: Avon Books 1997. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 244p. Original boards. dj. 21 cm. Green marker mark on bottom edges of pages. SIGNED on title-page by Cleage. Her first novel. Avon Books hardcover books
1931réf. 48926New York: The John Day Company 1931. Very Good. New York: The John Day Company 1931. First Edition first state with "flees" to page 100 and "The John Day Publishing Company" to copyright page. Octavo; brown cloth stamped in gilt; decorative green endpapers; tan topstain; 375pp. Lacks dust jacket. Mild edgewear; rubbing to spine; light spotting; binding sound; ownership inscription and bookseller notes to preliminaries else unmarked. A Very Good copy of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel which was quite influential in Buck becoming the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. The John Day Company unknown books
1931réf. 49032London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1931. Very Good. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1931. First UK Edition with "First Published" to copyright page. Octavo; brown cloth stamped in gilt; topstain; 339pp. advertisements. Lacks dust jacket. Mild staining and sunning; corners bumped; separation at crown but binding sound; foxing to edges of text block; ownership inscription to preliminaries. Overall a Very Good copy of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel which was quite influential in Buck becoming the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. Methuen & Co. Ltd unknown books
1965réf. 1031Trident Press 1965. PEARL Jack. STOCKADE. NY: Trident Press 1965. 8vo. cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. The author's first novel about a Korean War draftee who gets assigned to duty at a military stockage and his encounter with a brutal commander. Pearl also wrote "Our Man Flint" which was made into the classic 1960s action movie starring James Coburn and Lee J.Cobb. Signed presentation from Pearl on the front endpaper to movie director George Sherman: "Dear George You read the manuscript three years ago- Here's the fimnal product. Best Jack P." Sherman was a well-know director of mostly "B" movies in Hollywood. He directed dozens of actions movies many being Westerns. Very Good; wear several small chips tears and some soil; tear along front flap fold internally repaired with archival tape d/j. Books inscribed by Pearl are uncommon. $150.00. Trident Press unknown books
1933réf. 6032771933. Jack Pearl in black fountain pen ink on 3/4 length shot of Pearl dressed in a pin striped suit silk tie and white shirt. Photograph is by Mitchell N.Y. with their logo in the lower right corner and is on heavy weight stock; 8 in x 10 in. Very good. Signed and inscribed to studio guard and Culver City Policeman Lloyd 'Holly' Hollinger: To Floyd sic Hollinger My very best wishes & regards Sincerely Jack Pearl The Baron. Jack Pearl played Baron Munchausen in the 1933 film Meet the Baron and in the 1934 film Hollywood Party. Jack Pearl 1894-1982 born Jake Perlman October 29 1894 New York New York; died December 25 1982 New York; actor/radio personality; Best known for playing Baron Munchausen on radio in the 1930s and popularized the expression Vas you dere Sharlie to the point where it became a household phrase; films include: Jack Pearl and Ben Bard 1926; Two Flaming Youths 1927; Meet the Baron 1933; Hollywood Party 1934; Toast of the Town with Ed Sullivan 1951; Stoney Burke 1963. Signed by Authors. Hardcover. Very Good. hardcover books
1842réf. 3899Portland: William Hyde 1842. 179 pp. Wear to the covers. Hyde was principal of the Buckfield High School and Lyceum. He was a proponent of Colonization and debated William Lloyd Garrison on this topic when Garrison was on a lecture tour of Maine. William Hyde unknown books
1964réf. 624458New York: Free Press of Glencoe 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 648pp. Owner name and stamp of a noted American psychologist on the front fly else fine in fine dust jacket with a little fading on the spine letters. Free Press of Glencoe hardcover books
1891réf. 50232Chicago IL: Western Pearl Co 1891. Very Good. Chicago IL: Western Pearl Co. 1891. First Edition. Octavo; stapled self-wrappers; 311pp.; photographs and illustrations throughout. Rubbing and mild smudging to wraps; binding sound; Very Good. Uncommon pamphlet bribing kids to sell Western Prince Double Strength Baking Powder to get a brand new "free" bike. Includes testimonials and photographs of kids with their new bicycles and references state by state. A hundred and fifty cans at 40 cents each did the trick. We find no copies in retail and two holdings in OCLC at Indiana and Brown. Western Pearl Co unknown books
1941réf. 127181941. Youngstown Vindicator December 8 1941 records the United States' entry into World War II one day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and on the day Congress declared war on Japan. Published as military reports from Hawaii and the Philippines were still developing the issue presents American readers with casualty estimates reports of damaged battleships Japanese attacks on Manila and the congressional vote requested by President Franklin D. Roosevelt after his address describing December 7 as "a date which will live in infamy." The issue preserves the speed with which the Pacific war entered American civic and political life through breaking military news maps photographs and reports from Washington. Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown Ohio. December 8 1941. Complete issue of 30 pages measuring 17 × 23 inches. The stacked front-page headline declares "Bombs Batter Manila / 1500 Killed 2 Ships Sunk at Hawaii / War Declared by U. S." Two photographs of United States battleships and a map of the Pacific theater accompany the coverage. Secondary headlines include "Raiders Fire Gasoline Dump Terrific Damage Reported at Philippine Capital; 1500 Die in Hawaii" "U. S. Fleet Will Press Blockade" "U. S. Battleships Reported Damaged Sunk" and "Congress Acts Against Japan Senate Ballots 82-0 House 388 to 1 After President Makes Personal Request." Interior pages include photographs of American jeeps aircraft and military installations extending the issue's coverage from the attacks themselves to the armed forces mobilizing for war. The December 8 publication date places the newspaper within the first twenty-four hours of the American wartime response before casualty figures and reports of naval losses had been fully established and while Japanese forces were simultaneously attacking American positions across the Pacific. The congressional vote reported here formalized the country's entry into a global conflict that would transform the American military economy and home front over the following four years. Light foxing and a few very small tears at the fold. Very good condition overall. unknown books
réf. 2338641New York: John Day Company 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x8x0. Magagna Anna Marie. First edition. Includes original jacket. Ink gift note on front endpaper endpapers lightly foed and toned bottom corner of front jacket flap clipped a couple closed jacket tears and a 1/2 inch abrasion along top edge small tape repair and 1/4 inch chip along rear jacket edges. 1960 Hard Cover. 42 pp. Pictorial boards not the less desirable blue cloth library binding. Illustrations by Anna Marie Magagna. A Christmas story for young readers by the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning The Good Earth and other novels. Buck was also the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. John Day Company hardcover books
1980réf. 204173Atlanta GA: Nexus Press 1980. Hardcover. VG. Ex-Art Lib with minimal markings. Gift plate inside front paste down and stamps on top edge and bottom edge of text block and on end papers. N. 979 of 1200 limited signed copies. Square Quarto. Hardcover. Quarter bound in brown cloth with natural cloth boards. 111 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 33 cm. Nexus Press hardcover books
1975réf. 91534Washington D.C. 1975. Near Fine. Untitled outer wrapper with stapled and ribbon-tied 4-page program printed in blue on single sheet of white paper folded to form four double-leaved pages final page blank. 21 cm Text on third page begins "Pearl Bailey one of America's best loved entertainers was raised in Washington D.C. ." 2 items laid in: Dinner menu stiff 10 x 16 cm. gilt-edged card to accompany program and a stiff 10 x 6 cm. place card "Mr. Stack" is the name beneath the Presidential Seal. Bailey then on tour in Boston with "Hello Dolly" was asked to provide the After-Dinner Program for this occasion because Johnny Cash was unable to perform. According to information posted online by the Ford Presidential Library Omar Sharif a guest at the dinner was brought on stage to join Bailey in singing "Easy to Love." Bailey was apparently much admired by the Sadats and had been given the First Order of Arts and Science of Egypt by President Sadat in 1974. unknown books
1939réf. 1728First Edition with no subsequent printings listed first printing; A very good book in a good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the first free paper. A nice collectible copy of this scarce novel even more rare signed with a warm inscription. This copy is in very good condition showing moderate foxing to the pages some mild crimping to the spine ends and some light fading to the spine lettering. Housed in a good dust jacket that is clean and bright but does show some extensive rubbing chipping and creasing to the ends edges and corners albeit with only minimal loss of material. Not price clipped $2.50 present to both flaps and not ex-library. Overall a handsome copy with some issues to the jacket but enhanced by Ms. Buck's inscription; protected in a fresh mylar cover and shipped in a sturdy box. John Day hardcover books
1942réf. 335683New York: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company 1942. Unbound. Very Good. Poster. Approximately 11" x 16". Illustration signed Jon Whitcomb in type. Glue stain at the top of the image thus very good. The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company unknown books
1968réf. 61062New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1968. First Edition. First printing. Boldly signed in black ink on front endpaper with signed photo also signed laid in. Octavo. Orange cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 206pp; illus. Fine in lightly rubbed priced clipped dustwrapper Near Fine. A lovely copy nicely signed. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown books
