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1957rif. 101567NY:: John Day Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. A novel. First edition. Previous owner's name on front paste-down else very good in a very good moderate edge wear fading along the spine dust jacket. ; 252 pages . John Day Company, hardcover
1934rif. 8610New York:: The John Day Company 1934. First edition. Publisher's cloth in dust jacket. A fine copy in a fresh bright jacket with an area of moderate browning at the top of the spine. 8vo. The John Day Company, hardcover
rif. 0027361st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Minor shelf wear to jacket. hardcover
1972rif. 60067NY:: John Day Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. First edition number 1062 of 5000 copies retained by the author for presentation. SIGNED by the author. Previous owner's gift inscription on front paste-down else very good in a very good age toning to flaps and rear panel price clipped dust jacket. . John Day Company, hardcover
1942rif. 285144New York: Common Council for American Unity 1942. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Foreword by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Stapled printed wrappers. Small stain at bottom corner of the front wrap and a little offsetting at the edge of the front wrap a very good copy. Fairly uncommon. Common Council for American Unity unknown
1945rif. 101502NY:: John Day Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1945. Hardcover. A novel. First edition. Very good in a very good long closed tear along rear flap fold - tape repaired on the verso dust jacket.; 224 pages . John Day Company, hardcover
1932rif. 024704New York: The John Day Company 1932 A salesman's Dummy. "First trade edition" so stated on copyright page with "September 1932." The first page of text is printed followed by 24 pages of order blanks for the first edition for $2.50 and first limited signed edition for $10. Following this are several hundred blank pages however someone has hand written some personal accounts in ink on the first 59 pages. 8vo. Brown cloth stamped in gilt and blindstamped. Red pictorial endpages. Clean and sharp. no jacket. Fine condition. The John Day Company hardcover
1931rif. 41427New York : The John Day Company 1931. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo hardcover with light brown cloth boards and gilt titling on the front board and spine. Missing the dust jacket. This edition features the misprint of "flees" instead of "fleas" on page 100 line 17. The condition of the book is Good binding relatively tight; splitting at the front interior joint; general light shelf wear; previous owner signature on the FFEP. 375pp. The John Day Company hardcover
1975rif. b2-4-2609The Franklin Library 1975. leather_bound. Like New. 9x6x1. Anthony Young Chen. This is a brown leather-bound volume featuring 22kt gold accents illustrations moire fabric endsheets gilded page ends and a satin-ribbon page marker. A classic novel following the life of Wang Lung and his family in rural China as they experience hardship prosperity and social change. Through themes of family land ambition and survival Buck portrays the relationship between people and the world around them. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize the novel became one of the most widely read works of the twentieth century and helped establish Buck's reputation as a significant voice in world literature. The Franklin Library hardcover
1936rif. 003574New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1936. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 5th or later Edition. Stated thirty-third printing 1936. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Book is bound in brown cloth with silver lettering and decoration. Dustjacket has had light expert repair. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Grosset & Dunlap Hardcover
1970rif. 463232New York: Cowles Book Company 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Fourth printing. Foxing on the boards thus very good in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Cowles Book Company hardcover
1939rif. SKU1022081John Day Company 1939-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. The John Day Company; New York 1939. Hardcover. Later Printing. Signed by author directly on front free endpaper. Very Good cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine moderate wear/handling marks to boards light shelf wear top text block edge a little dusty and stained green with some fading some discoloration to front/back matters lightly sunned pages binding sturdy and intact some rub marks to bottom text block edges autograph response letter from publisher included in a Very Good some wear/rub marks to panels sunned flaps moderate edge/corner wear with some tears/chips and creases along panel and spine edges Dust wrapper. A nice clean and unmarked but signed copy. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches 372pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. John Day Company hardcover
1819rif. 67257Perkasie Pennsylvania May 18 1959. on letterhead printed with the author's address. Lightly creased where formerly folded; otherwise fine. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. In about 38 words Buck notes that over the years she has received many letters of rejection has taken them for granted and has paid no particular attention to them. The postscript adds in her handwriting that by the way she has not kept those letters. unknown
1942rif. 816341942. Unbound. Fine. Typed Letter Signed from Buck dated 25 February 1942 on her New York stationery to an editor stating "Enclosed is something which I would like to say to the colored people of this country. I am sending copies of this letter to colored journals and shall be glad to have you use it if you wish." Whatever was enclosed is no longer present. Fine. Apparently Buck sent several copies of this letter to editors as we have a second copy bound into a copy of her 1942 novel Dragon Seed however all evidence indicates that she did hand sign each one. unknown
1945rif. 41180New York: John Day Company 1945. 8vo. 60 4 pp. Illust. title numerous illusts. Gray cloth blue illust. & lettrng w/ d.j. mnr edgewear mnr chppng hd of spine couple clsd tears creasng VG/G copy First edition of one of the author’s scarcest children’s titles set during World War II in Japanese occupied southern China about a young boy’s love of airplanes. John Day Company, hardcover
rif. 2090502113702197Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1990rif. 200774Berkeley: Univ. of California 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Perle takes us into the composer's workshop as he reevaluates what we call twentieth-century music- a term used to refer to new or modern or contemporary music that represents a radical break from the tonal tradition or common practice of the preceding three centuries. Univ. of California hardcover
1915rif. 3107NY: Grosset & Dunlap 1915. Hardcover. Good. 5"x7.75" 372 pgs. plus 1 ad page. "E-S" Green cloth boards w/ DK green embossed horses and letters on front and spine. Color frontispiece. Edge wear rubs fraying w/tear along left edge. Flexible front board. PON on ffep. Dust stained edges. Not x-library no dj. Secure ship w/track #. A mysterious stranger looking for a change in scenery discovers a small Mormon community where a grown-up Fay Larkin has been taken against her will. Like its predecessor The Rainbow Trail highlights the oppression of women within their religion. Following the events of Riders of the Purple Sage polygamy has become a hidden practice among fundamentalist Mormons. Instead of living publicly they've built an isolated village of sealed wives reserved for church elders. Fay Larkin the adopted daughter of heroine Jane Withersteen suddenly falls victim to the secret practice. This coincides with the arrival of John Shefford a failed minister who's hot on the trail of Fay and her captors. The Rainbow Trail is a romance western driven by social commentary. It's a compelling story with. Source: Publisher. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
1904rif. 33268London: Hyde Park 1904. 1 vols. ca. 5 x 4 inches. To "Dear Sir." Some light discoloration folded else very good. 1 vols. ca. 5 x 4 inches. British novelist. From the autograph collection of Harry P. Kuhn Jr. Hyde Park unknown
1950rif. 167128New York: Harper & Brothers 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Black cloth with gilt title on spine. Title on spine lightly faded corners bumped else very good in a good only price-clipped dustwrapper with edges chipped. Contributions by: Pearl buck W.H. Auden Thomas Mann John Hersey Rex Stout Arthur Koestler Paul Gallico James Michener Winston Churchill and many more. Thirty-eight in all. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1966rif. 2090202118001286Hayakawashobo 1966. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Hayakawashobo paperback
1966rif. 2090502128701024Hayakawashobo 1966. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: HPB Number of books: 1 book Hayakawashobo paperback
1993rif. 005515292Slapering Hol Press 1993. First Edition. Unknown. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" From the library of noted American poet Denise Levertov with a handmade Christmas card and a small letter from Pearl laid in loose dated December 1993; also inscribed by Pearl to Levertov on the title page: For Denise with thanks for the pleasure your poetry gives me signed Pearl Karrer December 1993. A Fine copy As New. Slapering Hol Press unknown
2002rif. 2090202120408958Halidon 2002. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Halidon paperback
1982rif. 2110502150502833Azuma Takara 1982. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Azuma Takara paperback