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2000Best.-Nr. 15718West Nyack New York U.S.A.: Cambridge Univ Pr. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless -- with a bonus offer--; 015718; CAUSALITY PHYSICS SCIENCE . 2000. 0521773628 . Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
1978Best.-Nr. 37353MInneapolis MN: Mary Ellen Enterprises. As New. Spiral Bound. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - 95 pages -- with a bonus offer--; T-Pinkha; Pinkham Mary Ellen & Higginbotham Pearl compilers and Editors The Best of Helpful Hints . 1978. Mary Ellen Enterprises unknown
2011Best.-Nr. 101187Gallery. New. Folded Broadsheet. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 10-sided folded broadsheet with essay and 11 illustrations. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2011. Gallery unknown
1941Best.-Nr. 192145c. 1941. China through the eyes of a Nobel laureate An annotated and amended manuscript showing differences in phrasing with the final version which was published three years after Buck became the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1934 after the success of The Good Earth Buck relocated from China to the United States. Writing in the preface to her 1941 short-story collection Buck recorded how she had "not ceased to follow China's changes and struggles with unending interest sympathy and implication." Together 12 sheets 260 x 205 mm each written one side only. Paperclip marks and pinholes where formerly wire-stitched: very good. unknown
1972Best.-Nr. 128786John Day 1972. Leather. Like New. 11 volume collection of Buck signed limited edition 25 of 1000. Gilt titled leather spine over paper boards. Top edge gilt. No jackets as issued. Look unread. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. John Day hardcover
Best.-Nr. EBS100172New Haven: Yale University Press 1968; 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Alchemy and the Occult is an essential bibliographic reference that catalogs one of the most comprehensive private collections of alchemical and occult literature ever assembled. The work spanning four volumes meticulously documents rare books manuscripts and printed materials related to alchemy esotericism astrology magic and early chemistry. The Mellon Collection housed at the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library is one of the most prestigious collections of its kind featuring hundreds of primary texts from the medieval Renaissance and early modern periods. The catalogue serves as both an academic resource and a historical record providing scholars with insights into the intellectual traditions of alchemy and occultism. Bound in full two toned cloth with leather labels at spine. Folio: in orig. slipcase usual external wear but still VG internal condition excellent. Only 500 sets were published. Complete copies such as ours are now scarce on the market. Of considerable bibliographic and historic interest this impressive achievement minutely describes 160 printed works Vols. 1-2 and 149 manuscripts in the collection beginning chronologically with Apollonius circa 1225 and ending with Thomas Taylor 1790. A splendid catalogue that includes detailed bibliographical descriptions for each of the 160 printed books; each is described with painstaking accuracy and appears with illustrations. In Vols. 3-4 the 149 manuscripts are minutely described most of these were purchased by Mellon from Denis Duveen. These four volumes represent some of the "crown jewels" in the kingdom of hermetic bibliography and continue to inspire and inform students and scholars of Witchcraft Wicca Pagan Ritual Occult folklore anthropology primitive races and customs Mythology Ancient Magical Practices Ritual and Initiation Secret Societies Rosicrucian Egyptology Ancient Magical practices Aleister Crowley Andrew Chumbley Ceremonial and Black Magic Grimoire O.T.O. Golden Dawn Alchemy Hermetics Freemasonry Kabalah Cabala Kenneth Grant Austin Osman Spare Chaos Magick Church of Satan Anton LaVey Michael Aquino Temple of Set Demonology Satanism and more. From the famed B.H. Breslauer collection sale of the Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana at Christie's New York 27 June 2005 lot 1582 with letterpress bookplates loosely inserted into each volume. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1968; 1977 hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 169441London: Methuen 1931. First UK Edition. Scarce in jacket. The first book in the author's House of Earth trilogy winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Basis for the 1937 Victor Fleming film starring Paul Muni and Luise Rainer who won an Oscar for her performance as O-Lan. Slightly cocked foxing to the page edges gift inscription to the front endpaper generally Very Good in a Very Good or better dust jacket with moderate toning to the spine a small chip to the heel affecting the N in Methuen and a few tiny splashes to the top right corner of the front panel. Methuen unknown
Best.-Nr. 123837London Printed by John Field Printer to the Parliament 1653. . 24mo 11.5 x 6 cm; engraved title-page ownership inscriptions in pen to front free endpapers a little toned; contemporary calf covers tooled in blind with initials 'H L' lower original clasp with scallop-shell terminal present upper clasp missing gilt floral cornerpieces faded all edges gilt rubbed with slight loss very good. A well-preserved 'Pearl Bible' so-called for its small size which made it ideal for carrying in one's pocket dating to the Interregnum. A pleasant example in the original clasped calfskin binding. The engraved general title depicts Moses and David and the Evangelists and omits the usual words of the King James Version 'by His Majesty's special command'. ESTC R14315; Herbert 653; DM 496. London, Printed by John Field, Printer to the Parliament, 1653. unknown
1931Best.-Nr. 12342New York: John Day Company 1931. First Edition First Issue. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. vii 375. Rebound in red cloth lettered in gilt light toning to pages. Inscribed by Buck on first half-title page referring to the lengthy Proust quote that begins the novel on the verso of first half-title page. "I inscribe this book. The quotation from Proust is important to me for it expresses in another medium what I tried to do for a few people of China. boldly signed Pearl S. Buck" Pulitzer Prize-winning novel chronicling the rise and decline of a family's generational fortunes in rural China through the lens of its protagonist Wang Lung. It delves into the challenges faced by the family encompassing hardships wealth corruption and their profound connection to the land in late 19th-century early 20th-century China. John Day Company hardcover
1940Best.-Nr. 4448Pennsylvania 1940. Very good. Original drawing on ruled notebook paper 194 x 124 mm = 7.6" x 5" preserved in 11" x 14" frame with museum glass and 8-ply archival mat edges frayed and with some light browning as is true with almost all surviving examples of this artist's work. EMBLEMATIC AMERICAN OUTSIDER ART CREATED BY A "VILLAGE WITCH" A TOTAL RECLUSE WHO EXISTED IN COMPLETE ANONYMITY ON THE EXTREME FRINGES OF SOCIETY. YEARS AFTER HER DEATH IN THE ABANDONED HOUSE IN WHICH SHE HAD LIVED FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS -- WITHOUT ELECTRICITY OR RUNNING WATER -- WAS FOUND A HUGE COLLECTION OF EXTREMELY PERSONAL "NAIVE" DRAWINGS. THE FREAKISH 2002 DISCOVERY WAS RECOGNIZED AS A MAJOR MOMENT IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN OUTSIDER ART. INDEED IN A REVIEW OF THE 2003 NEW YORK OUTSIDER ART FAIR IT WAS PRONOUNCED THAT "THE MOST ARRESTING FIND THIS YEAR IS PEARL BLAUVELT." The discovery was made by two artists Dennis and Donna Corrigan who had purchased the old post-and-beam house located "in the middle of nowhere" in the Poconos of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Underneath boxes of moldy antique books fabric scraps and broken pieces of furniture they found a wooden box crammed with what initially appeared to be heaps of worthless paper. Closer examination by the new owners revealed the significance of their discovery: the box contained more than 800 imaginative drawings of various scenes of life real and imaginary American and otherwise some of which are multi-layered and defy the so-called "rules of optics" depicted as if from multiple perspectives simultaneously. In a 2020 New York Magazine review of an exhibition of Blauvelt's works Johanna Fateman described the drawings as "faithful to their own rules of proportion and perspective." The drawings date from the 1940s and obsessively chronicle the inner life of a woman who during her lifetime was described as the "Village Witch." In their announcement of the discovery the Corrigan's related that several of the drawings were laced together with shoestrings in primitive book form while others were contained in dime-store notepads or old school composition books as here. Blauvelt's interior world must have been very rich indeed: again and again she returned to depicting what "real life" on the outside must have looked like to her. Through her drawings almost all of which bore titles of her own invention she catalogued the material world and the spiritual world often merging the two realms into strange and wonderful compositions. Our highly imaginative drawing seems to be unique in her oeuvre. Boldly labeled "Sprite the Fairy" the butterfly-winged figure seems to hover above mushrooms flowers and thick leaves. The fairy's right hand is raised from which issues swirling vapors. The drawing features Blauvelt's signature "x-ray vision" perspective: beneath the fairy's dress can be seen the ribcage sternum and spine as well as the left thigh bone. Almost nothing was known about the former occupant of the dilapidated house. In the course of their research the new owners determined that Pearl Blauvelt was born in 1893 and had moved there with her father in the early 20th century. By the mid-1970s she was declared incompetent and was moved to a mental facility in Pennsylvania where she resided until her death in 1987. Her work is included in major permanent and private collections including the Centre Georges Pompidou Paris Collection abcd Paris Museum of Modern Art New York Museum of Everything London the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia and Gerhard and Karin Dammann Collection Switzerland. She has received posthumous solo exhibitions at Andrew Edlin Gallery NYC Kerry Schuss Gallery NYC John Michael Kohler Arts Center Sheboygan. PROVENANCE: D. & D. Corrigan -- Andrew Edlin Gallery NYC -- Private Collection USA -- Steven S. Powers Gallery NYC -- Private Collection USA -- Eldritch Oculum -- Michael Laird Rare Books. LITERATURE: Dennis Corrigan and Donna Corrigan "Pearl Blauvelt: The Village Witch" in: Raw Vision 2002 No. 39 pp. 52-56. John Yau "A Bird's-Eye View of Heaven" in: Hyperallergic posted online May 6 2012. Gerhard Dammann "Making their own Money: Painted Banknotes by Raimundo Camilo Pearl Blauvelt and Other Outsider Artists" in: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences Nov. 2018 Vol. 28 no. 1 pp. 15-17. Christian Rattemeyer Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection: Catalogue Raisonne MOMA 2009 pp. 93-94 six drawings. Ken Johnson Review of the New York Outsider Art Fair in: The New York Times Jan. 24 2003. unknown
1931Best.-Nr. 003491London: Methuen & Co. LTD. 1931. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK printing. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The book bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering is as new with pages that are very bright with no marks or foxing. The unfaded dustjacket has very minor expert repair to the spine ends with the UK price on the spine. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Methuen & Co. LTD. Hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 140940954London: Methuen & Co. LTD 1931. First British Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First British edition first printing of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Bound in publisher's original cloth. Near Fine with light fading to spine a small ding to top and bottom edge of upper board. In a Near Fine dust jacket with light edge wear. Methuen & Co. LTD unknown books
Best.-Nr. 124313London Printed by John Field Printer to the Parliament 1653. . 2 vols; 24mo 115 x 60 mm; engraved title-page ownership note in pen tipped in to front free endpaper of vol. I pencil notes to endpapers a little toned; eighteenth-century red morocco the covers with gilt roll borders of chain-link design gilt spines in 5 compartments contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces to 2nd and 3rd compartments all edges gilt a little rubbed overall a near fine example. A finely bound example of the 'Pearl Bible' so-named for its small size which made it ideal for carrying in one's pocket dating to the Interregnum. The engraved general title depicts Moses and David and the Evangelists and omits the usual words of the King James Version 'by His Majesty's special command'. London, Printed by John Field, Printer to the Parliament, 1653. unknown
1931Best.-Nr. 140940954London: Methuen & Co. LTD 1931. First British Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First British edition first printing of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Bound in publisher's original cloth. Near Fine with light fading to spine a small ding to top and bottom edge of upper board. In a Near Fine dust jacket with light edge wear. Methuen & Co. LTD unknown
1931Best.-Nr. 000022New York: John Day 1931. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. John Day Company New York 1931. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. The copyright page states "COPYRIGHT 1931 BY PEARL S. BUCK" and there is no mention of subsequent printings. The bottom of the copyright page says "FOR THE JOHN DAY COMPANY". First issue with "flees" for fleas on page 100. The dj is a later although early vintage one with $4.96 as the price which has been married to the true first printing book. The bottom of the spine of the dust jacket has the publisher's name John Day some tape repairs and tear outs at the folds. There is also some slight chipping to the edges with a label removed at the spine foot. The book is in very good with a previous owner's signature and date on the front end paper. The tan colored cloth boards are very well preserved and the gilt lettering and design on the spine remain intact and front board is bright. Slight wear to the left edge on the bottom corner of the front board. There is a small surface only water stain on the top rear text block. Some minor spotting on front of text block. John Day Hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 336268New York: John Day Company 1931. First Edition; Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Front hinge starting.; Small bookplate signed by Pearl S. Buck on front pastedown.; Signed by Author. John Day Company hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 147462New York: The John Day Company 1931. First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. First issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100 line 17. Octavo bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Pearl Buck on a page bound in. In fine condition. Over eighty years have passed since The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know and I know nothing but China having always lived there" wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. The John Day Company unknown
1954Best.-Nr. ZB394285Wayne State University Press 1954-2002. volumes 26; 28-29; 31; 34-35; 37-38; 40-60; 63; 66-74. 1954-2002. partly bound library markings textually clean & tight PRICE IS FOR THE LOT. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Wayne State University Press unknown
1931Best.-Nr. bps,goodearthVariantPLEASE SEE PHOTOS. The true 1st/1st has orange stain top125 review copies has publishing copyright page 1st Ed 2nd state has publishing copyright pagemost people call this one the true 1st brown top stainabout 3000 1st Ed 3rd statepeople call this the 2nd state has just John Day Company copyright page and green stain top. John Day talked about the difference between the so called 1st state then correcting the copyright page and staining the top green. Well he did not what he was talking about or the printing got it wrong because this one has the Publishing on the copyright date with the Green stain instead of brown Making this the only one I have seenand the other collectors I talked with have not seen it either. I have decent offers but this is one of a kindmore rare than the 125 true first editions which in any condition bring $2500 for ones falling apart. So I think $5k is a good point. If I find others I will drop the priceof course I will buy them too. JOHN DAY hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. ABE-8786015894New York: The John Day Co. 1933 1933 Complete 2 volumes in slipcase. First edition. Title also in Chinese on t.p. Ascribed to either Shih Nai-an or Lo Kuan-Chung. Octavo 21.515cm wt:1.7kg. Fine volumes in fine slipcase Vol. 1 pp.1-650 Vol. 2 pp.651-1279. Complete with an original "A Note By the Translator" an original 27-page Prospectus for "All Men Are Brothers" an original bookmark a promotional postcard for the publication of the novel and an announcement for the publication of the set all issued by the publisher. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. More photos available upon request. New York: The John Day Co., 1933 hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 107325New York: The John Day Company 1931. First edition first issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100 line 17 of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. Octavo original brown cloth brown topstain. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some expert restoration. Though over eighty years have passed since this novel won the Pulitzer Prize it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know and I know nothing but China having always lived there" wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. The John Day Company hardcover books
1931Best.-Nr. 2928London: Methuen & Co. 1931. First British edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. Octavo original light brown cloth. Signed by Pearl Buck on the title page. Near fine in the rare dust jacket which shows light wear to the extremities with minute expert restoration. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare signed. Over eighty years have passed since The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know and I know nothing but China having always lived there" wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. Methuen & Co. hardcover books
1931Best.-Nr. 2928London: Methuen & Co. 1931. First British edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. Octavo original light brown cloth. Signed by Pearl Buck on the title page. Near fine in the rare dust jacket which shows light wear to the extremities with minute expert restoration. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare signed. Over eighty years have passed since The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know and I know nothing but China having always lived there" wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. Methuen & Co. hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. BP,TGE,TRUE1ST2PLEASE SEE PHOTOS. ONE OF 125 REVIEW FIRST EDITIONSMERLE JOHNSON 4TH ED PAGE 71 THIS IS MY 3RD ONLY ONE MORE AVAILABLE NOT IN MY LIBRARYSO FAR i SLIPPED UP AND TIPPED MY HAND. i HAVE THE ONE WITH ITS WRAPSWHICH THIS ONE DOES NOT HAVE BUT BOOK IS BETTER CONDITION. oRANGENOT BROWN TOP STAIN AND HAS THE ERROR "flees" WHICH GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE 3RD PRINTING AND THE JOHN DAY PUBLISHING COMPANY. IF NOTHING ELSE COPY THE PHOTOS IN CASE U SEE 1 B4 ME JOHN DAY hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 80122New York: John Day 1931. First edition first issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100 line 17 of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. Octavo original brown cloth brown topstain. Inscribed and dated by Pearl Buck on the half-title page. Buck also underlined the error "flees" on page 100 and marked it with an arrow on the left margin. It is interesting to note that Buck knew the first issue points and makes note of it. Near fine in the original dust jacket with some tape repairs to the verso. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed and inscribed examples of the first edition in the original dust jacket are rare. Though nearly eighty years have passed since this novel won the Pulitzer Prize it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know and I know nothing but China having always lived there" wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. John Day hardcover books