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1933réf. SKU1033605New York: The John Day Co. 1933 1933-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The John Day Company; New York 1933. Hardcover. First Edition. Complete 2 Volume Set. A Very Good red cloth binding with white lettering on spine binding sturdy and intact heavily sunned spine bit of age spotting to board buckram top text block edges stained yellow some scattered foxing to text block edges bit of rubbing to board and spine edges trace crimping and fraying to spine edge buckram some age toning to pages without Dust wrapper. In a Fine new black cloth slipcase with original paper label laid down. An uncommon and unmarked set. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches. 1279pp. 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. New York: The John Day Co., 1933 hardcover
réf. ABE-1545799010820Pearl S. Buck Large Size Original Photo 17.211.8cm flat signed by Pearl Buck in pen. Photos available upon request. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Pearl S. Buck unknown
réf. ABE-11838067658Pearl S. Buck Large Size Original Photo 17.111.8cm flat signed by Pearl Buck in pen. Photos available upon request. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Pearl S. Buck paperback
réf. ABE-12780462011Pearl S. Buck Original Photo 17.212.8cm flat signed by Pearl Buck in ball pen. Photos available upon request. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Pearl S. Buck paperback
1931réf. BPS,GOODearth1STWITH ALL THE POINTS JOHN DAY PUBLISHING COMPANY ERROR flees BROWN STAIN TOP EDGE. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS OF ONE OF THE BEST WITHOUT A DJ AVAILABLE. CLEANNO WRITING TIGHT/ SQUARE. WITH JUST A HINT OF DISCOLORATION TO THE COVERS. JOHN DAY hardcover
réf. 1896AWA. 1. hardcover. Maloftege! AWA hardcover
réf. 1895AWA. 1. hardcover. AWA hardcover
1972réf. ABE-1516460541571Pearl S. Buck 1972 1972 Size: 25.520.5cm. The first photo portrait was taken in 1970 not in 1972 when 9 of these photos were taken. 1st Edition. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. Pearl S. Buck, 1972 unknown
1980réf. 212769Atlanta: Nexus 1980. Limited. hardcover. fine. P.H. Polk. Exquisite black & white photographic portraits. Square 4to beige and brown cloth beige cloth slip case. Atlanta: Nexus 1980. Limited First Edition. A fine copy. One of 1200 signed and numbered copies. A monograph of the work of P. J. Polk one of the most important African-American photographers of the last century. Nexus unknown
1980réf. 212769Atlanta: Nexus 1980. Limited. hardcover. fine. P.H. Polk. Exquisite black & white photographic portraits. Square 4to beige and brown cloth beige cloth slip case. Atlanta: Nexus 1980. Limited First Edition. A fine copy. One of 1200 signed and numbered copies. A monograph of the work of P. J. Polk one of the most important African-American photographers of the last century. Nexus unknown books
1980réf. HM4317Atlanta Georgia: Nexus Press 1980. Limited & Signed by Polk; 1/2 brown & cream buckram over boards gold titles tan endpapers / pastedown & lush black & white photo reproductions; Cream buckram slipcase; A near fine copy with small wear & dust soil to slipcase hardly worth mentioning; 111 pages. Illus. by P. H. Polk. 11.75"x12.25". Nexus Press hardcover
1971réf. 40-22094Pocket Books 1971-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Pocket Books paperback
réf. 2121AWA. 1. hardcover. Ken Sirmkovrilo! AWA hardcover
réf. 2301AWA. 1. hardcover. Sirmkovrilo! AWA hardcover
1950réf. 12678San Antonio: San Antonio Brewers Association 1950. Seven-color lithograph including reproduced photographs of Calloway and a bottle of Pearl Beer measuring 19.25 x 23.75 inches. Minor edge wear faint dampstain along bottom edge else a really nice example. Very good. An evocative piece of midcentury advertising art featuring Swing Band leader Cab Calloway pitching Pearl Beer of San Antonio Texas. The text of the advertising piece reads: "Join the Swing to Pearl. Xtra Dry. Xtra Light. Xtra Mellow. The 3 X's of Texas - Swing Master Cab Calloway says 'Join the Swing to Pearl' Say.Bottle of Pearl Please." The advertisement is artfully illustrated by a banner of piano keys musical notes a bottle of Pearl Beer and a small outline of the state of Texas with a half-length portrait of Calloway enjoying a tall glass of Pearl at right. Calloway is dressed in an all-white tuxedo and holds a baton in his other hand. The famous band leader’s career as a pitch man included among others Rheingold Extra Dry Beer around 1960 Hula Hoops crackers in the late-1980s and Gap turtleneck sweaters as late as 1993 the year before he passed away. No examples of any Cab Calloway Pearl Beer-related material found in OCLC. A striking example of African American midcentury advertising in which the most famous band leader of Harlem’s Cotton Club hawks beer made in San Antonio Texas. San Antonio Brewers Association unknown
1950réf. 12678San Antonio: San Antonio Brewers Association 1950. Seven-color lithograph including reproduced photographs of Calloway and a bottle of Pearl Beer measuring 19.25 x 23.75 inches. Minor edge wear faint dampstain along bottom edge else a really nice example. Very good. An evocative piece of midcentury advertising art featuring Swing Band leader Cab Calloway pitching Pearl Beer of San Antonio Texas. The text of the advertising piece reads: "Join the Swing to Pearl. Xtra Dry. Xtra Light. Xtra Mellow. The 3 X's of Texas - Swing Master Cab Calloway says 'Join the Swing to Pearl' Say.Bottle of Pearl Please." The advertisement is artfully illustrated by a banner of piano keys musical notes a bottle of Pearl Beer and a small outline of the state of Texas with a half-length portrait of Calloway enjoying a tall glass of Pearl at right. Calloway is dressed in an all-white tuxedo and holds a baton in his other hand. The famous band leader’s career as a pitch man included among others Rheingold Extra Dry Beer around 1960 Hula Hoops crackers in the late-1980s and Gap turtleneck sweaters as late as 1993 the year before he passed away. No examples of any Cab Calloway Pearl Beer-related material found in OCLC. A striking example of African American midcentury advertising in which the most famous band leader of Harlem’s Cotton Club hawks beer made in San Antonio Texas. San Antonio Brewers Association unknown books
1942réf. 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."
1942réf. 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." books
1938réf. ABE-1528297275496Pearl S. Buck 1938 1938 No.120.517cm1938. No.219.914.9cm 1938. No.317.511.9cm1938. No.411.610.2cm undated. No.519.913cm 1966. No.615.314.9cm 1938. No.718.915.9cm undated. No.8118cm 1938. No.92317.3cm 1938. No.102415.4cm 1960. No.1122.816.8 1938. Please note Photo No. 7 appears to be a later reprint not an original. 1st Edition. No Binding. Good/No Jacket. Pearl S. Buck, 1938 unknown
1988réf. 55429San Mateo California: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc 1988. First printing. Very good plus in very good plus jacket. Scarce first edition of this watershed work on Bayesian networks and the probabilistic underpinnings of AI technology - noted as one of "the most cited works in the history of computer science" ACM. Pearl is credited as the inventor of Bayesian networks. This influential work in probabilistic and causal reasoning has extended well beyond the bounds of artificial intelligence and computing "to philosophy psychology medicine statistics econometrics epidemiology and social science" Allen Newell Award citation. In 2011 he was awarded the renowned ACM A.M. Turing Award generally regarded as the "Nobel Prize for Computing." A handsome copy of this landmark title. 9'' x 6''. Original black cloth with gilt-stamped titles to spine and front board. In original unclipped no price as issued black pictorial dust jacket. xx 552 4 pages. Light bump to bottom corners bit of soil to top edge. Jacket with light edgewear and a bit of rubbing evidence of sticker removal to rear panel. Crisp. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc unknown
1988réf. 55429San Mateo California: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc 1988. First printing. Very good plus in very good plus jacket. Scarce first edition of this watershed work on Bayesian networks and the probabilistic underpinnings of AI technology - noted as one of "the most cited works in the history of computer science" ACM. Pearl is credited as the inventor of Bayesian networks. This influential work in probabilistic and causal reasoning has extended well beyond the bounds of artificial intelligence and computing "to philosophy psychology medicine statistics econometrics epidemiology and social science" Allen Newell Award citation. In 2011 he was awarded the renowned ACM A.M. Turing Award generally regarded as the "Nobel Prize for Computing." A handsome copy of this landmark title. 9'' x 6''. Original black cloth with gilt-stamped titles to spine and front board. In original unclipped no price as issued black pictorial dust jacket. xx 552 4 pages. Light bump to bottom corners bit of soil to top edge. Jacket with light edgewear and a bit of rubbing evidence of sticker removal to rear panel. Crisp. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc unknown books
réf. 1088AWA. 1.ND. hardcover. Nova Kovrajoformado! AWA hardcover
1948réf. 32820565Buck won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for "notable works which pave the way to a human sympathy passing over widely separated racial boundaries and for the studies of human ideals which are a great and living art." Gelatin silver print 16 x 20 in. Archivally framed. Estate Edition a limited edition of 20 copies embossed and numbered. $900 unframed; framed: $1300
1939réf. 308048New York: John Day 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The lecture given by Buck on accepting the Nobel Prize for literature. She was the third American after Sinclair Lewis and Eugene O'Neill and fourth woman after Selma Lagerof Grazia Deledda and Sigrid Undset to win the prize. Buck whose best-known novel The Good Earth is set in China uses the Nobel pulpit to discuss Chinese fiction a little considered subject at the time. It wasn't until 2012 that a Chinese writer—Mo Yan—was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. 59 pages. First edition first printing. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with a snag on the back panel resulting in a narrow band of creasing and some tears. Bookplate on the front pastedown. In a very good slipcase with some wear to the corners. This copy is one of an unspecified number signed by Buck and issued in a slipcase. It is possible that none of the signed copies were for sale. This one comes with a letter from the publisher addressed "Dear Bookseller" that reads "We take pleasure in sending you with our compliments a personal advance copy of The Chinese Novel." The letter goes on to promote a forthcoming Chinese novel Moment in Peking by Lin Yutang. This book is not common with the slipcase and letter. John Day hardcover
1956réf. 165293Methuen & Co LTD. London 1956-01-01. Second. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Signed by Author. REPRINTED 1968 BY JOHN DAY; SIGNED BY AUTHOR! Methuen & Co LTD. London hardcover