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1951Best.-Nr. 152756N.p.: Classic Pictures 1951. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1951 film. In a move that placed him in a category with Mickey Spillane Richard Wright accepted an offer to star as the leading man in a film based on his own novel. Wright was cast after initial choice Canada Lee who had starred in Orson Welles' stage adaptation of the story was stuck in South African customs after shooting "Cry the Beloved Country" 1951. Set in Chicago and shot on location in Chicago and Argentina. One photograph 10 x 8.25 inches one photograph 9.5 x 8 inches and one photograph 9 x 8 inches. Good one with a pinhole to the center others moderately toned soiled and edgeworn. Classic Pictures unknown
1951Best.-Nr. 152756N.p.: Classic Pictures 1951. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1951 film. In a move that placed him in a category with Mickey Spillane Richard Wright accepted an offer to star as the leading man in a film based on his own novel. Wright was cast after initial choice Canada Lee who had starred in Orson Welles' stage adaptation of the story was stuck in South African customs after shooting "Cry the Beloved Country" 1951. Set in Chicago and shot on location in Chicago and Argentina. One photograph 10 x 8.25 inches one photograph 9.5 x 8 inches and one photograph 9 x 8 inches. Good one with a pinhole to the center others moderately toned soiled and edgeworn. Classic Pictures unknown books
2024Best.-Nr. x-1032483903Routledge 2024. Hardcover. New. 2nd edition. 264 pages. 10.00x7.00x10.00 inches. Routledge hardcover
2010Best.-Nr. BN554728La Martinire 2010. 2010. Hardcover. Le Bonheur de cuisiner Le Bonheur de cuisiner Perla Servan-Schreiber La Martinire hardcover
1943Best.-Nr. 165333New York: The John Day Company 1943. First edition first printing presentation copy inscribed on the front free endpaper "For Jackie with affection and good wishes Pearl S. Buck". This work uncommonly found inscribed aimed to introduce American children to the China that Buck had long known and loved. Further information on the recipient has unfortunately proved elusive. Octavo. Illustrations in text after drawings by William Arthur Smith. Original off-white boards spine and front cover lettered in brown front board with brown buffalo vignette pictorial endpapers edges untrimmed. With dust jacket. Spine ends bumped boards lightly toned contents clean gutter cracked at pp. 16-17 with webbing exposed and skinning; jacket unclipped losses at spine ends: a very good copy in like jacket. hardcover
1964Best.-Nr. 37750HEYNE WILHELM 1964. 1. softcover. WESTERN HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
1972Best.-Nr. 38490HEYNE WILHELM 1972. 1. softcover. WESTERN CLASSICS HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
1968Best.-Nr. 39301HEYNE WILHELM 1968. 1. softcover. WESTERN CLASSICS HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
1957Best.-Nr. 007716The John Day Company 1957. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. SIGNED by Buck with a very strong signature on the front endpaper. The book is clean no marks of any kind . The graphics on the front board and spine are bright . The cloth on the boards is fresh . Light wear to dust jacket. The dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover . The John Day Company hardcover
19204to., First Edition thus, with fine tipped-in coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present), 9 fine tipped-in coloured plates (all original captioned tissue guards present) and patterned endpapers, some very light and virtually negligible spotting; original dark grey boards, upper board patterned in silver with printed paper label (chipped and worn), ivory cloth back blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, boards lightly chafed at corners else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 675 NUMBERED COPIES FOR SALE IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE (THIS COPY NO. 162). Hughey 54c.
1998Best.-Nr. __0421529806Sweet & Maxwell 1998. Paperback. New. 600 pages. 9.37x6.14x1.34 inches. Sweet & Maxwell paperback
Best.-Nr. MC00A-00070Methuen & Co. Ltd. Collectible - Acceptable. London: Methuen & Co. LTD. 1932. 1st UK edition. 12mo hardcover. 187pp. Previously owned by Willis Linn Jepson with his custom bookplate to the front pastedown. Additionaly inscribed "From my niece Dorris Pellet Palma de Mallorica Spain October 1932. W.L. Jepson" to the top of the front pastedown. Willis Linn Jepson 1867–1946 was a prominent American botanist. Jepson as a founding member played a significant role in the early formation of the Sierra Club. Fair book and Near Good dust jacket. Edgeworn with bumped corners rubbed boards and mildew staining. The jacket and a few leaves also stained. The jacket is edge chipped especially to the spine but is intact. "In revolutionary China a young soldier's unwavering faith in the cause is shaken by the war's brutality." Revolution Revolutionary China Youth Faith Brutality of War Inquire if you need further information. Methuen & Co., Ltd hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. ABE-1638090661046London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1933 1933 First edition. Thick Octavo 2215.5cm 1279pp. Fine hardcover firm binding top edge gilt. Beautiful bookplate to front pastedown with previous owner's name. The front panel of the scarce dust jacket with the striking design has been retained now pieced together with facsimile jacket spine back cover as well as front and rear flaps protected in mylar. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1933 hardcover
1943Best.-Nr. ABE-1516938180497Pearl S. Buck 1943 1943 2821.5cm 1p. TLS dated December 3 1943 on The East and West Association letterhead writing to inform the letter recipient name blacked out of a report of the Association. Photos available upon request. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. No Binding. Good/No Jacket. Pearl S. Buck, 1943 unknown
1970Best.-Nr. 38339HEYNE WILHELM 1970. 1. softcover. WESTERN CLASSICS HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
1972Best.-Nr. 38535HEYNE WILHELM 1972. 1. softcover. WESTERN CLASSICS HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
1970Best.-Nr. 41817SCHNEIDER FRANZ 1970. 1. hardcover. Invasion von der Wega FERNSEH-BUCH SCHNEIDER, FRANZ hardcover
2024Best.-Nr. 1-0443109443Elsevier Science Health Science 2024. Hardcover. New. 7th edition. 1300 pages. 10.87x8.50x11.07 inches. Elsevier Science Health Science hardcover
1946Best.-Nr. 33571Washington: GPO 1946. Senate Document No. 244 79th Congress 2d Session. Octavo. xvi 580pp. 3 folding maps. Complete as issued in the original publisher's cloth. Two ink stamps on the front free endpaper else very good with no other markings. Boards moderately soiled. Very Good. The scarce final report with the minority views of Homer Ferguson and Owen Brewster. FIRST EDITION. GPO unknown
1946Best.-Nr. 33571Washington: GPO 1946. Senate Document No. 244 79th Congress 2d Session. Octavo. xvi 580pp. 3 folding maps. Complete as issued in the original publisher's cloth. Two ink stamps on the front free endpaper else very good with no other markings. Boards moderately soiled. Very Good. The scarce final report with the minority views of Homer Ferguson and Owen Brewster. FIRST EDITION. GPO unknown books
1936Best.-Nr. 425541New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1936. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Spine gilt a trifle tarnished else fine in about fine dustwrapper with a little rubbing at the extremities. Biography of Buck's mother who spent much of her life in China. A bright copy of an uncommon title. Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover
1936Best.-Nr. 425541New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1936. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Spine gilt a trifle tarnished else fine in about fine dustwrapper with a little rubbing at the extremities. Biography of Buck's mother who spent much of her life in China. A bright copy of an uncommon title. Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover books
1919Best.-Nr. 3103NY: Grosset & Dunlap 1919. Hardcover. Very Good. Koerer W.H.D. 5.13"x7.5" 376 illustrated pages 1 pg ad. Photoplay Edition. Brown cloth. Dk brown title block on front. Dk brown letters on spine. Frontispiece: "Daylight Had just cleared." Published January 1919 B-T. Spine slightly slanted binding tight pages clean w/tone. Not x-library no DJ PON on ffep dated February 12 1919. Edge wear w/rubs w/faint fraying spots. Faint soiling to boards. Dust stained edges. Secure ship w/track #. 4 B&W Illustrations listed but not on pages stated in List of Illustrations. 2nd and 3rd illustrations are on different facing pages. Summary:The Desert of Wheat is a thrilling and romantic tale of sabotage in the wheat fields of the Pacific Northwest during World War I. A passionate novel of patriotic and anti-union propaganda it portrays the anxieties of a young country threatened by a foreign war after the closing of the frontier. Zane Grey captures the heart of a nation at the brink of a century of change. Worldcat. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
1988Best.-Nr. 5976San Mateo CA: Morgan Kaufmann 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Scarce first edition of this work which along with the Parallel Distributed Processing books redirected artificial intelligence toward probabilistic and Bayesian networks and "the most cited works in the history of computer science" ACM.Very good plus previous owner's name in very good jacket with short closed tears. Morgan Kaufmann hardcover
1999Best.-Nr. 55804Athens Georgia: Hill Street Press 1999. First edition. Near fine in a near fine slipcase. Signed limited edition of this tribute published on the occasion of Welty's 90th birthday signed by all contributors - and though not called for additionally inscribed by Welty herself. 8.5'' x 5.25''. Original full green textured cloth with gilt titles. In dark green full cloth slipcase. No jacket as issued. Marbled endpapers. 14 iv 118 2 12 signature pages 2 colophon pages phew. One of 226 copies signed by editor and all 22 contributors Richard Bausch Doris Betts Fred Chappell Ellen Douglas Tony Early Clyde Edgerton George Garrett Ellen Gilchrist Anthony Grooms Barry Hannah Mary Hood Greg Johnson William Maxwell Willie Morris Alice Munro Daniele Pitavy-Souques Reynolds Price Louis D. Rubin Jr. Lee Smith William Jay Smith Elizabeth Spencer and Richard Wilbur phew again this #34. Though not called for this copy additionally inscribed on the title page by Welty: "Eudora Welty / To Doctor Jim Lucas / with best wishes." Limitation sticker to slipcase. Spine cloth a bit faded. Else clean and sound. Hill Street Press unknown
