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1971rif. 23011NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971. 8vo pp. 233. A nice copy in little soiled dj. A memoir--anecdotes and opinions. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich unknown books
1951rif. 31210NY: John Day 1951. First Edition. 8vo pp. 375. Flap of dj laid in. VG. John Day unknown books
1969rif. 37623NY: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1969. First Edition. 8vo pp. 241. Appendices bibliography index. A nice copy in somewhat soiled dj. Holt, Rinehart and Winston unknown books
1939rif. 29091NY: John Day 1939. First Edition. 8vo pp. 372. Small worm hole at bottom of a few pages o/w VG in worn dj. John Day unknown books
1949rif. 31199NY: John Day 1949. First Edition. 8vo pp. 406. VG no dj. A novel. John Day unknown books
1971rif. 27938NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971. 8vo pp. 233. Author's presentation on title. A nice copy in little curled and yellowed dj. A memoir--anecdotes and opinions. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich unknown books
1950rif. 502572New York: The John Day Company 1950. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Introduction by Pearl S. Buck. A fine copy in very good dust jacket faded on the spine but else quite bright. An account of a mass murder in Camden New Jersey in 1949 in which thirteen men women and children were murdered. The John Day Company hardcover books
1949rif. 437867New York: John Day Company 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 206pp. Spine lettering rubbed very good in very good price-clipped dust jacket with modest chipping mostly at the spine ends. A dialogue and debate about America between Nobel Prize-winner Buck and Robeson anthropologist author and the wife of Paul Robeson. Warmly Inscribed by Robeson: "For Harry Marinski sic: It will be great fun if you are my next collaborator. Sincerely Essie. Enfield Conn. Mar. 1949." The recipient is likely Harry Marinsky a Russian émigré artist watercolorist and art editor at two popular magazines. John Day Company hardcover books
1977rif. 586767Peterborough New Hampshire: Windy Row Press 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Binding lightly cocked crown slightly bumped boards with a touch of foxing very good in a lightly soiled very good dust jacket with slight tanning particularly to the spine a bit of wear at the crown and a few small chips and tears. Signed by Doug Rook. Poetry. Windy Row Press hardcover books
1966rif. 569274New York: John Day Company 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a very slightly rubbed else about fine dust jacket. One of 500 numbered copies retained by The Pearl S. Buck Foundation Signed by both by Buck and Harris. This is copy "A 20" which we surmise was a copy for presentation by the authors. John Day Company hardcover books
1999rif. 577172Athens Georgia: Hill Street Press 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 118pp. Slight toning at edge of boards near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Laid in is a "Happy Birthday Miss Welty" fold-out pamphlet from the publisher with a timeline of Welty's life. Hill Street Press hardcover books
2009rif. 574371Jackson: University Press of Mississippi 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Small oblong quarto. Fine in fine dust jacket. University Press of Mississippi hardcover books
1951rif. 582149New York: A.I.G.A. 1951. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 16mo. 58pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Rubbing at the edges very good. Publisher's complimentary slip laid in. Contains the first book appearance of John Steinbeck's "Some Random and Randy Thoughts on Books" G&P B66 and comments by Pearl S. Buck Erskine Caldwell John Dos Passos John Hersey William Carlos Williams and more. A.I.G.A. unknown books
1966rif. 549395New York: The John Day Company 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition signed issue distributed by Kroch and Brentano's "First Edition Circle" with their bookmark laid into book. Bookplate and light crease on front fly else a fine copy in near fine dust jacket with two short creased tears. Signed by Buck and Harris and dated in year of publication "June 1966" on second front flyleaf. The John Day Company hardcover books
1955rif. 549152United States: MCA / Pauline Mayer / John Day 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Advance copy. Pre-publication galley proof consisting of a sample selection of the novel possibly for internal use of the publisher or for submission by author's agent to publisher John Day. Quarto sheets consisting of mimeographed typescript of the first 17 pages of text printed on rectos only pressure-pin bound into later folder. Slight even tanning in text light wear at tips of corners else very good. The final published book Imperial Woman by Pearl S. Buck was published by John Day in 1956. Possibly unique. MCA / Pauline Mayer / John Day hardcover books
1969rif. 545692New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. 241pp. Slight spotting on the page edges else near fine in a fine dust jacket. Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
1966rif. 500384New York: The John Day Company 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 221pp. Cloth. Binding is dull and lightly soiled rubbed at the extremities else very good lacking the dust jacket. Signed by Pearl S. Buck and Theodore F. Harris on second front flyleaf and dated in year of publication "June 1966". Pearl S. Buck won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature. The John Day Company hardcover books
1936rif. 526129Berlin: Paul Zsolnay Verlag 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First German edition published in the same year as the American edition. Translated by Richard Hoffmann. Text in German. Binding very slightly cocked boards lightly faded near fine in a very good dust jacket with a 1/2" chip to the top of the front panel and several shallow chips and tears. Paul Zsolnay Verlag hardcover books
1945rif. 502951Toronto: Longmans Green & Company 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Canadian edition. Illustrated by Charles Hargens. Brief gift inscription boards lightly soiled corners and spine ends slightly bumped very good in a good only dust jacket with a large 2" chip to bottom of front panel affecting text a 1" chip to top of rear panel 1" loss at spine ends and a few other small chips and tears. A wartime novel based on her brother Edgar’s disastrous first marriage which should be distinguished from his disastrous second marriage. Longmans Green & Company hardcover books
1962rif. 526134New York: Pocket Books / Cardinal Edition 1962. Softcover. Very Good. First edition paperback original. Mass market paperback. Page margins slightly age-toned wrappers with moderate wear at extremities front cover with crease at lower corner about very good. A novel about the conflict of Christianity and atheism in Communist China and a tie-in for the 1962 film starring William Holden Clifton Webb and France Nuyen. Pocket Books / Cardinal Edition unknown books
1943rif. 526128New York: Dell Publishing Company 1943. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Cover illustrated by Robert Stanley. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Covers lightly worn and creased spine ends and corners slightly rubbed very good. Issued as Dell Book Number 8. A short story that first appeared in The American Magazine. Dell Publishing Company unknown books
1951rif. 503341New York: A.I.G.A. 1951. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 16mo. 58pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Modest edgewear a bit musty very good or better. Contains the first book appearance of John Steinbeck's "Some Random and Randy Thoughts on Books" G&P B66 and comments by Pearl S. Buck Erskine Caldwell John Dos Passos John Hersey William Carlos Williams and more. A.I.G.A. unknown books
1969rif. 526130Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Swedish edition published in the same year as the American edition. Translated by Lisbeth Renner. Text in Swedish. Spine ends slightly bumped else near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing to the spine and a bit more on the rear panel and light wear to the extremities else quite bright. Albert Bonniers Forlag hardcover books
1936rif. 526126New York: A John Day Book/ Reynal & Hitchcock 1936. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in very good or better dust jacket with light wear at extremities of spine and front panel and tiny nicks at the crown. A John Day Book/ Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover books
1966rif. 462911New York: John Day Company 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in modestly rubbed else near fine dustwrapper. Copy number 306 of 500 numbered copies retained by The Pearl S. Buck Foundation Signed by both by Buck and Harris. John Day Company hardcover books
