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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
1944Best.-Nr. 165033New York: The John Day Company 1944. First edition first printing presentation copy inscribed on the front free endpaper "For Mrs Shaddinger and her children - With warm regards Pearl S. Buck". Helen H. Shaddinger 1911-1995 worked as Buck's secretary for 25 years - after her death the long lost manuscript for The Good Earth was found among her possessions. Centred on a friendship between a Chinese and an American girl this story was originally written by Buck for her children to help them better understand life in China. The illustrator Esther Brock Bird lived for a time in China and provided drawings for Foreign Devils in the Flowery Kingdom the 1940 work by the famous China-hand Carl Crow. Octavo. Illustrations in text. Original light green cloth spine lettered in green green vignette on front board. With dust jacket. Jacket chipped especially at spine ends 45 mm closed tear on front panel professionally repaired with tissue unclipped: a fine copy in very good jacket. hardcover
2017Best.-Nr. 1-1501132768Simon & Schuster 2017. Hardcover. New. 144 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. Simon & Schuster hardcover
2016Best.-Nr. 1-1137548045Palgrave Macmillan 2016. Hardcover. New. 224 pages. 9.75x5.50x0.75 inches. Palgrave Macmillan hardcover
2023Best.-Nr. x-0197650805Oxford Univ Pr 2023. Paperback. New. 224 pages. 8.26x5.57x0.52 inches. Oxford Univ Pr paperback
1942Best.-Nr. bps,dsSignedPLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR BETTER DETAILS. Fine copy of This book that is hand signed and I stand by it for a lifetime. i have been dealing in books and mainly autographs for 45 years. The book has a pouch with more clippings and they are interesting parts of her life and about her books including this onenice addition. JOHN DAY hardcover
2002Best.-Nr. 1-0195150937Oxford Univ Pr 2002. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 407 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.25 inches. Oxford Univ Pr hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 143665New 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. 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
1992Best.-Nr. G0415082749I3N10Routledge 1992. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Routledge paperback
1931Best.-Nr. 143999New 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. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on a page bound in "To Kermit and Helen Fischer with deep appreciation Pearl S. Buck Christmas 1958." 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
Best.-Nr. 63790London: Henry and co. 1895. Literature FIRST EDITION. Octavo 21 x 14cm pp.viii; 290; 14. Publisher's green cloth to boards gilt titles and blue pictorial decoration blocked to upper and spine. Illustrated title page. Half-title lettered in orange. Advertisements to rear. Top edge gilt the rest untrimmed. Light toning throughout leaves no spotting. Tear to page 7 of advertisements. Gutter visible in some areas. Ownership inscription in blue pencil to flyleaf. Offsetting to front and rear endpapers. Minor splitting to hinges. Cloth binding is rubbed mostly to joints and extremities. Both boards slightly marked. Very good overall. Often considered an anti-romantic cynic due to her own failing marriage Hobbes wrote Bohemian novels surrounding romantic uncertainty. London: Henry and co., 1895 unknown
2004Best.-Nr. SKU0072416nWiley 2020-04-07. Hardcover. New. 7x1x10. Hardcover Textbook with online access code also Wiley hardcover
2008Best.-Nr. 1-8270994936Novus Press 2008. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 219 pages. 8.60x6.10x0.90 inches. Novus Press hardcover
2011Best.-Nr. 1-9653083694Yad Vashem Publications 2011. Hardcover. New. 600 pages. 10.80x8.90x2.10 inches. Yad Vashem Publications hardcover
2016Best.-Nr. 1-161163816XCarolina Academic Press 2016. Paperback. New. 464 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.25 inches. Carolina Academic Press paperback
2021Best.-Nr. 1-1549138154Blackstone Pub 2021. Audio CD. New. unabridged edition. 5.70x5.20x1.10 inches. Blackstone Pub unknown
Best.-Nr. 66792Melbourne Nelson 1970. 34pp47 b/w plates. Folio. Original cloth-backed boards in dustwrapper with short tear a very good copy. Melbourne, Nelson, 1970. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 135000Melbourne F. W. Cheshire 1971. 7 volumes. c. 50pp. each. Original laminated pictorial wrappers monochrome illustrations. A very good set complete in seven vols. First edition Melbourne, F. W. Cheshire 1971 unknown
2003Best.-Nr. 1-1583305769Feldheim Publishers 2003. Hardcover. New. 3rd edition. 471 pages. 9.50x6.75x1.50 inches. Feldheim Publishers hardcover
1971Best.-Nr. 16619London: Methuen 1971. First edition first printing. Published by Methuen in London 1971. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper designed by C. W. Bacon has some very light wear to the top edge and some curling to the bottom. There are some chips to rear panel and some slight surface marks. It has been price clipped. The boards are free from notable chips and marks and the text blocks are bright and white. There are no inscriptions or internal marks. Overall this is a near fine copy. Centring her story around a princely family of the New India Buck explores the mysticism that pervades everyday life there. It is unusual among this author's novels which are most often set in China or the U.S. Methuen hardcover
1941Best.-Nr. 099000Wellington New Zealand: The Polynesian Society 1941. Pp. iv146last colophon 2 text figures tables index; med. 8vo; red cloth lettered in black slightly soiled the corners bruised top edge of upper board slightly bumped; bookplate on upper pastedown the pages slightly browned; The Polynesian Society Wellington 1941. First edition. Memoirs of the Polynesian Society Volume 18. The Polynesian Society unknown
2022Best.-Nr. __1119867878John Wiley & Sons Inc 2022. Hardcover. New. 3rd edition. 512 pages. 10.24x7.36x1.26 inches. John Wiley & Sons Inc hardcover
1943Best.-Nr. 92544Methuen & Co. London. 1943. Methuen. 1943. First edition. DW. Slim square 8vo. Illustrated boards and endpapers. Colour illustrations. Gift inscription to half-title. Edges of boards sunned pages slightly browned otherwise a clean and sound copy in wrapper that is slightly browned and worn with a small close tear and creases to top corner of rear panel. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1506331386.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1996Best.-Nr. 18671CB1996. Erstausgabe Köln DuMont 1996 quer4° 119 S. mit zahlreichen s/w- und Farbabbildungen weißer original Leineneinband Hardcover mit montierter farbiger Deckelillustration und original Schutzumschlag Schutzumschlag minimal berieben und mit wenigen leichten Schabspuren Schutzumschlag oben am Buchrücken mit winzigem Anriss sauber mit säurefreiem Filmoplast hinterlegt sonst schönes sauberes Exemplar. Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main Nordend ggü. Musterschule möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main Nordend close to Musterschule is possible. It saves the shipping costs. hardcover
