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1966Best.-Nr. 101443NY:: John Day Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. A novel. First edition. Near fine in a very good minor edge wear dust jacket. . John Day Company, hardcover
1958Best.-Nr. 002658Harper & Brothers Publishers 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition stated. Black cloth spine over charcoal cloth boards lettered in red & gilt map endpapers octavo. Owner's name & stamp to front endpapers else near fine. Original price of $3.50 intact on DJ flap tape stain and a few soil marks to rear panel of DJ; front cover & spine look great; designed by Philip Grushkin. A narrative of the Japanese fishing boat whose crew were the first victims of the "superbomb" exploded by the US at Bikini Atoll. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
1961Best.-Nr. 1006231Los Angeles: Allied Artists 1961. Softcover. Veery Good with some small creases on a few edges. Eight 8 vintage original 8" x 10" black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photos of "The Big Wave" which tells the story of Japanese villagers whose town is threatened by a volcano on one side and tidal waves on the other. Based on Pearl S. Buck's 1948 novel of the same name. The film stars Sessue Hayakawa Mickey Curtis K_ji Shitara and Hiroyuki _ta. Allied Artists unknown
1969Best.-Nr. 383636NY: John Day Company 1969. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. William Arthur Smith. Hardcover oblong pictorial cloth 64 pages illustrated in two-colors by William Arthur Smith. SIGNED BY BUCK on the title page. Originally published 1n 1942 this is the 17th printing and was most likely signed in 1969 by Buck in Danby Vermont where she lived in her later years. Bright clean copy no dust jacket. Record # 383636 John Day Company hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. 45218NY: John Day. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Original red cloth yellow topstain. Two volumes in slipcase. Spine sunned else fine condition; with cellophane wrappers. Laid into V1 is Buck's "A Note by the Translator." The slipcase is mildly sunned and a bit rubbed/marked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1279 pages . John Day hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. 019386Springfield OH: Crowell Publishing Company 1933. Wraps. Good. Color illustrated wraps. Folio. 144 pp. Sixtieth anniversary issue. Illustrations throughout including some by Norman Rockwell illustrating a Booth Tarkington story. Single issue of this long running journal featuring fiction current events fashion etc. This issue notable for containing the second installment of "A Comedian Sees the World" by Charlie Chaplin recalling his travels and events some of which inspired future films. Also present is an essay by Eleanor Roosevelt that discusses the married woman in business; a short story by Theodore Dreiser "Solution;" stories by Pearl S. Buck E. Phillips Oppenheim etc. GOOD condition. Faint dampstaining and rippling to the fore edge of the magazine. General toning foxing and spotting to the covers. Minor soiling and edgewear with a few small creases. Mailing label on the lower front cover. Several pages with dog ear creasing to their upper corners. Crowell Publishing Company unknown
1931Best.-Nr. 57785London Great Britain: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1931. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First U.K. Edition. 244 pages 12mo. Missing dust-jacket. Light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering along spine blind-stamped title on front cover. Stated on copyright page: "First Published in Great Britain in 1931". Printed by Jarrold and Sons Ltd. Norwich. Includes 8 pages of Methuen's General Literature at rear. Shelfwear: scuffing along edges and covers spine is cocked inner front spine hinge is cracked some tanning and foxing on endpapers and inside covers previous seller's small bookplate on inside front cover. Volume is in Fair condition. Methuen & Co. Ltd. Hardcover
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1973Best.-Nr. MASTER323870INew York: Mcgraw-Hill Book Company. Vg-/Vg- Light Edgewear. Dealer Sticker Ffep. Prev. Owner Name On Both Paste-Downs. Dj Lightly Sunned At Spine Edgeworn & Lightly Soiled A Few Small Tears. Pages: 472. 1973. 5th Edition. Hardcover. Mcgraw-Hill Book Company hardcover
1982Best.-Nr. MASTER263789IPhoenix OR.: Bill Pearl Enterprises. Vg In Wraps. Lightly Worn. Pages: 638. 1982. 7th. Trade Paperback. Bill Pearl Enterprises paperback
1920Best.-Nr. 006272New York: Harcourt Brace & Company 1920. circa 1920. 192 pp. with 16 color plates plus numerous additional plates in sepia. Speaks to the roadways of Paris the spine and the vertebrae the streets of Paris the people the homes the children village life government and much more. Three quarter leather with inlaid design on front and rear covers. Raised spine with gilt lettering. Gilt top edge. The volume is beautifuk clean tight and clear with remarkable pictorial renditions. Light water stain on left side of cover. Text tight and clean. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Harcourt Brace & Company hardcover
1979Best.-Nr. mon0003320321Physical Fitness Architects 1979. Hardcover. Good. . Volume I ONLY. Scarce. First ed stated. Number 857 of only 1000 copies SIGNED by Bill on title page. No jacket if issued. Boards loose from textblock but still attached by endpapers could be repaired by an expert. Otherwise GOOD. Minor wear to boards. Pages/boards clean. Physical Fitness Architects hardcover
Best.-Nr. 46920Pearl Mae Bailey was an American actress singer and author. She received a Special Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of Hello Dolly! in 1968. In 1976 she became the first African-American to receive the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1988. Suitable for framing. From a recently acquired autograph collection. Provenance available on request. See photo. . Signed by Author. unknown
1953Best.-Nr. BIBLIO-04703Oxford University Press first edition 1953. Cloth 8vo. vii 266 pp. 289 entries. Uncommon. The best bibliography of Cobbett with entries extensively annotated to provide more general information on his life and times.With a foreword by G.D.H. Cole. From the blurb: "The occasion of this book was the acquisition by Nuffield College of the very full collection of Cobbett's writings amassed by Professor G. D. H. Cole.It is a combination of bibliography and biography built round a fuller and more complete account of Cobbett's voluminous writings in both England and America than has yet been given. This account containing much new information about the manner and effect of his publications together with a description of other writings and of important manuscript material has been used by the author to give a rounded picture of the life and times of a vivid personality with the aim of providing not only a work of reference for the scholar but also a signpost for the general reader. Spine slightly rubbed with small shadow of removed label. Covers slightly-marked quarter-inch neatly trimmed at foot of title-page and following page otherwise Good. Oxford University Press, first edition, 1953 hardcover
1915Best.-Nr. biblio36181New York: The Macmillan Company; 1st Edition 1915. VII 162 pages Ads. Fine Hardcover SlateGray cloth Gilt spine title no dj. Minimal rubbing to the ends of the spine and to the corners No Wear. Clean Unmarked throughout. Strong tight binding. Perfect hinges. 7.7"x5.25"x0.9". be25338. The Macmillan Company hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. 000086New York : John Day Company 1930. 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. No Dust Jacket. 5th Printing January 1932. Blue boards with fading on spine. Gilt lettering on spine and design on front cover is considerably faded. Cloth is worn away on top and bottom of spine and binding is loose on both front and back cover. Slight water stain on the top of pages throughout the book. Reasonably good edition of a fairly rare book. John Day Company hardcover
1966Best.-Nr. 100627NY:: John Day Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. First edition. SIGNED by both authors in the year of publication. Near fine in a very good some light edge wear dust jacket.; 221 pages . John Day Company, hardcover
1966Best.-Nr. 11718John Day NY 1966 First Edition. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Nicely signed by both authors "Pearl S. Buck Theodore F. Harris June 1966 with black pen on blank prelim. Clean. Tightly bound. near Fine condition. No dust jacket. John Day hardcover