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rif. Z1-W-025-01776Oxford University Press. Used - Good. 1961 In dust wrapperan odd pen line to margin. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support the African Children's Educational Trust A-CET. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Through our work with A-CET we have helped give hundreds of young people in Africa the vital chance to get an education. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Oxford University Press unknown
rif. 11211Pearl Baker. 1973 VG/Fair DJ had moisture damage resulting in a 1/4" band with tattered edge missing frm top of DJ Cover and pages were ot harmed INSCIBED BY AUTHOR TO "Glen and Cathy Swanger with all my Best wishs 5 by 7" B&W photo of Author with insription on Pearl Baker unknown
2003rif. 204130NY: Random House 2003. ARC for the first edition. Glossy pictoral wraps. Signed and dated "2-27-03" by Pearl on the title page. Bottom corner of front wrap just touched; rear wrap upper corner and few text page corners with shallow small crease trifle spine bottom edge bump. Unread copy. Near Fine condition. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reader's Copy. Random House Paperback
1923rif. 000994MERRIMACK MASSACHUSETTS MA. Good. 1923. On offer is the original handwritten manuscript 1923 diary of Pearl F. Adams of Merrimack Massachusetts who diligently records the events in her life as a homemaker and substitute school teacher. Her husband 'G.O.' children Norman Edwin and William her folks and the endless visitors to listen to the radio all figure large in Pearl's life. She used the train to Boston and home sometimes a 'jitney' she is often going to shows movies in Boston. She writes of trip to Maine to pick berries and trip to Moosehead Lake and Montreal and other parts of Quebec then Fort Ticonderoga in summer. Trips to Gloucester and Salisbury beaches also Salem Willows and Canobie Lake. Big Christmas party Dec. 21st. Pearl's birthday is Dec. 24th and she spent it baking pies and a pudding getting ready for Christmas. For Christmas they burned the candles to the socket and stayed up to after 12 o'clock. Entries for all of 1923 and up to Feb. 9th 1924. This is a charming detailed look at life post World War I era. Standard black cloth diary with almanac pages tidal information public holidays antidotes for poisons etc. Tab closure tab broken. Overall G.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; World War I Era Education Teaching Rural Life Pre Suffrage Post Suffrage Genealogy ephemera Hand Written Personal Americana Memoir Handwritten autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author Holograph personal Ephemera antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito . hardcover
1970rif. 003809Nashville TN: Aurora Publishers Inc. 1970. 2nd Edition Revised and Enlarged . Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Nashville TN: Aurora Publishers Inc. 1970. 2nd Edition Revised and Enlarged . Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Spiral bound cookbook written by Minnie Pearl with her picture on the front cover.Light fading and corner edge wear. Inscribed with Merry Christmas and more to previous owner and Dated 1988. O/W pages are unmarked /tight Aurora Publishers, Inc. unknown
1941rif. 013012002The John Day Co 1941. Hardcover. Good. 1941 John Day hardcover with dust jacketInscribed to previous owner by the authordust jacket is in mylar with some small tears and has a small label on spine that says signedGently read nice clean copy has part of an envelope glued to inside of the back cover from a private collector b6 The John Day Co hardcover
1932rif. 024704New York: The John Day Company 1932 A salesman's Dummy. "First trade edition" so stated on copyright page with "September 1932." The first page of text is printed followed by 24 pages of order blanks for the first edition for $2.50 and first limited signed edition for $10. Following this are several hundred blank pages however someone has hand written some personal accounts in ink on the first 59 pages. 8vo. Brown cloth stamped in gilt and blindstamped. Red pictorial endpages. Clean and sharp. no jacket. Fine condition. The John Day Company hardcover
1970rif. 141957Australia: Thomas Nelson 1970. Hardcover. There is a small hole in the cloth of the spine which does not affect the text that is in fine clean condition. Book is without dust jacket. lg folio 34pp. plus 47 plates. Thomas Nelson hardcover
1946rif. A5ouf71946. HB w/dustjacket. Good. 1946 HB w/dustjacket Good condition Dj has wear at edges 316 pages Text Very Good condition Published John Day Company Book Club Edition A5 ISBN: B000NXBA58 hardcover
1980rif. 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
1996rif. ABE566339304Saunders College Publishing St. Louis MO 1996. 4th Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Used good. Text is unmarked. 1200 pages. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Category: Science & Technology; Biology; Biology; ISBN: 0030103533. ISBN/EAN: 9780030103537. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: ABE566339304. . 9780030103537 Saunders College Publishing paperback
1954rif. 024259New York: The John Day Company 1954 Twelfth impression nicely signed by the author on half-title page with blue sharpie: "Pearl S. Buck" - not inscribed. 8vo. Bright green cloth stamped in gilt. Clean. Tightly bound. Dust jacket faded just a little on spine. Fine/ near Fine. . The John Day Company hardcover
1971rif. 15966New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971 Third printing signed by the author in blue pen on half-title page - "Love Pearl Bailey". Includes two 3.5" x 5" B&W photos of Bailey signed by her - "Love Pearl" in black pen. 8vo purple cloth. 233 pages. Top page edges stained purple. Includes a 3" x 4 1/4" ticket envelope for The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with a ticket stub from 1/21/1976 inside. Dust jacket price clipped. Fine/ near Fine. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
1931rif. 11702New York: John Day 1931 First Edition elusive first issue with "flees" for "fleas" in line 17 page 100. Also "John Day Publishing Co." on copyright page and with top edges stained brown. Brown cloth. The book is tight and clean . Foredges are uncut. Small owner's name in pen on half-title page. Green pictorial endpages in nice condition. Top pages edges stained brown - clean. Clean looking cloth binding with bright gilt on front board - faded a little on spine. Spine has some fading and a few subtle spots - a very small wear spot is at the lower left. Edges not worn. Very good or better. no jacket. A Pulitzer prize winner. John Day hardcover
1971rif. 030668Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall Inc. 1971. Book. N-Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean unread copy. This copy has some browning to the edges of the text block a small stain to the top right hand corner of the title pages else fine. The priced jacket has some light browning to extremities two creases to the rear flap else fine. This book has been signed by Moore. Prentice-Hall, Inc. Hardcover
1934rif. 311697NY: JOHN DAY. Fine. 1934. First Edition. Fine in a fine fresh dj. The author here returns to the themes of her Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Good Earth." A superior copy. B . JOHN DAY. unknown
1971rif. COLLECTI008659INEW YORK NY: HARCOURT BRACE JOVANOVICH IN. FINE IN NEAR FINE DUST JACKET. PUB 1971. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ISBN: INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE PAGE FOLLOWING THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. ISFINE WITH LIGHT TANNING TO THE WHITE AREAS OF THE D.J. AND IS NOTPRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN BRIGHT UNFADED COPY WITH NOREMAINDER MARK. NOTE: DEDICATION PAGE INSCRIPTION "DEDICATED / TOHUMANITY / IN LOVE / PEARL" IS A FACSIMILE INSCRIPTION . Keywords: AFRICAN-AM WRITER AUTOBIOGRAPHY SIGNED ABCDEF. HARCOURT BRACE JOVANOVICH IN hardcover
rif. a75441Washington 1946. There are 40 volumes including the Final Report to the Congressional inquiry on the Pearl Harbor Attack. Part 38 consists of exhibits to the Hewitt Inquiry Parts 36 and 37. Octavo 302 foldout monochrome illustrations original printed wraps. Ink number along top edge of front. Good wraps a bit worn a few chips on edges foldout plates are VG. . paperback
1994rif. 14621GNBaltimore MD: Gateway Press Inc. 1994. 290 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on binding. Very bright and clean. Corners bumped. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY PEARL CORBIN HELWIG. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gateway Press, Inc. Hardcover
1961rif. 3486NEW YORK N Y: JOHN DAY CO. 1961. hard cover with dj. very good near fine with dj. John Day Company 1962. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good near fine; Second Impression.blue embossed cloth lettered on Spine; top text is colored light blue; Very light cover wear. The dust jacket has a picture of author and a few edge chips; No marked pages. Not a remainder. Not an ex-library book. No loose or torn pages. front board is blind stamped signature of author; JOHN DAY CO. hardcover
1967rif. 68025NY:: John Day Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. 0381999157 . Eighth impression. Near fine in a very good price clipped dust jacket.; 80 pages . John Day Company, hardcover
2005rif. 32019Illus. end papers MeadWestvaco's Classic Series unknown
1968rif. 004053New York: Pocket Books 1968. Book. Near Fine. Mass Market Paperback. Signed by Authors. 280 pages. Stated 9th printing: January 1968. Uncommon for a mass market paperback this copy is signed by the author on the title page. Spine uncreased appears unread. Some wear to covers. Clean copy with all edges red. Gift quality. Pocket Books Paperback
1970rif. 103-1924New York: John Day 1970. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full tan cloth. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in gilt. Octavo. 305pps. A special limitation page reads: 'Of this special edition of China As I See It 3000 copies have been retained by the author for presentation'. This copy is not numbered but is SIGNED by the author. An excellent collector's-quality copy: clean tight square and bright. All tips are sharp. The pages are immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket glossy in a mylar sleeve has light rubbing wear -- particularly at the tips and the spine-ends; no chips soiling or tears. The original price 7.95 is intact. A beautiful copy of a scarce issue. ".With Communist control of China in its third decade Pearl Buck takes a long view of a country that measures its history by millennia. 'China As I See It' is made up of a selection of Pearl Buck's writings and speeches beginning in the 1930's with a long final chapter newly written to summarize the Communist take-over its background and its consequences." Purchase with confidence: all books gradings and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision photos can be emailed upon request. SIGNED by the Author. Limited First Edition. Cloth. John Day Hardcover
1972rif. 303-3045New York: John Day 1972. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full white buckram. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in black. Quarto. Burnt-orange endpapers. 177pps. with numerous black-and-white photos. Pages 95 and 97 have 1" closed tears with attendant creases otherwise Fine: clean tight square and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The price-clipped dustjacket glossy in a mylar sleeve has a slight crease in the rear panel and at the lower rear tip; no chips soiling or tears. This is copy #402 of 1000 SIGNED by the author on a special tipped-in sheet in honor of her 80th birthday. A very nice collector's-quality copy. ".'We cannot understand China's present unless we know her past' says Pearl S. Buck. Here she shares with us her knowledge of China's past and present its history religions customs and culture and her own memories of China personal and public. Accompanying the text are 40 photographs of China by such famous photographers as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Marc Riboud each with a personal comment by Miss Buck." Purchase with confidence: all books gradings and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision photos can be emailed upon request. SIGNED by the Author. Limited First Edition. Buckram. John Day Hardcover