4 870 résultats
1943réf. 425602New York: John Day 1943. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Nearly invisible dampstain on the front board else fine in bright very good plus dustwrapper with a few very small nicks and tears. An unusually nice copy of a cheaply produced wartime book about China and Burma. John Day hardcover books
1966réf. 413661New York: John Day 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in price-clipped else fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Buck "For Elvin and Patty Souder Greetings from Pearl S. Buck. July 1966. John Day hardcover books
1941réf. 111323Chicago: Meyer & Brother 1941. Softcover. Good. First edition. Stapled wrappers. Faded wrappers creasing and some spotting thus very good. Recitations musical readings exercises pantomimes drills dialogs acrostics pageants playlets and songs. A Paramount Line publications. Meyer & Brother unknown books
1930réf. 379446New York: Alfred A. KNopf 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Revised edition. Paper spine label. 123pp. Slightly cocked with wear on the board edges and toning else very good with previous owner book plate on the front pastedown. Alfred A. KNopf hardcover books
1995réf. 379686New York: Riverhead Book 1995. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Advance reading copy. Wrappers. Fine with publisher's information laid in. Riverhead Book unknown books
1971réf. 365194Philadelphia: Pearl S. Buck Foundation Inc 1971. Softcover. Fine. One folio sheet folded to make six pages. Volume 2 Issue 5 of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation newsletter. Folded as issued. Fine. Most of the newsletter is devoted to the story and a message from Buck. Pearl S. Buck Foundation, Inc unknown books
1968réf. 365238New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated with black and white plates. Bowed boards with light foxing on the page edges else very good in a very good dustwrapper with foxing on the rear panel rubbing and edgewear. Signed by the author. Harcourt, Brace & World hardcover books
2006réf. 366777New York: Random House 2006. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Random House hardcover books
1939réf. 96291New York: John Day Company 1939. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a light rubbed near fine price-clipped dustwrapper lacking the cardboard slipcase. John Day Company hardcover books
1942réf. 83596New York: Crowell-Collier 1942. Unbound. Near Fine. Poster printed on cardstock. Measuring 11" x 16". Very light soiling else fine. Advertising poster for a specific issues of Collier's Magazine with an illustration of a fashionable woman in a yellow hat by the artist Jon Whitcomb. Buck's novel was serialized in Collier's in 1942 and has never been published in book form except in a German translation. Crowell-Collier unknown books
1971réf. 84783Philadelphia: Pearl S. Buck Foundation Inc 1971. Softcover. Fine. One folio sheet folded to make six pages. Volume 2 Issue 5 of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation newsletter. Folded as issued. Fine. Signed by Pearl S. Buck. Most of the newsletter is devoted to the story and a message from Buck. Very uncommon signed by the author. Pearl S. Buck Foundation, Inc unknown books
1936réf. 85303New York: John Day 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Very near fine lacking the dustwrapper. John Day hardcover books
1971réf. 47040New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 233pp. Edges of the boards faded else near fine in near fine price-clipped dustwrapper with some light soiling to the rear panel. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
1936réf. 36158New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1936. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Slight trace of lightening at the extremities still fine lacking the dustwrapper. The author's uncommon biography of her father an adventurer who traveled throughout China. Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover books
1942réf. 507941942. Unbound. Fine. Broadside printed on cardstock. Measuring 11" x 16". Very light soiling else fine. Poster reading "Don't Miss Pearl Buck's Powerful New Novel 'China Gold.'" The novel relating "How two young Americans find love in war-torn China" was serialized in Collier's Magazine in 1942 and has never been published in book form except in a German translation. unknown books
1937réf. 71702Copenhagen: Jespersen og Pios Forlag 1937. Hardcover. Fine. First edition thus. Fine in quarter leather over marbled paper. Danish translation of Fighting Angel. Jespersen og Pios Forlag hardcover books
1971réf. 5184New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Slight discoloration of endpapers from binders glue else about fine in fine price-clipped dustwrapper. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
1967réf. 81615New York: John Day Company 1967. Softcover. Fine. Revised edition. Quarto. Stapled wrappers. 8pp. Fine. Signed by Pearl S. Buck. Originally published as a promotional piece in 1936 it was revised and re-issued in 1967. Although it is described as biographical some informed speculation exists that this was written by Buck herself. (John Day Company) unknown books
1942réf. 816341942. Unbound. Fine. Typed Letter Signed from Buck dated 25 February 1942 on her New York stationery to an editor stating "Enclosed is something which I would like to say to the colored people of this country. I am sending copies of this letter to colored journals and shall be glad to have you use it if you wish." Whatever was enclosed is no longer present. Fine. Apparently Buck sent several copies of this letter to editors as we have a second copy bound into a copy of her 1942 novel Dragon Seed however all evidence indicates that she did hand sign each one. unknown books
1932réf. 81763New York: John Day Company 1932. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Stapled wrappers. 8pp. Harper and Row file copy with their ownership stamp and remnants of their label on the spine. Rubbing on the front wrap else very good or better. Very scarce. (John Day Company) unknown books
1968réf. 628269New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Early reprint. 206pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Foxing on the page edges and owner name on the front free endpaper thus very good in a very good dust jacket with fading on the spine tiny tears and creasing. Inscribed by the author. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
1976réf. 71398NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1976. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Third Printing. Foxing to the edges of the textblock else a very good hardback in a jacket that is sunned on the spine and has a tiny closed tear to the top edge of the front panel. Inscribed and signed by Bailey. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
1971réf. 71400NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Second Printing. Very good hardback in a slightly edgeworn and tanned jacket that has some creasing to the front panel. Inscribed and signed by Bailey on the half title page. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
1972réf. 331944New York: John Day 1972. hardcover. very good/very good. Some b/w illustrations. 177 pages. Small 4to natural cloth with black graphic discolored at edges pictorial d.w. chipped at head. New York: John Day 1972. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. John Day unknown books
1956réf. 617113New York: The John Day Company 1956. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Second printing. Slight page toning else about fine in a very good dust jacket with some fading on the spine shallow chips and creasing. "An historical novel about the last empress of China. The John Day Company hardcover books