BUCK, Pearl SABAA
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1943réf. 618037New York: John Day 1943. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Small ink notation on front fly light spotting on endpapers very good or better in a very good dust jacket with chips and tears creases and interior foxing. John Day hardcover books
1961réf. 620004New York: The John Day Company 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Slightly cocked spine owner name on the front free endpaper and some wear on the board edges thus very good in a very good dust jacket with shallow chips creasing and toning. The John Day Company hardcover books
1970réf. 93260Sydney: Thomas Nelson 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 34p. plus 47 full page plates Original cloth backed boards. dj. 41 cm. Jacket has some spotting and soiling and a small tape mark on front cover. Thomas Nelson hardcover books
1969réf. 325137New York: John Day 1969. Second. hardcover. near fine/very good-. 254 pages. 8vo brown cloth d.w. largely intact but dust-soiled price-clipped and with some foxing. New York: John Day 1969. Second impression. Near fine in very good- dust wrapper. Signed by the author on the half title page. John Day unknown books
1936réf. 32276New York: Reynal & Hitchcock / A John Day Book 1936. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock / A John Day Book 1936. First Edition with no additional printing statement. Octavo; publisher's cloth blue topstain in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price $2.50; 315pp. Jacket edges rather chipped and worn with losses at spine crown touching text shallow loss at top margin of rear panel rather extensive surface scratches to the same topstain unevenly faded endpapers toned contemporary bookseller ticket to front free endpaper else a Very Good internally clean and sound copy in a Good to Very Good jacket. Biography of Pearl Buck's mother a West Virginia woman married to a missionary who found herself in China as a young bride. "Portrait of an American Mother" - jacket subtitle. Reynal & Hitchcock / A John Day Book unknown books
1959réf. 564743New York: The John Day Company 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Foxing on the endpapers and boards about very good in about very good dust jacket with creased internal repairs. Important pianist Claudio Arrau's copy with his ownership signature. The John Day Company hardcover books
1942réf. 558130New York: The John Day Company 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. 378pp. Binding slightly cocked the spine gilt a bit tarnished near fine in a rubbed good only dust jacket with a sunned spine a couple long tears with a three inch tear on the rear panel chips and creases along the edges. The John Day Company hardcover books
1971réf. 28139New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Near Fine in Very Good dj. c.1971. 2nd printing B. Hardcover. light soiling to bottom edges of covers no other significant wear; the jacket has a tiny tear and some associated dog-earing at the top rear hinge and a couple of tiny nicks at the bottom edge of the front panel. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page: "To Flip sic -- In love is / all --- / Pearl." The inscribee Fil Perell was a Los Angeles restaurant critic/journalist and cable-access show host. Laid in is a letter TLS on Pearl Bailey Production Corp. letterhead thanking Perell whose forename is also rendered incorrectly here as "Flip" for "the beautfiul words you wrote in your column" and making reference to his having attended her recent show at the Cocoanut Grove; it's signed with her full name. Signed by Author . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
1932réf. 526127London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1932. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First English edition published in the same year as the American edition. 12mo. 187 1 pp. Binding cocked endleaves with a bit of tanning and foredge lightly spotted very good in a heavily spine-toned good only dust jacket with loss at the spine ends affecting the titling and several nicks and tears. The English edition is uncommon in jacket. Methuen & Co., Ltd hardcover books
1966réf. 504867New York: The John Day Company 1966. Softcover. Very Good. Spiral-bound uncorrected proof in tall galley form printed rectos only. Blue printed wrappers in plastic spiral binding as issued. Remnant on front wrap from a publisher's label on covers age-toning at edges of leaves else a very good copy. Very scarce in this format. The John Day Company unknown books
1971réf. 528973New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint. Illustrated with black and white plates. Very good or better with toning and light wear and very good or better with tidemark at the topedge and edgewear including nicks small tears and creases. Inscribed to actress Novella Nelson: "To dearest Novella - who faces Life - with Reality and Truth All my love your sister Pearl." Nelson served as Bailey's understudy in an all-black version of Hello Dolly! in 1967 and would go on to join the cast of the Tony nominated cast of Purlie the following year alongside Tony winners Melba Moore and Clevon Little. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich hardcover books
1972réf. 57058NY: The John Day Company 1972. Specially-bound edition limited to 1000 copies signed by Buck on the limitation page this being copy #195. One of the selected works of Pearl S. Buck issued to recognize her 80th birthday. Buck whose maiden name is Sydenstricker was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. She was well known for her efforts on behalf of Asian and mixed-race adoptions. “Imperial Woman” is the fictionalized biography of the last Empress in China Ci-xi who began as a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor and on his death became the de facto head of the Qing Dynasty until her death in 1908. 8vo. imitation white leather & blue boards stamped in gilt top edge gilt; 376 pages. Fine condition. The John Day Company unknown books
1977réf. 335521Franklin Station Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1977. Hardcover. Fine. First edition with these illustrations. Illustrated by Anthony Young Chen. Full gray cloth stamped "RECORD AND REFERENCE COPY" on the front board and spine. All edges gilt. Slight wear else fine. Presumably one of very few or perhaps the only copy thus as opposed to the thousands of leather bound copies of the publisher's "limited edition". The publisher's file copy. Franklin Library hardcover books
1973réf. 5161New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Red cloth boards. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. 211 pages. 24.5 x 15 cm. Signed on half title page: Love Pearl Bailey. Part memoir part cookbook Pearl's Kitchen invites the reader into Bailey's home - its rhythms humor and heart. Her recipes come suffused with song and story a reflection of her singular warmth both onstage and off. Interior clean. Boards clean. Dust wrapper lightly soiled. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
1953réf. 72567Brooklyn: Gramatu Draugs 1953. First and only Latvian language edition 8vo pp. 264; full red cloth fine dust jacket worn with some closed tears and a quarter sized abrasion on upper panel. A majority of Latvian intellectuals fled the country after it fell to Soviet rule resulting in a large vibrant diaspora. The owner of Gramatu Dragus HelmÄrs Rudzītis was among those refugees. He emigrated to the US in 1949 and two years later re-established Gramatu Dragus where it became the pre-eminent Lativian publisher outside of Latvia. Gramatu Draugs unknown books
1973réf. 4922New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Red cloth boards. Very good in good dust wrapper. 211 pages. 24.5 x 15 cm. Presentation copy warmly inscribed to Yogi Berra: "Dearest Yogi and Family - These 'Pots' will send the Ball over the Fence. With love - your ever-lovin' sister & Umpire Pearl." Actress singer and born raconteur Pearl Bailey brought her gift for storytelling to the kitchen in this exuberant blend of recipes reminiscence and philosophy. This copy carries an especially appealing association: Bailey's friendship with baseball great Yogi Berra. A devoted New York Mets fan she attended Game 5 of the 1969 World Series - Berra then serving as first base coach - and she was famously captured on film shouting "Did he hit him! Oh it's amazin' - AMAZIN'!" Her excitement and personality featured prominently in the official highlight reel of that championship series. Bailey's rapport with the team continued after their historic win. During the ticker-tape parade that followed she performed in Bryant Park near the New York Public Library in front of a crowd of thousands. As The New York Times Oct. 21 1969 recalled she appeared "dressed in a black suit and black hat fringed with fun" joining Metropolitan Opera baritone Robert Merrill sing a lively duet of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" with broadcaster Ralph Kiner lending commentary. Part memoir part cookbook Pearl's Kitchen invites the reader into Bailey's home - its rhythms humor and heart. Her recipes come suffused with song and story a reflection of her singular warmth both onstage and off. A lovely presentation copy linking two American originals. Interior clean. Boards toned. Dust wrapper toned and chipped at edges with small closed tear to front cover. Covered in protective mylar. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
1854réf. 60687New York: Charles B. Norton 1854. First edition 8vo pp. 137 1; rebacked with original covers laid down front cover lettered in gilt; cloth soiled some underlining and marginal ticks light damp staining to corner good and sound. Charles B. Norton unknown books
1940réf. 62364Muscaine Iowa: The Prairie Press 1940. Edition limited to 250 copies 8vo pp. 10 15-71 1; fine copy in original linen stamped in brown on spine. From the library of Kim Merker. Cheever 33. The Prairie Press unknown books
1940réf. 16586Muscaine Iowa: The Prairie Press 1940. First edition ltd. to 250 copies 8vo pp. 5-71 1; fine copy in orig. linen. Cheever 33. The Prairie Press unknown books
1933réf. 50046New York: The John Day Company 1933. Very Good /Very Good . New York: The John Day Company 19333. First Edition. Octavo 20cm; brown cloth boards in publisher's patterned dust jacket with $2.50 price intact illustrated red endsheets and red topstain; 312pp. Dust jacket rubbed; spine toned. A few minor chips at spine head and top right corner of front panel. Boards bumped. Spine slightly cocked; binding sound. Textblock endsheets and interior pages faintly foxed. Former owner's initials in blue ink at half-title page. Very Good or better. . The John Day Company unknown books
2004réf. 566856New York: Washington Square Press 2004. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Trade paperback. Modest rubbing with a small crease on the rear wrapper permanent marker line on topedge very good. Washington Square Press unknown books
1960réf. 010285Nashville Tennessee: Various 1960. Scrapbook. Very Good. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. An important and substantial archive of material consisting of the Country Music Fan Club collection of Opal May Hardyman superfan and President of the Carl Butler and Pearl Fan Club which provides a comprehensive view of the dawn of the Country Music Fan Club era. While the Loretta Lynn Fan Club organized in 1963 by the Johnson sisters Loudilla Loretta and Kay Johnson is widely recognized as the first CM Fan Club the Carl Butler and Pearl club was organized in November of 1962 and with the publication of the Butler Bulletin in February of 1963 it may actually hold that distinction. Female fans have been a driving force behind the popularity of country music since its inception.Their unwavering devotion and loyalty have played a crucial role in shaping the genre's cultural significance. The 1960s witnessed a surge in the formation of country music fan clubs often spearheaded by women who were passionate about their favorite artists. These clubs provided a platform for fans to connect with one another share their love of music and support their idols.Beyond simply admiring their favorite artists female fans actively engaged with the country music industry. They wrote letters to their favorite stars attended concerts and purchased merchandise. Their enthusiasm helped to drive record sales and generate publicity for artists contributing to their success.This archive includes over 1500 items mostly photographs celebrity and candid with many that are signed and inscribed. Also 150 Fan Club Newsletters including 40 Carl and Pearl 20 Loretta Lynn 20 Bill Anderson 20 James O'Gwynn and 50 from some 40 other country stars. It was not uncommon for fans to belong to more than one fan club and in 1967 the Johnson sisters started the International Fan Club Organization IFCO to help many other country performers and fans organize. In 1968 IFCO held its first dinner and concert with 75 fan clubs in attendance. Also included are 7 scrapbooks and photo albums the most notable a 1960 Tour Bus Trip taken by Opal and her friends to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville guided by Jim Reeves. Another scrapbook compiled by Opal is devoted entirely to Carl and Pearl. Another features many clippings and vernacular photos of the tragic deaths of C & W stars. Other items include: Broadsides Concert Programs and tickets Newspaper clippings Holiday and greeting cards post cards and multiple Country Music publications and assorted ephemera. A richly diverse and fascinating collection filling three bankers boxes from an important period and turning point in the history of Country Music. . Various Paperback books
1983réf. 109969Erving:: Erving Historical Society. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited edition: this copy is number 263 of 500 copies. SIGNED by the three authors on the limitation page. Very good in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and design. No dust jacket as issued.; 275 pages . 1983. Erving Historical Society, hardcover books
1931réf. 140940954London: Methuen & Co. LTD 1931. First British Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First British edition first printing of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Bound in publisher's original cloth. Near Fine with light fading to spine a small ding to top and bottom edge of upper board. In a Near Fine dust jacket with light edge wear. Methuen & Co. LTD unknown books
2005réf. TB24923n.p.: Westvaco Corporation 2005. Limited Edition. Fine in in bright red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and decorated end sheets. It contains two CD's of music from India by Rasa Music. Without a dust jacket as issued; however the book is contained within a fine highly decorated bright red cloth covered clamshell case secured with brass hinges. Contained within this case is a CD titled: A Silk Road journey Instrumentals and Vocals. bright red cloth covered clamshell case secured with brass hinges. Contained within this case is a CD titled: A Silk Road journey Instrumentals and Vocals. 346 pages of text with illustrations in the margins. The Christmas 2005 issue by Westvaco which is the 48th volume in Westvaco's annual American Classic series. Westvaco Corporation hardcover books
