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1940réf. 005700Muscatine Iowa: The Prairie Press 1940. Book. Fine. Cloth. Limited First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine in a Near Fine original glassine dust jacket 2 small chips top edge rear panel. One of 250 copies. Cheever 33. The Prairie Press Hardcover books
1964réf. 1406611London: Oxford University Press 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo x 364 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine deep beige with black lettering. Exterior has moderate plus wear including age toning to the spine/edges few minor chips to the head/tail edges and mild age toning to the interior. Boards have slight wear including light rubbing to the edges and slight cocking to the spine. Text block has modest wear including slight age toning to the edges previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown and previous owner's information the the front free end paper. Several instances of notations to the interior with some notations to the rear end paper. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Column X. 1406611. FP New Rockville Stock. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1961réf. 1345321Oxford: Oxford University Press 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 364 pages; VG-/VG-; spine age toned with orange lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; age toning to jacket; small stain to jacket front; inch-long closed tear to bottom of front jacket joint; soiling to jacket back; price uncut '42s.'; binding slightly shaken; pages clean; shelved England. 1345321. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1931réf. 48926New York: The John Day Company 1931. Very Good. New York: The John Day Company 1931. First Edition first state with "flees" to page 100 and "The John Day Publishing Company" to copyright page. Octavo; brown cloth stamped in gilt; decorative green endpapers; tan topstain; 375pp. Lacks dust jacket. Mild edgewear; rubbing to spine; light spotting; binding sound; ownership inscription and bookseller notes to preliminaries else unmarked. A Very Good copy of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel which was quite influential in Buck becoming the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. The John Day Company unknown books
1964réf. 350127London: Vote Against Land Nationalisation Campaign 1964. Pamphlet. 12 pages staplebound pamphlet. Antisocialist tract. Vote Against Land Nationalisation Campaign unknown books
1842réf. 3899Portland: William Hyde 1842. 179 pp. Wear to the covers. Hyde was principal of the Buckfield High School and Lyceum. He was a proponent of Colonization and debated William Lloyd Garrison on this topic when Garrison was on a lecture tour of Maine. William Hyde unknown books
1946réf. 33571Washington: GPO 1946. Senate Document No. 244 79th Congress 2d Session. Octavo. xvi 580pp. 3 folding maps. Complete as issued in the original publisher's cloth. Two ink stamps on the front free endpaper else very good with no other markings. Boards moderately soiled. Very Good. The scarce final report with the minority views of Homer Ferguson and Owen Brewster. FIRST EDITION. GPO unknown books
1944réf. 19004New York: The John Day Company 1944. Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine. The limited edition of The Story of Dragon Seed signed by Pearl S. Buck. This short work recounts how Buck came to write Dragon Seed and her contacts with Chinese farmers in Nanking. Twelvemo 15pp 1. Red cloth illustration stamped in black on the front panel. Appears unread. From a limited edition of 600 copies for "Presentation by the East and West Association." This copy is signed by Pearl S. Buck on the front free endpaper. Dragon Seed was first published by The John Day Company in 1942 a wartime novel set in and around Nanking during the Japanese invasion of China. The book was adapted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer into the 1944 film Dragon Seed starring Katharine Hepburn Walter Huston and Aline MacMahon. The John Day Company unknown books
1948réf. 17169New York: Limited Editions Club 1948. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. From the Limited Editions Club All Men Are Brothers translated by Pearl S. Buck signed by the illustrator Miguel Covarrubias. Folio two volumes xxix 1 350pp; 8 351-688pp. Stiff boards covered in bark-paper bound together with red cords title on red label attached to front covers. Clean text no marks or notations. Bright illustrations. Light soiling to spine of both volumes text blocks sound. Original red paper board chemise with red cloth spine title printed on label attached to spine toning to interior and exterior of spine stain on label. Housed in publisher's original red cardboard slipcase shelf wear chipping along edges seams reinforced with archival tape repair now stable. From a limited edition of 1500 copies this being number 59 signed by the illustrator Miguel Covarrubias in Volume II. A nice example. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1999réf. 56755Salt Lake City UT: Utah State Historical Society 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. As new/as new. 335pp. Octavo 23.5 cm Navy blue boards. Illustrated with photographs. In shrink wrap. One of the uniform Utah county histories published as part of the Utah Centennial County History Series to celebrate Utah's centennial. Utah State Historical Society hardcover books
1949réf. 2346917New York: International Collectors Library 1949. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 7x5x0. Palacios Rafael. Includes publisher's insert. Minimal cosmetic wear. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1949 Hard Cover. 260 pp. Rafael Palacios binding. Original terra cotta leatherette hardcover binding gilt titles and decorations top edge gilt ribbon marker bound in terra cotta endpapers. "This tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers; but they will soon meet their own downfall. Hard times come upon Wang Lung and his family when flood and drought force them to seek work in the city. The working people riot breaking into the homes of the rich and forcing them to flee. When Wang Lung shows mercy to one noble and is rewarded he begins to rise in the world even as the House of Hwang falls. International Collectors Library hardcover books
réf. 2344670New York: The John Day Company 1942. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8x5x1. Book club edition. Jacket edges rubbed with minor tears. 1942 Hard Cover. 378 pp. Buck won the Pulitzer in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature the first woman to win the latter. To the Chinese the dragon is not an evil creature but is a god and the friend of men who worship him. He "holds in his power prosperity and peace." Ruling the waters and the winds he sends the good rain is hence the symbol of fecundity. In the Hsia dynasty two dragons fought a great duel until both disappeared leaving only a fertile foam from which were born the descendants of the Hsia. Thus the dragons came to be looked upon as the ancestors of a race of heroes. This is the story of China at War. The John Day Company hardcover books
réf. 2338641New York: John Day Company 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x8x0. Magagna Anna Marie. First edition. Includes original jacket. Ink gift note on front endpaper endpapers lightly foed and toned bottom corner of front jacket flap clipped a couple closed jacket tears and a 1/2 inch abrasion along top edge small tape repair and 1/4 inch chip along rear jacket edges. 1960 Hard Cover. 42 pp. Pictorial boards not the less desirable blue cloth library binding. Illustrations by Anna Marie Magagna. A Christmas story for young readers by the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning The Good Earth and other novels. Buck was also the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. John Day Company hardcover books
1944réf. 2338927New York: The Modern Library 1944. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 7x4x0. Angelo Valenti. 1934-6 printing of Toledano 002.3 binding/jacket style 7f orange Rockwell Kent endpapers 95 cent jacket price 242 titles on jacket reverse. Jacket toned. 1944 Hard Cover. xiii 1 374 1 pp. Introduction by author Valenti Angelo jacket art. This Pulitzer Prize-winning classic tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers; but they will soon meet their own downfall. Hard times come upon Wang Lung and his family when flood and drought force them to seek work in the city. The working people riot breaking into the homes of the rich and forcing them to flee. When Wang Lung shows mercy to one noble and is rewarded he begins to rise in the world even as the House of Hwang falls. The Modern Library hardcover books
réf. 2330635New York: The John Day Company 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8x5x1. First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with some small chips and small tears. Endpaper gutters lightly soiled. 1942 Hard Cover. 378 pp. Buck won the Pulitzer in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature the first woman to win the latter. To the Chinese the dragon is not an evil creature but is a god and the friend of men who worship him. He "holds in his power prosperity and peace." Ruling the waters and the winds he sends the good rain is hence the symbol of fecundity. In the Hsia dynasty two dragons fought a great duel until both disappeared leaving only a fertile foam from which were born the descendants of the Hsia. Thus the dragons came to be looked upon as the ancestors of a race of heroes. This is the story of China at War. The John Day Company hardcover books
1964réf. 2323377Derby: Monarch Books 1964. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 0x0x0. 1st printing. Toning ink mark to front wrapper. 1964 Mass Market Paperback. 157 pp. 16 pages of photos. "A comprehensive account of assassinations and assassination attempts from Caesar's time to the present ending with the murder of President Kennedy. Monarch Books paperback books
1965réf. 2310800New York: Trident Press 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. First edition. Jacket toned with minor loss from corners ink name on front endpaper. 1965 Hard Cover. 373 pp. "Ed Remington the central figure is an Army draftee during the Korean crisis who goes about the business of soldiering by keeping his nose clean and minding his own business. If he has a creed it is the vague passive one of live and let live. This formula for survival--for it is that more than a positive outlook or creed--is not really put to the test until he is assigned a burdensome but seemingly innocuous forty-eight-hour duty in the prison stockade."--jacket Trident Press hardcover books
1941réf. 7232New York: House of Field Inc. . Very Good in Very Good dj. Unstated ed. Hardcover. good solid copy minimal wear top edge dust-darkened a few spots on front pastedown and ffep small bookstore stamp on front pastedown; jacket a bit edgeworn a few small insect holes at rear flap foldover minor chipping at top of spine. "Reading this book is much like spending a vacation at an old Kentucky manor house. You cannot fail to respond to the warmth of Southern hospitality and you will be sure to make many interesting and lasting friends. Your host General Shelby and the general's boss a sixteen-year-old girl who recented inherited the estate of Cedarstone will entertain you lavishly. It will be the most enjoyable and exciting vacation you ever spent--replete with outdoor sports historical excursions romance secret passages exciting adventures and all the other elements that go to make life more worthwhile. " The copyright page states that "this book is the screen version of ' Cedarstone' 1937 by the same author." Not quite sure what that means as there appears to be no record of a movie version under either title nor is the book written in scenario or treatment form. . 1941. House of Field, Inc. hardcover books
1969réf. 70495Boulder CO: Pruett Publishing Company 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good . 134pp. Octavo 22.5 cm. Full light blue cloth covered boards. Title stamped in dark blue ink on the spine. Map endpapers in front and folded map tucked into pocket on rear endpaper. Beautiful pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket a bit toned with a touch of wear to the edges. Pearl Baker's biographical account of Bert Loper's life and various river running adventures. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Pruett Publishing Company hardcover books
1976réf. 59232New York Washington ET AL: Vantage Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0533018528 . A soiled edition in Very Good condition in a soiled and edgeworn dust-jacket with a few edge tears otherwise Very Good; Lu Hsun was a Chinese writer and social critic who is best known for his novel The Good Earth. Chen examines the social thought of Lu Hsun focusing on his critiques of traditional Chinese society and his proposals for reform.; 8vo; 515 pages . Vantage Press hardcover books
1969réf. 55506New York Chicago ET AL: Holt Rinehart and Winston. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0030725208 . A first edition/first printing in unblemished condition housed in a barely scuffed Near Fine dust-ajcket; This book is about the life and work of Malcolm Lowry. It includes a biography of Lowry as well as essays on his works.; 8vo; 241 pages . Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
1975réf. 26721New York London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. c1975. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151265763 . A near fine first printing of the first edition in dust jacket end papers llightly glue stained little wear to edges of dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by author Pearl Baily on the title page ; If Duey's Tale were not a story it would have to be a poem. If Pearl Bailey had lived in another time she would have recited Duey's Tale from village to village with the children and adults gathered round. Duey's Tale is a journey an odyssey a story for readers of all ages which once read will not be forgotten; 8vo; iv 59 1 pages; Signed by Author . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
2006réf. 53574New York: Random House. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1400061032 . A Fine first edition/first printing in a like dust-jacket that has little rubbing to the trim of the dust-jacket; The Poe Shadow is a mystery novel written by Matthew Pearl. It follows the story of Poe a young boy who is mysteriously killed and returns as a ghost. His mission is to find out who killed him and why. Along the way he meets new friends and enemies and tries to solve the mystery of his death.; 8vo; 370 pages . Random House hardcover books
2006réf. 53576New York: Random House. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1400061032 . A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in an equally unblemished dust-jacket; The Poe Shadow is a thrilling dark mystery novel that follows the life of Edgar Allan Poe as he struggles to find his place in the world. When Poe's childhood friend and mentor John Allan dies Poe is left to pick up the pieces of his life. Allan's death throws Poe into a deep depression and he spends his days writing dark disturbing poems. One day Poe meets a girl named Sarah who seems to offer him salvation. However Sarah is actually a vampire and she is planning to kill Poe so she can take his life force. Poe must use all of his wits to outsmart Sarah and save himself from her grasp.; 8vo; 370 pages . Random House hardcover books
1951réf. 40100Sage Books. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1951. Hardcover. A Very Good edition with rubbing to the aged boards in a Good dust-jacket that is heavily scuffed and edgeworn ; A complete guide with maps milage logs and pictures; 8vo; 125 pages; FSA . Sage Books hardcover books