Best.-Nr. 3805P., Imprimerie Céas, 1926. Fascicule in 8, 45 pp. illustrées.
Best.-Nr. QWA-9659Editions Challenge, 1996, in-4 rel. toile (21,5 x 28), présentation de Gaston Flosse et Martin Coeroli, non paginé (80 p.), belles photographies coul., très bon état.
Best.-Nr. 5383Paris, Fernand Hazan, 1947. In-8 broché (14,5X22,5 cm) sous chemise et étui. 271 pp. 5 illustrations à l'eau-forte en couleurs de Hermine DAVID. Exemplaire sur Vélin du Marais non numéroté.
Best.-Nr. 6386traduction de Théo VARLET,titre,375 pages,6 pages de catalogue Payot 1948 les romans documentaires édition originale de la traduction.Très bon état
Best.-Nr. 86031949 Stock broché, 382p. bon état
1978Best.-Nr. LFA-126713692Un ouvrage de 382 pages, format 205 x 135 mm, illustré, relié simili cuir, publié en 1978, Librairie Académique Perrin (Paris), bon état
Best.-Nr. 2029Tiré de La Revue française d'histoire du livre, n°34, 1er trimetre 1982 - Bx, Taffard - 12 ff. - br.
1947Best.-Nr. 1245Hazan, Paris, 1947, in-8 (230x145mm), 271pp., broché, couverture grise imprimée en bleu, chemise et étui.
2004Best.-Nr. UBUCGOO00ajsWashington Square 2004. Very Good. Buck Pearl S. The Good Earth. NY: Washington Square 2004. 357pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Washington Square paperback books
Best.-Nr. UZAKOUR00hcSt. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church. Very Good. Zaki Pearl. Our Lord's Mother Visits Egypt in 1968. Brunswick New Jersey: St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church ND. 30pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Stapled wraps. Book condition: Very good. St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church paperback books
1944Best.-Nr. 50308v.p.: v.i. 1944. Very Good Condition. V.p.: v.i. 1944-1982. Collection of five pieces of material relating to the career of influential Black dancer and choreographer Pearl Primus 1919-1994. Complete list of contents below. Toning and general wear to margins of poster with small loss at top right-hand corner rear wrapper of the Dance Observer separated but present; overall a Very Good collection. Born in Trinidad Primus and her family emigrated to New York when she was just two years old. After graduating from Hunter College she auditioned for and joined the New Dance Group under the auspices of the National Youth Administration an arm of the WPA. During her tenure with the NDG Primus conducted extensive research on African dance and in 1943 premiered her groundbreaking choreography for African Ceremonial as well as the pieces Strange Fruit and Hard Time Blues. In 1944 she travelled to the South to research the roots of Black American dance church music and observe the life of the sharecropping class from which she drew inspiration for the dances Yanvaloo The Negro Speaks Rivers and Slave Market. "Primus's ballets drew attention to social conditions and challenged racism in American society; at the same time they demonstrated that African-American motifs were powerful vehicles for concert dance" American National Dictionary. All but one of the following pieces of material date from this remarkable period of creativity in the dancer's life. Contents as follows: 1. Pearl Primus and Company. Original pictorial duo-toned poster 56.5x35.5cm printed offset on coated card stock. At top edge of illustration is the New York Times critic John Martin's blurb "the stunning and brilliant artist." Bottom edge provides Primus's exclusive management Charles E. Green Consolidated Concerts Corporation 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Berkeley only in OCLC as of October 2026. 2. Original silver gelatin photographic portrait of Pearl Primus 24x16cm by Gerda Peterich the basis for the illustration on the poster listed above. Austin Wilder / Artist Management Promotions / 745 Fifth Avenue New York City rubberstamped to verso with 1947 date in pencil. 3. Mimeographed pictorial program "Winston-Salem Teachers College Presents Remitha M. Spurlock and Curtis James in Recital Assisted by the College Dance Group." Friday May 18 1945 8:15 P.M. Fries Auditorium. Bifolium 23cm. Dances included Primus's choreography for African Ceremonial; Dance of Thanksgiving; and Afro-Haitian Congo. Rear panel simply reads "Pearl Primus Primitive Technique" above which a former owner has drawn a pencil sketch of the dancer. Not in OCLC. 4. Dance Observer Vol. 11 no. 2 February 1944. Upper cover adorned with halftone photographic portrait also by Gerda Peterich the contents showcasing Pearl Primus as part of the issue's "Review of the Month": "There is no doubt about it Pearl Primus is a natural." 5. Caribe Double Issue Vol. VII nos. 1 & 2 ca. 1982. "Special Dance Issue." Also adorned with the same photograph as the Dance Observer. Features Primus's essay "African Dance: Eternity Captured" excerpted from a chapter of her doctoral degree in anthropology: "People who truly dance are those who have never bartered the fierce freedom of their souls never strangled their hunger for rhythmic movement nor frustrated their joyous physical response to music and song." Other contributions to the issue included Alain Locke's "Rhythm as a Folk Gift" and Veve Clark's piece on Katherine Dunham "Dunham's Tropical Review. v.i. unknown books
2006Best.-Nr. UPEAPOE00tmmRandom House 2006. Very Good. Pearl Matthew. The Poe Shadow. NY: Random House 2006. 370pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with bumped corners. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with bumping and rubbing. Minor abrasion in rear cover. Random House hardcover books
1926Best.-Nr. UBAIDOM00acmfWebb Publishing 1926. Good. Bailey Pearl L. Domestic Science: Principles and Application. St. Paul Minnesota : Webb Publishing 1926. 375pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Hardcover. Book condition: Good with rubbed and bumped corners. Edges yellowed and soiled a darkened. Bookplate on front endsheet and writing in pencil on front-free endsheet. Webb Publishing hardcover books
1972Best.-Nr. 141771New York: Scott Meredith Literary Agency 1972. Xerographically duplicated agency draft for the 1972 novel. A terrorist has decided to create mass havoc at a Macy's on Christmas Day aided by a department store Santa Claus who is hiding a bomb in his bag. It's up to a kindly Black man and a white police officer to foil the plot. Set in New York. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credit for author Jack Pearl. 197 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 196. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Scott Meredith Literary Agency unknown books
1951Best.-Nr. 152756N.p.: Classic Pictures 1951. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1951 film. In a move that placed him in a category with Mickey Spillane Richard Wright accepted an offer to star as the leading man in a film based on his own novel. Wright was cast after initial choice Canada Lee who had starred in Orson Welles' stage adaptation of the story was stuck in South African customs after shooting "Cry the Beloved Country" 1951. Set in Chicago and shot on location in Chicago and Argentina. One photograph 10 x 8.25 inches one photograph 9.5 x 8 inches and one photograph 9 x 8 inches. Good one with a pinhole to the center others moderately toned soiled and edgeworn. Classic Pictures unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 210396New York: The John Day Company 1972. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 177 pages. Features text by Pearl S. Buck. Features photographs from Magnum by Henri Cartier-Bresson Rene Burri Hiroshi Hamaya Marc Riboud and Helen Snow. A clean very near fine copy in cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some minute wear. The John Day Company unknown books
1931Best.-Nr. 169441London: Methuen 1931. First UK Edition. Scarce in jacket. The first book in the author's House of Earth trilogy winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Basis for the 1937 Victor Fleming film starring Paul Muni and Luise Rainer who won an Oscar for her performance as O-Lan. Slightly cocked foxing to the page edges gift inscription to the front endpaper generally Very Good in a Very Good or better dust jacket with moderate toning to the spine a small chip to the heel affecting the N in Methuen and a few tiny splashes to the top right corner of the front panel. Methuen unknown books
1936Best.-Nr. 209159New York: John Day / Reynal & Hitchock 1936. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 302 pages. The follow up book to "The Exile" which was a biography of Buck's mother. A very good plus copy in cloth boards with some bumping to the base of the spine and in a very good plus dust jacket with some light wear and some light wear and some crimping to the base of the spine. John Day / Reynal & Hitchock unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 327627Franklin Center: Franklin 1975. hardcover. fine. Anthony Young Chen. illustrated by Anthony Young Chen. 345 pages. 8vo full gilt-stamped brown leather all edges gilt. Franklin Library 1975. A fine copy. Limited edition -- Pulitzer Prize winner for 1932. Franklin unknown books
1959Best.-Nr. 206405New York: John Day Company 1959. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 317 pages. A later novel from the author of the classic "The Good Earth." A clean and tight near fine copy in blue cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket with only the most minute of wear. A much nicer than usual copy. John Day Company unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 200931New York: The John Day Company 1965. First edition. Hardcover. A charming children's book from the author of "The Good Earth." Features illustrations by Mamoru Funai. A near fine copy in cloth boards but with some slight publisher paper defects to the bottom edge of the first few pages and in a near fine price clipped dust jacket dust jacket with the price still present on the top of the front flap and with the publisher sticker to the spine/front panel. A very nice copy of a seemingly fairly uncommon book. The John Day Company unknown books
1981Best.-Nr. 162968New York: United Press International 1981. Vintage press photograph of "The Showdown" the professional boxing match between Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns on September 16 1981. Printed mimeo snipe and United Press International stamp on the verso. Leonard would emerge the world welterweight champion after 14 rounds. The duo would meet again in a rematch eight years later on June 12 1989. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. United Press International unknown books
1944Best.-Nr. 159172Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1944. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1944 film. With mimeo snipes on the versos. Based on the 1942 novel by Pearl S. Buck. During the Second Sino-Japanese War a small Chinese village is invaded by the Japanese Imperial Army. One woman decides to stand up to the Japanese and her defiance soon spreads to the other villagers. Set in China shot on location in Calabasas and Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1948Best.-Nr. 193269Toronto Ontario Canada: Longman Green and Co 1948. First Canadian edition and first printing. Hardcover. 312 pages. Another novel from the Nobel Prize winning author of "The Good Earth." A clean and tight near fine copy in cloth boards and in a very good plus dust jacket with a few edge tears and minor wear. Longman, Green and Co unknown books
1950Best.-Nr. 158441Buenos Aires: Industia Argentina 1950. Vintage one sheet poster for the Argentinean release of the 1951 film the film's country of origin and whose premiere preceded the US release by more than three months. Richard Wright accepted an offer to star as the leading man in the film adaptation of his own novel after initial choice Canada Lee was stuck in South African customs after shooting "Cry the Beloved Country" 1951. Lee had starred in Orson Welles' prior stage adaptation. Set in Chicago and shot on location in Chicago and Argentina. 29 x 43.25 inches folded as issued. With a few small closed tears and creases at the extremities else Near Fine. Bright and unfaded. Industia Argentina unknown books
