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1966Best.-Nr. 549395New York: The John Day Company 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition signed issue distributed by Kroch and Brentano's "First Edition Circle" with their bookmark laid into book. Bookplate and light crease on front fly else a fine copy in near fine dust jacket with two short creased tears. Signed by Buck and Harris and dated in year of publication "June 1966" on second front flyleaf. The John Day Company hardcover books
1955Best.-Nr. 549152United States: MCA / Pauline Mayer / John Day 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Advance copy. Pre-publication galley proof consisting of a sample selection of the novel possibly for internal use of the publisher or for submission by author's agent to publisher John Day. Quarto sheets consisting of mimeographed typescript of the first 17 pages of text printed on rectos only pressure-pin bound into later folder. Slight even tanning in text light wear at tips of corners else very good. The final published book Imperial Woman by Pearl S. Buck was published by John Day in 1956. Possibly unique. MCA / Pauline Mayer / John Day hardcover books
1969Best.-Nr. 545692New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. 241pp. Slight spotting on the page edges else near fine in a fine dust jacket. Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
1966Best.-Nr. 500384New York: The John Day Company 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 221pp. Cloth. Binding is dull and lightly soiled rubbed at the extremities else very good lacking the dust jacket. Signed by Pearl S. Buck and Theodore F. Harris on second front flyleaf and dated in year of publication "June 1966". Pearl S. Buck won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature. The John Day Company hardcover books
1936Best.-Nr. 526129Berlin: Paul Zsolnay Verlag 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First German edition published in the same year as the American edition. Translated by Richard Hoffmann. Text in German. Binding very slightly cocked boards lightly faded near fine in a very good dust jacket with a 1/2" chip to the top of the front panel and several shallow chips and tears. Paul Zsolnay Verlag hardcover books
1945Best.-Nr. 502951Toronto: Longmans Green & Company 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Canadian edition. Illustrated by Charles Hargens. Brief gift inscription boards lightly soiled corners and spine ends slightly bumped very good in a good only dust jacket with a large 2" chip to bottom of front panel affecting text a 1" chip to top of rear panel 1" loss at spine ends and a few other small chips and tears. A wartime novel based on her brother Edgar’s disastrous first marriage which should be distinguished from his disastrous second marriage. Longmans Green & Company hardcover books
1962Best.-Nr. 526134New York: Pocket Books / Cardinal Edition 1962. Softcover. Very Good. First edition paperback original. Mass market paperback. Page margins slightly age-toned wrappers with moderate wear at extremities front cover with crease at lower corner about very good. A novel about the conflict of Christianity and atheism in Communist China and a tie-in for the 1962 film starring William Holden Clifton Webb and France Nuyen. Pocket Books / Cardinal Edition unknown books
1943Best.-Nr. 526128New York: Dell Publishing Company 1943. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Cover illustrated by Robert Stanley. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Covers lightly worn and creased spine ends and corners slightly rubbed very good. Issued as Dell Book Number 8. A short story that first appeared in The American Magazine. Dell Publishing Company unknown books
1951Best.-Nr. 503341New York: A.I.G.A. 1951. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 16mo. 58pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Modest edgewear a bit musty very good or better. Contains the first book appearance of John Steinbeck's "Some Random and Randy Thoughts on Books" G&P B66 and comments by Pearl S. Buck Erskine Caldwell John Dos Passos John Hersey William Carlos Williams and more. A.I.G.A. unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 526130Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Swedish edition published in the same year as the American edition. Translated by Lisbeth Renner. Text in Swedish. Spine ends slightly bumped else near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing to the spine and a bit more on the rear panel and light wear to the extremities else quite bright. Albert Bonniers Forlag hardcover books
1936Best.-Nr. 526126New York: A John Day Book/ Reynal & Hitchcock 1936. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in very good or better dust jacket with light wear at extremities of spine and front panel and tiny nicks at the crown. A John Day Book/ Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover books
1966Best.-Nr. 462911New York: John Day Company 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in modestly rubbed else near fine dustwrapper. Copy number 306 of 500 numbered copies retained by The Pearl S. Buck Foundation Signed by both by Buck and Harris. John Day Company hardcover books
1952Best.-Nr. 429619New York: Comet Press Books 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Cover by Pearl Edler. Octavo. 204pp. Very good in brown cloth gilt boards with some light dampspots in good dustwrapper foxing to the front board and light wear. Novel of a talented black woman from the South who inherits a fortune from a white woman but realizes money does not buy happiness. OCLC locates no copies. Comet Press Books hardcover books
1936Best.-Nr. 425541New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1936. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Spine gilt a trifle tarnished else fine in about fine dustwrapper with a little rubbing at the extremities. Biography of Buck's mother who spent much of her life in China. A bright copy of an uncommon title. Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover books
1949Best.-Nr. 376394London: Theodor Brun Limited 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition Limited de luxe issue published simultaneously with the trade issue. Full leather gilt. Scrape on the spine affecting three letters on the title else about very good. Copy number 523 of 750 numbered copies. Theodor Brun Limited hardcover books
2003Best.-Nr. 356113New York: Random House 2003. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Random House hardcover books
1999Best.-Nr. 337053Athens Georgia: Hill Street Press 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Hill Street Press hardcover books
1942Best.-Nr. 285144New York: Common Council for American Unity 1942. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Foreword by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Stapled printed wrappers. Small stain at bottom corner of the front wrap and a little offsetting at the edge of the front wrap a very good copy. Fairly uncommon. Common Council for American Unity unknown books
1995Best.-Nr. 575482Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Presumed first edition. Afterword by Eudora Welty. Illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket as new in publisher's shrink wrap. "A lively memoir detailing days before during and after an editorial life at the New York Times Books Review. University Press of Mississippi hardcover books
1971Best.-Nr. 439304New York: Pocket Books 1971. Softcover. Very Good. Third printing. Mass market paperback. 190pp. Pages age-toned spine creased and cocked sticker offsetting on rear wrapper very good. Pocket Books unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 528960New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Early reprint. Illustrated with black and white plates. Near fine with light wear and very good rubbed dust jacket with edgewear including small nicks tears and creases. Inscribed to actress Novella Nelson: "Love to dear dear Novella Pearl Bailey who has nothing to prove - Thank God - it's there." 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 & World hardcover books
1969Best.-Nr. 441414New York: Pocket Books 1969. Softcover. Very Good. Later printing. Mass market paperback. 189pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Pages lightly age-toned spine creased and cocked with small tape repair at the foot about very good. Pocket Books unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 429704New York: Harcourt Brace & Jovanovich 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Third printing. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by Pearl Bailey and additionally warmly Inscribed to four-time Emmy Award-winning television talk show host Bill Boggs. Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich hardcover books
1989Best.-Nr. 149516Garden City New York: Doubleday 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 270pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Fine in fine dust jacket. Doubleday hardcover books
1959Best.-Nr. 326463New York: Creative Press 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with a slightly darkened spine a little browning on the endpapers. Creative Press hardcover books
