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1940Best.-Nr. 130311Muscatine IA: The Prairie Press 1940. cloth. Prairie Press. 8vo. cloth. 711 pages. Limited to 250 copies. Table of contents. Designed and printed by Carroll Coleman. A collection of poetry. Light tanning. The Prairie Press unknown books
1940Best.-Nr. 130310Muscatine IA: The Prairie Press 1940. cloth. Prairie Press. 8vo. cloth. 711 pages. Limited to 250 copies. Table of contents. Designed and printed by Carroll Coleman. A collection of poetry. The Prairie Press unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 29754Newark: Transactions of the Delaware Academy of Science 1976. self paper wrappers. 8vo. self paper wrappers. pp.163-188. Reprinted from the Transactions. With illustrations of early maps. Reference to Mrs. Herlihy is a long-time resident of Delaware has been corrected in ink to "native. Transactions of the Delaware Academy of Science unknown books
Best.-Nr. 26708Green River UT: Canyonlands Gifts & Books. Spiral Bound. 60pp. Quarto 28 cm Black plastic spiral binding with gray and black illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are very slightly soiled and discolored. A fictional story of creation and the afterlife as viewed by the Native Americans of Utah. Canyonlands Gifts & Books unknown books
1951Best.-Nr. 100172New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc 1951. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xi 239 pages. First edition. Includes sections on library facilities and kinds of geologic literature. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Label on spine and embossed library stamp on title page card pocket removed from rear pastedown. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc unknown books
1997Best.-Nr. 614874New York: Avon Books 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good ex-library copy with usual library markings in a very good dust jacket with toning. Author's first novel. Avon Books hardcover books
1958Best.-Nr. 1338804New Haven CT: Monocle 1958. Saddle-stitched. Octavo 48 pages. In Good plus condition housed in a plastic sleeve. White and black decorated covers saddle-stiched pamphlet. Mild shelf wear including edgewear and scattered staining to covers; small closed tears along head and fore-edge of front cover; age-toning and staining to text block; light age-toning and occasional staining to interior pages text remains clear and legible. Shelved in Case 0. 1338804. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Monocle unknown books
2005Best.-Nr. 117594New York: One World/Ballantine 2005. Hardcover. 292p. first printing very good condition in like dust jacket. One World/Ballantine hardcover books
1991Best.-Nr. 337918Cuba: Federación de Mujeres Cubanas 1991. Pamphlet. 32p. 7 stapled in wraps with some wear and handling pages toned otherwise in very good condition. Text entirely in Spanish. Estudios de la mujer. Report on Cuban campesina women and their participation in agricultural cooperatives based on an investigation from 1987 to 1990. Scarce only two copies on OCLC as of 8/2025. Federación de Mujeres Cubanas unknown books
1991Best.-Nr. 29225New York: Simon & Schuster 1991. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Simon & Schuster 1991. First Edition with full number line. Quarto; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 527pp. Light shelf wear to jacket and board extremities a hint of dust-soil to textblock margins else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on half title page. Offered together with publisher's promotional author photograph which Meyer has also inscribed and signed in red sharpie. She has also adorably added a devil's horn and goatee to her portrait. Simon & Schuster unknown books
1931Best.-Nr. 013633NY: The John Day Company 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100 line 17. Very nice copy lacking dustjacket. No names inscriptions or bookplates and desirable thus. The John Day Company hardcover books
1954Best.-Nr. 535083Columbia Records 1954. Unbound. Fine. 7" 45 RPM vinyl record. Fine record in a very good pictorial cardboard sleeves with toning and rubbing. Columbia extended play record B-1651. Side A: That's Good Enough for Me Ma!; Side B: Tired Row Row Row. Columbia Records unknown books
1953Best.-Nr. 1400403New York: The John Day Company 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 311 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering clipped front flap. Spine green with off-white lettering. Exterior has moderate wear including modest age toning to the rear/flaps rubbing to the joints slight soiling and few chips to the head/tail edges. Boards have light wear including faint sunning and light edge wear with a small chip to the tail spine edge. Cocked spine. Text block has modest wear including age toning to the edges with deckled fore edge. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column T ND-T. 1400403. FP New Rockville Stock. The John Day Company hardcover books
1895Best.-Nr. 335524Boston MA: Sarah E. Holmes 1895. Paperback. 166p 6x8.5 inch red wraps; head and tail of spine worn down to the binding and minor notes and underlining by a previous owner on pages 7-8 otherwise in very good condition. Full subtitle: "The true constitution of government in the sovereignty of the individual as the final development of Protestantism democracy and socialism." Andrews an individualist anarchist co-founded the Modern Times colony. An anti-Marxist affiliate of the First International he wrote speeches and articles for Victoria Woodhull. Johnpoll. Sarah E. Holmes paperback books
1934Best.-Nr. 32897New York: John Day Company 1934. Very Good/Very Good. New York: John Day Company 1934. First Edition. Octavo 21cm; publisher's cloth yellow topstain in yellow and red price-clipped dust jacket; 302pp. Moderate wear and dust-soil to jacket spine panel rather toned long closed tear to front spine edge not quite touching text corners bumped else a Very Good copy. John Day Company unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 605663Lake Mills Iowa: Graphic Publishing Co. Inc 1976. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Glossy wrappers. Wraps moderately rubbed scuffs along the spine a bit of edgewear front fly with heavy offsetting from newspaper clippings laid in very good overall. Inscribed by the author on the front fly to poet Donald Justice whom the book is dedication to: "To Don superb teacher master artist with love from Pearl. Graphic Publishing Co., Inc unknown books
1942Best.-Nr. 333519New York: Common Council for American Unity 1942. 7p. staplebound pamphlet fourth printing; minor toning. Buck best known at the time for her novels humanizing China argues that treatment of African Americans undermines American claims to stand for democracy. Common Council for American Unity unknown books
1959Best.-Nr. 41730Tucson: Arizona Silhouettes 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 304pp. Octavo 23.5 cm Dark red cloth covered boards with decorative gilt stamped titles. Good plus condition. There is a prominent white paint stain at the head of the spine else the book is in very good clean condition. The price-clipped dust jacket is in good only condition. Stained and torn with some loss. The story of one of Arizona's most distinguished pioneer families a major contribution to the archives of Arizoniana and at the same time a large chapter in the history of the Mormons. Arizona Silhouettes hardcover books
1972Best.-Nr. 32663New York: The John Day Company 1972. Very Good/Very Good. New York: The John Day Company 1972. Limited First Edition. Quarto 26cm; photo-illustrated dust jacket with $8.95 price intact; boards in red felt with gilt facsimile signature and ivory leather spine with red lettering; xii180pp; illus. throughout. Jacket edgeworn and toning with fading to spine and a small hair / string trapped under laminate on rear flap. Boards are sturdy and square. A couple thumbprints to fore-edge but interior clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Signed out of series by Pearl S. Buck on tipped-in limitation page at front which notes 5000 copies of the first edition having been retained for presentation. Collects the author's Christmas stories originally published in Good Housekeeping Family Circle and others. The John Day Company unknown books
1981Best.-Nr. 1395173Pearl Cleage Lomax 1981. First Edition. Saddle-stitched. Octavo unpaginated. In Very Good minus condition. Red wraps have mild creasing along spine faint soiling along covers and a faint brown smudge on front cover. Text block has mild scuffing along edges and brown staining along fore edge; faint brown smudges on title page. Signed flat and dated "12/25/81" by Pearl Cleage known then as Pearl Cleage Lomax. Inscribed "A.B. and Karen--with love and hope that '82 is the year of the writer!" and dated "12/25/81" by Pearl Cleage on rear copyright page. Shelved Room B. 1395173. Special Collections. Pearl Cleage Lomax unknown books
1945Best.-Nr. 32563New York: Books Inc 1945. Very Good -/Good. New York Books Inc. 1945. First thus. Octavo 19 cm; 318pp. Boards full bound in brown cloth with gilt stamping to spine wrapped in publisher's brightly illustrated jacket. Jacket chipped minorly torn worn and rubbed with water staining to spine and back panel sunning to spine and loss to spine ends. Boards generally soiled with water staning to margins and wear to spine ends and corners. Previous owner birthday greetings to first free endsheet. Pages clean. A Very Good copy in a Good only jacket of Buck's most famous work. Books, Inc unknown books
1951Best.-Nr. 602948New York: A.I.G.A. 1951. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 16mo. 58pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Rubbing at the edges very good. 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
1968Best.-Nr. 331825New York: Playbill Inc 1968. 64p. 6x9 inches illustrated with photos and ads very good in original stapled pictorial wraps. African American cast. Pearl and Cab featured on the cover. Early program with Pearl and Cab as replacements in the long-running show. The new African American cast started in November 1967. Playbill, Inc unknown books
1989Best.-Nr. 31826New York: Doubleday 1989. Hardcover. xiv 270p. 16p. photos first printing dj very good condition. Doubleday hardcover books
2001Best.-Nr. 32137New York: William Morrow. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A fine copy in fine dust jacket; signed and inscribed by the author; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 323 pp . William Morrow hardcover books