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1942réf. 5619John Day. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1942. Hardcover. Former school library with stamp inside front cover and card pocket inside back cover. Illustrated white and red boards black titling. Solid binding moderate shelfwear head and tail of spine and corners bumped. Light surface soil. Clean unmarked pages. Drawings by William Arthur Smitth. ; 9 X 6 X 1 inches; 62 pages . John Day hardcover
1939réf. 96291New York: John Day Company 1939. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a light rubbed near fine price-clipped dustwrapper lacking the cardboard slipcase. John Day Company hardcover
1939réf. 000115New York: The John Day Co. 1939. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine in Near Fine jacket; signed by author. Slipcase also present. See scans and description. New York: The John Day Company 1939. First Edition signed by the author uninscribed on the ffep. Thin octavo 59 pp. Black cloth binding with gilt imprinting black and gold jacket. Fine book in Near Fine jacket showing only light peripheral wear. Unclipped still bearing the $ 1.50 1939 price. The very scarce slipcase is also present albeit with detached spine; slipcase otherwise quite perfect. See all scans. One of Buck's scarcest. The Chinese Novel is Buck's Nobel Lecture delivered at the Swedish Academy upon winning the Nobel Prize for Literature. Buck the first of just two American women to win the prize points out the distinct nature of the Chinese novel the quintessential grass-roots form which comes from and lives within the Chinese common people whose tea house and farming villages are the roots of the stories contained therein. She also predicted - correctly - that her own adherence to this form would cause her to fall out of the critical limelight in time. With the slipcase hard to replace. Provenance provided to purchaser. L12n The John Day Co. hardcover
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
1944réf. 165033New York: The John Day Company 1944. First edition first printing presentation copy inscribed on the front free endpaper "For Mrs Shaddinger and her children - With warm regards Pearl S. Buck". Helen H. Shaddinger 1911-1995 worked as Buck's secretary for 25 years - after her death the long lost manuscript for The Good Earth was found among her possessions. Centred on a friendship between a Chinese and an American girl this story was originally written by Buck for her children to help them better understand life in China. The illustrator Esther Brock Bird lived for a time in China and provided drawings for Foreign Devils in the Flowery Kingdom the 1940 work by the famous China-hand Carl Crow. Octavo. Illustrations in text. Original light green cloth spine lettered in green green vignette on front board. With dust jacket. Jacket chipped especially at spine ends 45 mm closed tear on front panel professionally repaired with tissue unclipped: a fine copy in very good jacket. hardcover
1944réf. 63206E-286: The John Day Co. Very Good. 1944. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by John Day New York 1944. 63 pgs. Signed by Pearl Buck on the FFEP. Second Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Dragon Fish. Two little girls one American and one Chinese tired of their brothers decide to run away. With the help of a magic Dragon Fish they go off to the city seeking adventure and find much more than they had hoped for. EB; 8.6 X 5.9 X 0.6 inches; 63 pages; Signed by Author . The John Day Co hardcover
réf. 0886820596New. library. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. unknown
2013réf. Q-1480439703Open Road Media 2013-10-22. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Open Road Media paperback
1936réf. exilebuckNew York: John Day; Reynal and Hitchcock 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean pages tight binding clot/Illustrated dust jacket. First edition with single copyright date of 1936 and $2.50 price to original dust jacketClean pages tight binding cloth boards with minor toning to edge and small soil mark to front board heavy tatter to dust jacket John Day; Reynal and Hitchcock hardcover
1936réf. 9032847New York: John Day/Reynal and Hitchcock 1936. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with a decorative impressed quarter in green; title in green and gilt on spine. Clean and tight with no marks. 5 5/8 x 8 5/16 inches. 315 pages. John Day/Reynal and Hitchcock hardcover
1936réf. 055177New York Ny: The John Day Company / Reynal & Hitchcock 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good /No Jacket. 315 Pp. Green Cloth Stamped In Dark Green Spine Lettered In Gilt On Black Top Edge Green. First Edition. Light Usage No Marks Very Good The John Day Company / Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover
1936réf. 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
réf. 90-21267P. F. Collier And Son Corporation. Hardcover. New. . P. F. Collier And Son Corporation hardcover
1936réf. 13182The Exile Reynal and Hitchcock / John Day 1936 first edition fine in glassine wraps as issued which exhibit wear tear and chipping. A pre-publication issue with a special binding and Christmas Greetings card for select customers laid in. Reynal and Hitchcock / John Day paperback
1936réf. 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
1933réf. COLLECTI014313INEW YORK NY: JOHN DAY CO THE. VERY GOOD IN A VERY GOOD D.J. PUB 1933. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL LIGHT BROWN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT SPINE TITLES AND RED DECORATED ENDPAPERS. BOOK HAS A SMALL GASH AT THE HEEL OF THE SPINE'S FRONT CORNER. THE D.J. HAS A 1/4" DEEP CHIP AT THE HEEL OF THE SPINE PANEL ADJACENT TO THAT ON THE BOOK WITH MODERATELY WORN CORNERS A SLIGHTLY FADED SPINE AND NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A VERY NICE CLEAN AND UNMARKED COPY. . JOHN DAY CO (THE) hardcover
1933réf. 00284972New York: John Day 1933 "With an extended biographical and bibliographical introduction by Richard J. Walsh." Unclipped Dustjacket; $2.50 "To be published in July Recomended by the British Book Society ect. " rear flap with ads rear cover. Slight soiling mild crease edgewear to scarce DJ. Decorated endpages. 312 pgs. Nice copy of hard to find edition. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. John Day hardcover
1933réf. 41524New York: The John Day Company 1933. First edition. 14 stories with an introduction by Richard Walsh. A fine copy in nice bright dust jacket with a split at front spine fold neatly repaired on verso and just one tiny spot on spine. The John Day Company unknown
1965réf. 126876John Day 1965. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 2nd printing. Inscribed by Gweneth Zarfoss. A couple short tears to jacket. . John Day Hardcover
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
1972réf. 018802New York: The John Day Company 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo. 316pp. Sharp ".specially bound edition limited to 1000 copies this is #18 of the selected works of Pearl S. Buck created in honor of her eightieth birthday. This is one volume only of an 11-volume set of her selected works. Winner of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize. Bound in quarter cream cloth over blue marbled paper-covered boards. Marbled end-papers. Top edge gilt. Square tight and clean throughout save a couple of errant spots on the fore-edge. Perhaps a hint of wear to spine ends but barely. Signed by the author on the bound-in limitation page. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price. The John Day Company hardcover
1931réf. 018803New York: The John Day Company 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 375pp. Solid True First Printing of the First Edition with "flees" on p.100 line 17. Brown top-stain. Buck's landmark winner of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize. Bound in brown cloth with lettering and decoration in gilt. Green illustrated end-papers. Square and clean with maybe just a hint of page toning but no foxing writing or any other markings. Some spotting to cloth and spine gilt dulled as is the top-stain. Spine cloth creased and loosened from text-block in spots. Mild edge-wear. Very attractive unclipped later-issue dust-jacket $2.50 Pulitzer winner notice has some chipping to spine ends toned spine and edges and some wear to edges and tips. Still bright complete and presents well. Pasted onto the verso of the front end-paper is a form note signed by Buck addressing booksellers and offering her thanks for their efforts while introducing a new work her 1954 semi-autobiographical "My Several Worlds". It seems clear that this was a piece of ephemera for review copies of that later work and the previous owner has simply pasted it into this copy of "The Good Earth". The note is in very good condition with some spotting. Not perfect but a presentable and collectable copy with a fairly uncommon signature and at a great price. The John Day Company hardcover
1933réf. C85479London: Methuen 1933. Ninth Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Ninth Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 188. Original publisher's ochre coloured cloth lettered gilt at the spine. Very good indeed in clean complete very good dust jacket with slight edgewear. 7/6 on jacket spine with reviews on the internal front flap. Methuen, hardcover
1995réf. 131427Moyer Bell Ltd 1995. hardcover. Like New. 6x1x9. Looks unread with just a touch of shelf wear oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Moyer Bell Ltd hardcover
1975réf. b2-4-2609The Franklin Library 1975. leather_bound. Like New. 9x6x1. Anthony Young Chen. This is a brown leather-bound volume featuring 22kt gold accents illustrations moire fabric endsheets gilded page ends and a satin-ribbon page marker. A classic novel following the life of Wang Lung and his family in rural China as they experience hardship prosperity and social change. Through themes of family land ambition and survival Buck portrays the relationship between people and the world around them. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize the novel became one of the most widely read works of the twentieth century and helped establish Buck's reputation as a significant voice in world literature. The Franklin Library hardcover
