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réf. 025605New York; 1945: The John Day Co. First Edition. Octavo. 60 pages Illustrated by George T. Hartman. An uncommon work of Pearl Buck's. This is the story of a small Chinese boy who saw air planes of the Japanese but one lucky day an American pilot made an emergency landing close to Yu Lan's home and he ran to meet the pilot and the story tells how his friendship with the pilot. Bound in gray pictorial cloth depicting a young boy holding an airplane blue spine lettering blue some toning to covers and endpapers previous owner's name stamped in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with a few closed edge tears chip to foot tape mend to underside light foxing. The John Day Co unknown
1945réf. 014052New York: The John Day Co. 1945 60 numbered pp 2; HB. Pages: clean bright tight decorative eps frontis; gift inscription ffep verso a.e. lt tanned. Cover: gray navy artwork front navy titles spine; v lt shelfwear dampstain front b.e. sm dampstain back b.e. The John Day Co. hardcover
1945réf. 41180New York: John Day Company 1945. 8vo. 60 4 pp. Illust. title numerous illusts. Gray cloth blue illust. & lettrng w/ d.j. mnr edgewear mnr chppng hd of spine couple clsd tears creasng VG/G copy First edition of one of the author’s scarcest children’s titles set during World War II in Japanese occupied southern China about a young boy’s love of airplanes. John Day Company, hardcover
1945réf. SKU2010021521The John Day company 1945. First edition. Hard cover. Very Good/Good. Brief gift inscription by previous owner. The dustjacket has some short tears chipping and edgewear. "The story of a Chinese village lad who loves planes and wants to learn all about them in spite of the traditions his father attempts to teach him. An American pilot during World War II makes a forced landing in a rice field and Yu Lan endears himself to the man by his courage generosity and intelligent curiosity. He is vividly reminded of his own kid brother and determines to help his Chinese friend to get away from the village to study in a big city school for air cadets. He gains the parents' consent by proving to them the need of Chinese pilots in a world of the future. A pleasant direct little story with social values". unobtrusively and charmingly handled. Third and fourth grade level. On of Buck's scarcest titles; uncommon in dustjacket. The John Day company hardcover
1977réf. BN598797Krüger 1977. 1977. Softcover. Zurück in den Himmel. Erzählungen aus China Japan u. Amerika. Zurück in den Himmel. Erzählungen aus China Japan u. Amerika. Buck Pearl S. Krüger paperback
réf. 9780064401715Harper Collins USA
1936réf. 36158New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1936. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Slight trace of lightening at the extremities still fine lacking the dustwrapper. The author's uncommon biography of her father an adventurer who traveled throughout China. Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover books
réf. 6895New York: the John Day Company 1956. Hardcover. 8vo 8.5" x 6" burnt orange cloth decorative gilt title deckled fore-edge. 8 376 pp. First edition. CONDITION: Very good in fair dj with chips tears and losses upper right corner of front flap clipped price of $4.95 present in lower right corner. New York: the John Day Company, 1956 unknown books
1943réf. 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
réf. 3968Paris Librairie Stock, Delamain et Boutelleau 1937 in 12 (19x12,5) 1 volume broché, 251 pages, quelques rousseurs l'extrémité des marges. Traduction de Germaine Delamain. Edition originale, celui-ci un des 250 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin bibliophile, seul grand papier. Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
réf. P22000hLe Livre de Poche PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE
réf. 19504Le Grand Livre du Mois - 1997 - Coll. "Les trésors de la littérature" - 3 volumes - In-8 - Brochés - Couvertures souples illustrées en couleurs - Sous emboitage illustré - 3 reproductions de peinture en couleurs jointes - 276, 322 & 290 pages - Très beaux exemplaires
1952réf. 100673Paris, Librairie Stock 1952 Reliure demi-basane maroquinée rouge, dos à deux nerfs, 443 pp. Dos insolé, sinon bon exemplaire.
réf. 40418Paris Editions Stock. Delamain et Boutelleau 1940 in 12 (19x12,5) 1 volume reliure à la bradel demi percaline prune à coins, 324 pages [1]. Traduction intégrale publiée pour la première fois en France, du livre en langue anglaise: The Patriot, Methuen, éditeur. Achevé d'imprimer à la date du 4 avril 1940. Traduction de Germaine Delamain. Bon exemplaire
réf. 109711 volume in-8° broché, couverture illustrée à rabats, 190 p., très bon état malgré petites traces d'usures.
1962réf. 100645Paris, Stock 1962 In-8 21 x 14 cm. Reliure demi-basane fauve grainée, couvertures et dos conservés, 265 pp. Exemplaire en bon état.
1947réf. 100671Paris, éditions de la Paix 1947 In-12 18,5 x 13,5 cm. Reliure demi-basane maroquinée rouge, dos à deux nerfs, premier plat de couverture conservé, 316 pp. Dos insolé, sinon bon exemplaire.
1942réf. 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
réf. G889CLWBroché état correct. Couverture fragilisée . 1949.396 pages . PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE
1945réf. 162846L:ondon: Methuen 1945. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good. Spine faded top edge soiled. Methuen hardcover books
1942réf. 507941942. Unbound. Fine. Broadside printed on cardstock. Measuring 11" x 16". Very light soiling else fine. Poster reading "Don't Miss Pearl Buck's Powerful New Novel 'China Gold.'" The novel relating "How two young Americans find love in war-torn China" was serialized in Collier's Magazine in 1942 and has never been published in book form except in a German translation. unknown books
1943réf. 1785London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 36 Essex Street STrand W.C. 2 1943. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Katharine TOZER. WOMAN AUTHOR WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR. Katharine TOZER illustrator. Jas. Truscott & Son Ltd. Printers London E.C.3. First British edition. 8vo; 54pp; blue cloth over board portrait of a Chinese girl dancing on front stamped in red and black black lettering on front and spine; color pictorial endpapers; fp; 14full-page color illustrations; sunning of board bottom edges; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket chipping at head and tail of spine scattered foxing; near fine in very good dj. Pearl Buck 1892-1973 was an American writer and novelist. As the daughter of missionaries she spent much of her life before 1934 in China with her parents and then her first husband. This is a story of some of her girlhood playmates in China. In later life she became a strong proponent of women's rights and racial equality. Methuen & Co. Ltd, 36 Essex Street, STrand W.C. 2 unknown books
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 books
1970réf. 463232New York: Cowles Book Company 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Fourth printing. Foxing on the boards thus very good in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Cowles Book Company hardcover books
1953réf. 458595New York: Random House 1953. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Reprint no additional printings noted but "First Edition" not stated. Octavo. 185pp. Illustrated by Fred Castellon. Fine in a bright very good dustwrapper with a lightly toned spine some edgewear and a few short tears and several unnecessary interior tape reinforcements. Random House hardcover books
