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1942réf. 500069"Pearl S. Buck" in dark blue fountain pen ink on Loew's letterhead New York April 17 1942. Also signed by witness Bliss Ananes and by New York Notary Public Milton C. Rose on April 21 1942 with notary blindstamp. Small folio 2 pages recto and verso with rubberstamped "Contract Office File Copy." Contract for motion picture rights to her novel "Dragon Seed." "Dragon Seed" was released by MGM in 1944 directed by Jack Conway starring Katharine Hepburn Walter Huston Turhan Bey Hurd Hatfield Frances Rafferty Agnes Moorehead and J. Carol Naish. The film received two Academy Award nominations. Exteriors for the film were shot in Calabasas north of Los Angeles and in Los Angeles' Chinatown district. During filming Buck visited the set of "Dragon Seed" and gave her approval to the production. Although some critics consider "Dragon Seed" a sequel to "The Good Earth" its characters and story line are unrelated to the earlier film. Many Asian actors who appeared in "Dragon Seed" also appeared in "The Good Earth." books
réf. 2344670New York: The John Day Company 1942. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8x5x1. Book club edition. Jacket edges rubbed with minor tears. 1942 Hard Cover. 378 pp. Buck won the Pulitzer in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature the first woman to win the latter. To the Chinese the dragon is not an evil creature but is a god and the friend of men who worship him. He "holds in his power prosperity and peace." Ruling the waters and the winds he sends the good rain is hence the symbol of fecundity. In the Hsia dynasty two dragons fought a great duel until both disappeared leaving only a fertile foam from which were born the descendants of the Hsia. Thus the dragons came to be looked upon as the ancestors of a race of heroes. This is the story of China at War. The John Day Company hardcover books
1942réf. 558130New York: The John Day Company 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. 378pp. Binding slightly cocked the spine gilt a bit tarnished near fine in a rubbed good only dust jacket with a sunned spine a couple long tears with a three inch tear on the rear panel chips and creases along the edges. The John Day Company hardcover books
réf. 2330635New York: The John Day Company 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8x5x1. First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with some small chips and small tears. Endpaper gutters lightly soiled. 1942 Hard Cover. 378 pp. Buck won the Pulitzer in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature the first woman to win the latter. To the Chinese the dragon is not an evil creature but is a god and the friend of men who worship him. He "holds in his power prosperity and peace." Ruling the waters and the winds he sends the good rain is hence the symbol of fecundity. In the Hsia dynasty two dragons fought a great duel until both disappeared leaving only a fertile foam from which were born the descendants of the Hsia. Thus the dragons came to be looked upon as the ancestors of a race of heroes. This is the story of China at War. The John Day Company hardcover books
1942réf. 242030New York: John Day Co 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very good in good dust jacket. Hardcover rubbed at spine ends and corners soiled and worn. Dustwrapper rubbed and chipped with tape repair at spine ends torn at corners soiled and worn faded spine. John Day Co hardcover books
1943réf. 167841New York: Sun Dial 1943. Hardcover. Good/Good. Later. Good in good dust jacket. /. Cloth and dust jacket faded rubbed/ dust jacket chipped lightly stained. Sun Dial hardcover books
1959réf. 8593Bern: Scherz Verlag, 1959. Lizenzausgabe 231 Seiten , 19 cm, Gewebeeinband
1937réf. 71702Copenhagen: Jespersen og Pios Forlag 1937. Hardcover. Fine. First edition thus. Fine in quarter leather over marbled paper. Danish translation of Fighting Angel. Jespersen og Pios Forlag hardcover books
1947réf. 303458New York John Day Company 1947. 1947. First edition. 8vo. Dust jacket unclipped; few nicks and short tears spine slightly faded. Very good. Advance copy for review with publisher's slip laid in loose with publication date of November 13. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, John Day Company [1947]. hardcover books
1936réf. 225767New York: John Day 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Later. Very good later edition hardcover with Good dust jacket. The book has shelf rub of spine ends along with front endpaper is missing. The text is clean. The dust jacket has minor wear and tear of all panel edges along with light browning panels. John Day hardcover books
1936réf. 133320New York: Reynal & Company 1936. Hardcover. Good. Later. Good/ condition has brown marks faded water stains dust jacket/ faded and torn. Reynal & Company hardcover books
1936réf. 85303New York: John Day 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Very near fine lacking the dustwrapper. John Day hardcover books
réf. 6894New York: A John Day Book Reynal & Hitchcock 1936. Hardcover. 8vo 8.5" x 6" burnt orange cloth deckled fore-edge dj. 9 302 pp. First edition. CONDITION: Good light dampstains at top edge of text and top corner of upper cover some rippling to leaves; dj good with stains at back cover and loss at head of spine. New York: A John Day Book, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1936 unknown books
1936réf. 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
1936réf. 9031083New York: John Day Reynal & Hitchcock 1936. Advance Reading Copy. Hardcover. Fine. With Reynal & Hitchcock card laid in. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine and covers stamped in green and spine stamped in gilt. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. 302 pages. John Day, Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover books
1961réf. 620004New York: The John Day Company 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Slightly cocked spine owner name on the front free endpaper and some wear on the board edges thus very good in a very good dust jacket with shallow chips creasing and toning. The John Day Company hardcover books
1952réf. 49800Hamburg, Wien, Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1952. 95 Seiten , 19 cm, Leinen
1951réf. 210176New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1951. Hardcover. Good/Good. Later. Good in good dust jacket. Minor foxing on endpaper. 1" tear at top of book spine. Edges of spine rubbed and bumped. Top 1" of dust jacket spine missing 1" x 1" piece missing at bottom of spine. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover books
1951réf. 31210NY: John Day 1951. First Edition. 8vo pp. 375. Flap of dj laid in. VG. John Day unknown books
1951réf. 94095NY:: John Day Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1951. Hardcover. A novel. First edition. Very good in a very good faded along the spine foxing on rear panel and flap edges dust jacket. . John Day Company, hardcover books
1944réf. 42150NY:: Modern Library. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1944. Hardcover. Modern Library number 15. Foreword by the author. A later printing. Very good in a very good minor edge wear with a few very small chips dust jacket.; 313 pages . Modern Library, hardcover books
1956réf. 617113New York: The John Day Company 1956. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Second printing. Slight page toning else about fine in a very good dust jacket with some fading on the spine shallow chips and creasing. "An historical novel about the last empress of China. The John Day Company hardcover books
1956réf. 569278New York: John Day Company 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited edition stated ninth impression. Quarter pebble-grained white cloth and papercovered boards issued without dustwrapper. Spine a little toned very good or better. Copy number 252 of 1000 numbered copies Signed by the author. Additionally Inscribed and initialed by Buck to Byron and Nancy Keeble: "To By and Mary good wishes - This book based on history PSB. John Day Company hardcover books
1955réf. 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
1972réf. 57058NY: The John Day Company 1972. Specially-bound edition limited to 1000 copies signed by Buck on the limitation page this being copy #195. One of the selected works of Pearl S. Buck issued to recognize her 80th birthday. Buck whose maiden name is Sydenstricker was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. She was well known for her efforts on behalf of Asian and mixed-race adoptions. “Imperial Woman” is the fictionalized biography of the last Empress in China Ci-xi who began as a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor and on his death became the de facto head of the Qing Dynasty until her death in 1908. 8vo. imitation white leather & blue boards stamped in gilt top edge gilt; 376 pages. Fine condition. The John Day Company unknown books
