BUCK, Pearl SABAA
BUCK, Pearl SABAA
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1936réf. 85303New York: John Day 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Very near fine lacking the dustwrapper. John Day hardcover books
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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
1954réf. 92879NY:: John Day Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. Hardcover. B001NXWWXG . First edition. Very good in a very good edge worn chipped at the spine ends price clipped dust jacket. . John Day Company, hardcover books
1970réf. 60208NY:: Cowles Book Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0402124618 . Fourth printing. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Previous owner's address label and old sale price on front free endpaper else very good in a very good tape repair on verso - at the crown of the spine price clipped dust jacket. ; 218 pages . Cowles Book Company, hardcover books
1949réf. 20869New York: John Day Company 1949. First Edition. Octavo 21cm.; original cloth in red and black pictorial dust jacket; 8406pp. Two tiny closed tears to jacket spine crown else Fine. "A Novel of China" - upper jacket panel. John Day Company unknown books
1949réf. 31199NY: John Day 1949. First Edition. 8vo pp. 406. VG no dj. A novel. John Day unknown books
1964réf. UBUCLEB00MELLingen Verlag 1964. Very Good. Buck Pearl S. Lebendiger Bambus. Koln: Lingen Verlag 1964. 428pp. 8vo. Cream cloth. Book condition: Very good with rubbed and bumped edges light bumping to bottom edge of text block and a crease in top corner of page 419. Lingen Verlag hardcover books
1957réf. 101567NY:: John Day Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. A novel. First edition. Previous owner's name on front paste-down else very good in a very good moderate edge wear fading along the spine dust jacket. ; 252 pages . John Day Company, hardcover books
1970réf. 184301New York: John Day 1970. Very Good. Very good Cover lightly rubbed. John Day unknown books
1970réf. 132926New York: Day 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book club. Very good or better in very good dust jacket. Dustwrapper price clipped. Dustwrapper slightly shelf rubbed. Day hardcover books
1967réf. 68025NY:: John Day Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. 0381999157 . Eighth impression. Near fine in a very good price clipped dust jacket.; 80 pages . John Day Company, hardcover books
1972réf. 569276New York: John Day Company 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Stated second impression. Fine in modestly rubbed very good dust jacket with a short creased tear on the front panel and a little sunning at the spine. Signed by the author. A presentable copy. John Day Company hardcover books
