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1999Best.-Nr. 337053Athens Georgia: Hill Street Press 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Hill Street Press hardcover books
1999Best.-Nr. 010522Athens GA: Hill Street Press 1999. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in slipcase as issued. Bound in green silkish cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Published on the occasion of Welty's 90th birthday. One of 200 numbered copies there were also 26 lettered copies SIGNED by the editor and all 22 contributors: Richard Bausch Doris Betts Fred Chappell Ellen Douglas Tony Early Clyde Edgerton George Garrett Ellen Gilchrist Anthony Grooms Barry Hannah Mary Hood Greg Johnson William Maxwell Willie Morris Alice Munro Daniele Pitavy-Souques Reynolds Price Louis D. Rubin Jr. Lee Smith William Jay Smith Elizabeth Spencer and Richard Wilbur. Hill Street Press hardcover books
1999Best.-Nr. 010522Athens GA: Hill Street Press 1999. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in slipcase as issued. Bound in green silkish cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Published on the occasion of Welty's 90th birthday. One of 200 numbered copies there were also 26 lettered copies SIGNED by the editor and all 22 contributors: Richard Bausch Doris Betts Fred Chappell Ellen Douglas Tony Early Clyde Edgerton George Garrett Ellen Gilchrist Anthony Grooms Barry Hannah Mary Hood Greg Johnson William Maxwell Willie Morris Alice Munro Daniele Pitavy-Souques Reynolds Price Louis D. Rubin Jr. Lee Smith William Jay Smith Elizabeth Spencer and Richard Wilbur. Hill Street Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. a75441Washington 1946. There are 40 volumes including the Final Report to the Congressional inquiry on the Pearl Harbor Attack. Part 38 consists of exhibits to the Hewitt Inquiry Parts 36 and 37. Octavo 302 foldout monochrome illustrations original printed wraps. Ink number along top edge of front. Good wraps a bit worn a few chips on edges foldout plates are VG. . paperback
Tokio, Mikimoto, October 20-21 1978, in-16, br. editoriale, pp. (58). Con 35 tavole in b.n. (Testo in giapponese).
1972Best.-Nr. 2090502113717329Not Available 1972. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1960Best.-Nr. 004958Ballantine 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Uncredited. Beautiful and collectible 1st paperback edition 1960 Ballantine 441 K. Very Fine probably unread condition! Great new uncredited cover art. Scarce in such nice condition. "The underlying horror for women of Timeslip or for that matter Time Travel of any sort into the past is here conveyed with a singular intensity that prefigures the even more terrifyingly overdetermined horror of Octavia E Butler's Kindred 1979." JC The Encyclopedia of SF; 2nd Internet Ed. Ballantine paperback
1997Best.-Nr. 42226Kearney NE: Cookbooks by Morris Press 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 224p index illustrated. A fine copy in vinyl pictorial boards. Signed by the daughter of Pearl Buck. Cookbooks by Morris Press hardcover
1942Best.-Nr. 83596New York: Crowell-Collier 1942. Unbound. Near Fine. Poster printed on cardstock. Measuring 11" x 16". Very light soiling else fine. Advertising poster for a specific issues of Collier's Magazine with an illustration of a fashionable woman in a yellow hat by the artist Jon Whitcomb. Buck's novel was serialized in Collier's in 1942 and has never been published in book form except in a German translation. Crowell-Collier 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
1951Best.-Nr. 582149New York: A.I.G.A. 1951. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 16mo. 58pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Rubbing at the edges very good. Publisher's complimentary slip laid in. 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
1951Best.-Nr. 503341New York: A.I.G.A. 1951. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 16mo. 58pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Modest edgewear a bit musty very good or better. 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
1930Best.-Nr. 3462791930. Single leaf announcement folded twice to make three panels; 3 newspaper clippings; staple-bound periodical 84 pg.; staple-bound periodical 13 pg. x2; unbound pamphlet unpaginated x2; bookmark-style handbill x2; single leaf folded newspaper clipping reproduction; typescript carbon leaves with manuscript annotations 11 pg. x2. A near fine collection. Single leaf announcement folded twice to make three panels; 3 newspaper clippings; staple-bound periodical 84 pg.; staple-bound periodical 13 pg. x2; unbound pamphlet unpaginated x2; bookmark-style handbill x2; single leaf folded newspaper clipping reproduction; typescript carbon leaves with manuscript annotations 11 pg. x2. Pearl S. Buck b.1892 - d.1973 was the daughter of American missionaries to China and an author whose 1931 novel 'The Good Earth' won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938 Buck won the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China" and for her books 'The Exile: Portrait of an American Mother' and 'Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul' memoirs about her mother and father respectively. Buck's life was defined by her advocacy for the people of China and shifting western perceptions about that part of the world. This collection has several items pertaining to her early recognition on the heels of her Pulitzer Prize when a luncheon was held for her in New York at the Hotel Astor in 1932. There she gave her famous speech "Is There a Case for Foreign Missions" At the end the the audience appeared confused and speechless. Initially no one clapped or congratulated her and Buck later recalled after a few painful moments a storm of applause arose but by then her publisher was abruptly escorting her from the room. Inlcuded here is: 'Luncheon in Honor of Pearl S. Buck at the Hotel Astor November 2nd 1932' listing of guests and their table numbers. Pearl S. Buck is listed as Mrs. J. Lossing Buck her first husband's name at the speaker's table. Press clippings- "WANTS BETTER MISSIONARIES." World-Tel. November 3 1932 "Mission Worker Abroad Vexes Mrs. Pearl Buck" New York Herald-Tribune November 3 1932 "Mrs. Buck on Foreign Missions" New York City Mirror November 4 1932 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences Science Bulletin November 2 1935. Announcement of Pearl S. Buck's lecture on December 3 'Fiction and the Front Page' pg. 79. "What About India" A transcribed conversation between Pearl S. Buck T.A. Raman Louis Fischer and Bertrand Russell. The American Forum of the Air Vol. 4 No. 41. October 11 1942 x2 'The New Children' fund-raising pamphlet. The Pearl S. Buck Foundation ca. 1970s x2 "Amerasians" Bookmark-style red solicitation mailer. The Pearl S. Buck Foundation ca. 1970s x2 Reproduction of a press clipping 'Pearl Buck's Presence Lingers On.' The Philadelphia Inquirer February 16 1975 Printed as a pamphlet. The Spearhead. By Pearl S. Buck. typescript essay carbon copy annotated in ink in the hand of Pearl S. Buck undated. unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 81615New York: John Day Company 1967. Softcover. Fine. Revised edition. Quarto. Stapled wrappers. 8pp. Fine. Signed by Pearl S. Buck. Originally published as a promotional piece in 1936 it was revised and re-issued in 1967. Although it is described as biographical some informed speculation exists that this was written by Buck herself. (John Day Company) unknown books
1942Best.-Nr. 335683New York: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company 1942. Unbound. Very Good. Poster. Approximately 11" x 16". Illustration signed Jon Whitcomb in type. Glue stain at the top of the image thus very good. The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 81615New York: John Day Company 1967. Softcover. Fine. Revised edition. Quarto. Stapled wrappers. 8pp. Fine. Signed by Pearl S. Buck. Originally published as a promotional piece in 1936 it was revised and re-issued in 1967. Although it is described as biographical some informed speculation exists that this was written by Buck herself. (John Day Company) unknown
1933Best.-Nr. b21725New York: Time 1933. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Very good in original wrappers with light general wear. A brief note on the Pearl Buck's resignation from her Chinese mission following charges of Heresy brough against her by J. Gresham Machen of the Westminster Theological Seminary. Time paperback
1930Best.-Nr. 3462791930. Single leaf announcement folded twice to make three panels; 3 newspaper clippings; staple-bound periodical 84 pg.; staple-bound periodical 13 pg. x2; unbound pamphlet unpaginated x2; bookmark-style handbill x2; single leaf folded newspaper clipping reproduction; typescript carbon leaves with manuscript annotations 11 pg. x2. A near fine collection. Single leaf announcement folded twice to make three panels; 3 newspaper clippings; staple-bound periodical 84 pg.; staple-bound periodical 13 pg. x2; unbound pamphlet unpaginated x2; bookmark-style handbill x2; single leaf folded newspaper clipping reproduction; typescript carbon leaves with manuscript annotations 11 pg. x2. Pearl S. Buck b.1892 - d.1973 was the daughter of American missionaries to China and an author whose 1931 novel 'The Good Earth' won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938 Buck won the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China" and for her books 'The Exile: Portrait of an American Mother' and 'Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul' memoirs about her mother and father respectively. Buck's life was defined by her advocacy for the people of China and shifting western perceptions about that part of the world. This collection has several items pertaining to her early recognition on the heels of her Pulitzer Prize when a luncheon was held for her in New York at the Hotel Astor in 1932. There she gave her famous speech "Is There a Case for Foreign Missions" At the end the the audience appeared confused and speechless. Initially no one clapped or congratulated her and Buck later recalled after a few painful moments a storm of applause arose but by then her publisher was abruptly escorting her from the room. Inlcuded here is: 'Luncheon in Honor of Pearl S. Buck at the Hotel Astor November 2nd 1932' listing of guests and their table numbers. Pearl S. Buck is listed as Mrs. J. Lossing Buck her first husband's name at the speaker's table. Press clippings- "WANTS BETTER MISSIONARIES." World-Tel. November 3 1932 "Mission Worker Abroad Vexes Mrs. Pearl Buck" New York Herald-Tribune November 3 1932 "Mrs. Buck on Foreign Missions" New York City Mirror November 4 1932 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences Science Bulletin November 2 1935. Announcement of Pearl S. Buck's lecture on December 3 'Fiction and the Front Page' pg. 79. "What About India" A transcribed conversation between Pearl S. Buck T.A. Raman Louis Fischer and Bertrand Russell. The American Forum of the Air Vol. 4 No. 41. October 11 1942 x2 'The New Children' fund-raising pamphlet. The Pearl S. Buck Foundation ca. 1970s x2 "Amerasians" Bookmark-style red solicitation mailer. The Pearl S. Buck Foundation ca. 1970s x2 Reproduction of a press clipping 'Pearl Buck's Presence Lingers On.' The Philadelphia Inquirer February 16 1975 Printed as a pamphlet. The Spearhead. By Pearl S. Buck. typescript essay carbon copy annotated in ink in the hand of Pearl S. Buck undated. unknown
1948Best.-Nr. 32820565Buck won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for "notable works which pave the way to a human sympathy passing over widely separated racial boundaries and for the studies of human ideals which are a great and living art." Gelatin silver print 16 x 20 in. Archivally framed. Estate Edition a limited edition of 20 copies embossed and numbered. $900 unframed; framed: $1300
1942Best.-Nr. 335683New York: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company 1942. Unbound. Very Good. Poster. Approximately 11" x 16". Illustration signed Jon Whitcomb in type. Glue stain at the top of the image thus very good. The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company unknown
1942Best.-Nr. 83596New York: Crowell-Collier 1942. Unbound. Near Fine. Poster printed on cardstock. Measuring 11" x 16". Very light soiling else fine. Advertising poster for a specific issues of Collier's Magazine with an illustration of a fashionable woman in a yellow hat by the artist Jon Whitcomb. Buck's novel was serialized in Collier's in 1942 and has never been published in book form except in a German translation. Crowell-Collier unknown
1971Best.-Nr. 4890New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc 1971. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5 5/8 X 8 5/8 Inches. 233 PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper letter code on copyright page. Price-clipped. Signed and inscribed TWICE by Pearl Bailey. Accompanied by humorous letter describing the original recipient's "autograph hunt" in LA in 1971. The letter explains why the book was signed twice and describes the exact location it was signed. Also accompanied by an original newspaper clipping advertising the Pearl Bailey signing event that triggered the hunt in the first place! A unique and fun copy. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich Inc hardcover
1968Best.-Nr. 7978New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1968. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 206 PP. "What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork." Pearl Bailey Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $5.75 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed "To Dick Cecil and all of the beautiful family - God watch you continue in faith / I love you all / Pearl" on the title-page. A warmly inscribed copy to Dick Cecil one of the founders of the Atlanta Jazz Festival. Light creasing and wear to edges and folds. Dick Cecil former Vice-President of the Atlanta Braves and President of Braves Productions Inc. was one of the last old school baseball scouts in America. Instrumental in moving the Braves from Milwaukee to Atlanta Cecil rose quickly through the ranks of baseball scout to management. Later in his career he was tasked by Ted Turner to find ways for more revenue from the Braves assets. This assignment led to the founding of the Atlanta Jazz Festival and bringing major league soccer to Atlanta Chiefs in 1967. Cecil was a founding member of the North American Soccer League NASL. As if this wasn't enough Dick was known for his support of the desegregation of sports in America at a time when this was less than popular. His work with Hank over the years led to a lifelong friendship that he was very proud of. Thanks for your life and work Dick you were one of a kind and you are missed. Harcourt, Brace & World unknown
1946Best.-Nr. 222118New York 1946. reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAIT: The Photography of Carl van Vechten from this print. Half-length view of the performer in costume. 1 vols. 34.5 x 24 cm 13-5/8 x 9-1/2 inches. Fine. Atelier stamped on verso docketed by Van Vechten in ink recording the subject of the photograph "Pearl Bailey takes a call after singing A Womans Prerogative" the date the number of the negative "vi - cc - 3" and indications to the printer for reduction. reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAIT: The Photography of Carl van Vechten from this print. Half-length view of the performer in costume. 1 vols. 34.5 x 24 cm 13-5/8 x 9-1/2 inches. Provenance: The estate of Saul Mauriber Van Vechten's assistant and executor of Van Vechten's photography estate and the compiler of PORTRAITS: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF CARL VAN VECHTEN 1978 unknown books
1946Best.-Nr. 222118New York 1946. reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAIT: The Photography of Carl van Vechten from this print. Half-length view of the performer in costume. 1 vols. 34.5 x 24 cm 13-5/8 x 9-1/2 inches. Fine. Atelier stamped on verso docketed by Van Vechten in ink recording the subject of the photograph "Pearl Bailey takes a call after singing A Womans Prerogative" the date the number of the negative "vi - cc - 3" and indications to the printer for reduction. reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAIT: The Photography of Carl van Vechten from this print. Half-length view of the performer in costume. 1 vols. 34.5 x 24 cm 13-5/8 x 9-1/2 inches. Provenance: The estate of Saul Mauriber Van Vechten's assistant and executor of Van Vechten's photography estate and the compiler of PORTRAITS: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF CARL VAN VECHTEN 1978 unknown
