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1944Best.-Nr. 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
1944Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 102577London T. Fisher Unwin 1906. . First edition; 8vo; title printed in red & black with publisher's device 4pp. advertisements at rear light toning to margins; publisher's white & blue buckram design by Beardsley to the white section of the upper cover top edge gilt spine slightly toned and rolled but overall a near fine example in the original dust-jacket reiterating the Beardsley design some restoration using tissue paper to spine ends and part of the upper cover some other minor chips and tears some toning and light dust-soiling. The first edition of Hobbes'/Richards' last work as she died unexpectedly that same year. This copy in the remarkably rare dust-jacket repeating the design by Beardsley adapted from his poster for Fisher Unwin's Pseudonym and Autonym Libraries. Lasner 76C. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. hardcover
1906Best.-Nr. 21260811906. London: T. Fisher Unwin. 1906. 8vo. Publisher's blue and white cloth design by Beardsley blocked to upper board in yellow and orange spine lettered in red; pp. vii 1 blank 444 2 advertisements with half-title; without the very rare dust-jacket boards slightly rubbed spine toned with pushing to ends; light spotting to half-title and browning to endpapers; a very good copy; contemporary booklabel of the Ardkinglas estate to front pastedown.First edition of the last published work by Anglo-American author Pearl Craigie nee Richards 1867-1906 with a cover by Aubrey Beardsley reproducing his poster design for T. Fisher Unwin's Pseudonym and Autonym Libraries.T. Fisher Unwin had published Craigie's first book the wildly popular Some Emotions and a Moral in 1891 as part of the Pseudonym Library. Divided into four sections - 'First Loves' 'Second Thoughts' 'The Compromise' and 'The Conflict' - The Dream and the Business 'contrasted the Roman Catholic with the nonconformist temper of mind' DNB. Set against the backdrop of upper-class English Society it contrasts the ideal and the ordinary reason and emotion and Christianity and paganism and follows the complex relationships amongst Catholic Lord and Lady Marlesfold the 'pagan' artist Maurice Lessard and the Nonconformists Jim and Sophy Firmalden.Provenance: with the booklabel of the Ardkinglas estate on Loch Fyne in Argyllshire likely that of the Scottish physicist Sir Andrew Noble 1st Baronet 1831-1915.Gertner Zatlin 969; Samuels Lasner 76c. hardcover
1906Best.-Nr. 29508London: Fisher Unwin 1906. Beardsley. 8vo pp. 444. Colored picture on the cover by Beardsley. Edges foxed o/w a VG tight copy. The illustration is adapted from the poster design for Unwin's Pseudonym Libraries. Lasner 76c. A novel. Fisher Unwin unknown
1906Best.-Nr. 29508London: Fisher Unwin 1906. Beardsley. 8vo pp. 444. Colored picture on the cover by Beardsley. Edges foxed o/w a VG tight copy. The illustration is adapted from the poster design for Unwin's Pseudonym Libraries. Lasner 76c. A novel. Fisher Unwin unknown books
Best.-Nr. 0207147078.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1990Best.-Nr. 44047Fine Arts Press Sydney 1990. 1990. Hardcover. 8vo. Green leather hardcover. 250pp. b/w illus. Near Fine light foxing to endpapers. Limited edition #100 of 120 copies. Signed on presentation page by Peter Lasky & Paddy Pearl. . Fine Arts Press, Sydney 1990 hardcover
2011Best.-Nr. 1-9653083694Yad Vashem Publications 2011. Hardcover. New. 600 pages. 10.80x8.90x2.10 inches. Yad Vashem Publications hardcover
2021Best.-Nr. DADAX0520380592University of California Press 2021-07-27. First Edition. paperback. New. 6.00x0.44x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. University of California Press paperback
Best.-Nr. 0520380592.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2021Best.-Nr. x-0520380592Univ of California Pr 2021. Paperback. New. 190 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.60 inches. Univ of California Pr paperback
Best.-Nr. 0886820596New. library. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. unknown
1981Best.-Nr. Q-0801055997Baker Book House 1981-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Baker Book House hardcover
1961Best.-Nr. RO60001334Weidenfield and Nicolson. 1961. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 264 pages. Dessins noir et blanc in texte. Jaquette déchirée.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
2013Best.-Nr. Q-1480439703Open Road Media 2013-10-22. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Open Road Media paperback
1936Best.-Nr. 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
1936Best.-Nr. 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
1936Best.-Nr. 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
1936Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 90-21267P. F. Collier And Son Corporation. Hardcover. New. . P. F. Collier And Son Corporation hardcover
1936Best.-Nr. 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 books
1936Best.-Nr. 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 books
