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1933réf. C85479London: Methuen 1933. Ninth Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Ninth Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 188. Original publisher's ochre coloured cloth lettered gilt at the spine. Very good indeed in clean complete very good dust jacket with slight edgewear. 7/6 on jacket spine with reviews on the internal front flap. Methuen, hardcover
1995réf. 131427Moyer Bell Ltd 1995. hardcover. Like New. 6x1x9. Looks unread with just a touch of shelf wear oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Moyer Bell Ltd hardcover
1975réf. b2-4-2609The Franklin Library 1975. leather_bound. Like New. 9x6x1. Anthony Young Chen. This is a brown leather-bound volume featuring 22kt gold accents illustrations moire fabric endsheets gilded page ends and a satin-ribbon page marker. A classic novel following the life of Wang Lung and his family in rural China as they experience hardship prosperity and social change. Through themes of family land ambition and survival Buck portrays the relationship between people and the world around them. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize the novel became one of the most widely read works of the twentieth century and helped establish Buck's reputation as a significant voice in world literature. The Franklin Library hardcover
1933réf. 13051New York: Modern Library 1933. First Thus. Flexible boards. Very Good. 12mo. Pp. xiii 375. Introduction by the author. Flexible dark blue cloth spine darkened boards soiled pages slightly browned. Inscribed "For Ted Harris from Pearl S. Buck" Harris was Buck's authorized biographer editor and co-authored a book with her. A novel of family life in an early 20th-century Chinese village. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Now housed in a clear removable archival sleeve. Modern Library unknown
réf. BAY_18_SH_010433The Easton Press. New. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010. The Easton Press unknown
1931réf. 12342New York: John Day Company 1931. First Edition First Issue. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. vii 375. Rebound in red cloth lettered in gilt light toning to pages. Inscribed by Buck on first half-title page referring to the lengthy Proust quote that begins the novel on the verso of first half-title page. "I inscribe this book. The quotation from Proust is important to me for it expresses in another medium what I tried to do for a few people of China. boldly signed Pearl S. Buck" Pulitzer Prize-winning novel chronicling the rise and decline of a family's generational fortunes in rural China through the lens of its protagonist Wang Lung. It delves into the challenges faced by the family encompassing hardships wealth corruption and their profound connection to the land in late 19th-century early 20th-century China. John Day Company hardcover
1931réf. 41427New York : The John Day Company 1931. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo hardcover with light brown cloth boards and gilt titling on the front board and spine. Missing the dust jacket. This edition features the misprint of "flees" instead of "fleas" on page 100 line 17. The condition of the book is Good binding relatively tight; splitting at the front interior joint; general light shelf wear; previous owner signature on the FFEP. 375pp. The John Day Company hardcover
1936réf. 18884Grosset. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Hardcover. 33rd Grosset printing September 1936. Peach cloth cover is rubbed at corners and caps with lightly bumped corners but clean bright and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Photographic illustrated end sheets and paste downs. Pages are toned but clean and near pristine. Dust jacket has wear to the extremities with a couple 1" tears and light tattering at top and bottom edge of spine panel and corners but clean and in good condition. DJ protected by a brand new clear acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. If pictured shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ; 0 pages . 1936. Grosset hardcover
1931réf. 013633NY: The John Day Company 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100 line 17. Very nice copy lacking dustjacket. No names inscriptions or bookplates and desirable thus. The John Day Company hardcover
1936réf. 003574New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1936. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 5th or later Edition. Stated thirty-third printing 1936. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Book is bound in brown cloth with silver lettering and decoration. Dustjacket has had light expert repair. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Grosset & Dunlap Hardcover
1936réf. 2504035Grosset & Dunlap 1936. first photography edition. hardcover. fine/near fine. First photography edition 33rd printing. Book fine dust jacket near fine very minor rubbing to dj edges. Grosset & Dunlap unknown
1975réf. 327627Franklin Center: Franklin 1975. hardcover. fine. Anthony Young Chen. illustrated by Anthony Young Chen. 345 pages. 8vo full gilt-stamped brown leather all edges gilt. Franklin Library 1975. A fine copy. Limited edition -- Pulitzer Prize winner for 1932. Franklin unknown
1931réf. 147462New York: The John Day Company 1931. First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. First issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100 line 17. Octavo bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Pearl Buck on a page bound in. In fine condition. Over eighty years have passed since The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know and I know nothing but China having always lived there" wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. The John Day Company unknown
1931réf. 003491London: Methuen & Co. LTD. 1931. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK printing. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The book bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering is as new with pages that are very bright with no marks or foxing. The unfaded dustjacket has very minor expert repair to the spine ends with the UK price on the spine. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Methuen & Co. LTD. Hardcover
1931réf. 131131666New York: The John Day Company 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. FIRST EDITION. 1st issue with "for the John Day Publishing Company Inc." on the copyright page; "flees" error present on p. 100. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering. Good with sunning to spine cloth former owner's bookplate on verso of front free endpaper with associated wrinkling to nearby pages a few stray pencil marks in text lacking jacket. Decent shape overall. The true first edition of the bestselling novel. The John Day Company hardcover
1931réf. 131128341New York: The John Day Publishing Company 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 9x6x1. FIRST EDITION FIRST STATE. NY: John Day 1931. Original tan cloth lettered in gilt. States "For the John Day Publishing Company Inc." on copyright page "Publishing" missing in later states. No jacket. Cloth worn at head and tail spine dulled. Good condition overall. The John Day Publishing Company hardcover
2006réf. SKU0566207Washington Square Press 2020-06-02. paperback. Good. 5x1x8. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Tracking Washington Square Press paperback
2006réf. SKU0613714Washington Square Press 2020-06-02. paperback. New. 5x1x8. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Washington Square Press paperback
1944réf. 2338927New York: The Modern Library 1944. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 7x4x0. Angelo Valenti. 1934-6 printing of Toledano 002.3 binding/jacket style 7f orange Rockwell Kent endpapers 95 cent jacket price 242 titles on jacket reverse. Jacket toned. 1944 Hard Cover. xiii 1 374 1 pp. Introduction by author Valenti Angelo jacket art. This Pulitzer Prize-winning classic tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers; but they will soon meet their own downfall. Hard times come upon Wang Lung and his family when flood and drought force them to seek work in the city. The working people riot breaking into the homes of the rich and forcing them to flee. When Wang Lung shows mercy to one noble and is rewarded he begins to rise in the world even as the House of Hwang falls. The Modern Library hardcover
2007réf. 47349The Easton Press. 2007. Hardcover. Very Good-. Easton Press full red leather decorated binding. No visible wear to the binding. Former owner's Easton Press bookplate affixed to the verso of the front silk endpage. ; 0 pages . The Easton Press hardcover
2017réf. 1-1501132768Simon & Schuster 2017. Hardcover. New. 144 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. Simon & Schuster hardcover
1931réf. 143665New York: The John Day Company 1931. First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. First issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100 line 17. Octavo bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery marbled endpapers all edges gilt. In fine condition. Over eighty years have passed since The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know and I know nothing but China having always lived there" wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. The John Day Company unknown
1931réf. 143999New York: The John Day Company 1931. First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. First issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100 line 17. Octavo bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on a page bound in "To Kermit and Helen Fischer with deep appreciation Pearl S. Buck Christmas 1958." In fine condition. Over eighty years have passed since The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know and I know nothing but China having always lived there" wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. The John Day Company unknown
1931réf. Alibris.0010035New York: P.F. Collier & Son Corporation 1931. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Good condition. Mild fading. Edges clean. No markings. 375 p. 22 cm. Hardcover book. Copyright page has letters "CC" and "By arrangement with the John Day Company P.F. Collier & Son Corporation hardcover
réf. 1433268981.Gpreloaded_digital_audio_player. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
