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rif. 0889202966.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1999rif. 004168Waterloo Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The University of Toronto professor argues that despite efforts of Catholic zealots to ignite a major witch craze in 16th century France the judgments of moderate Catholic judges prevailed - resulting in relatively few executions for witchcraft. 181 pages with index. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Slight edge wear to dust jacket. Wilfrid Laurier University Press hardcover
1978rif. 137711Brooklyn NY: Self published 1978. Draft script for an unproduced three-act play called "The Council in Hell" written by Pearl Wiesen adapted from Books I and II of John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost." Brief annotations throughout in manuscript ink. Red wrappers with title and address labels on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 1978 with a credit for Wiesen. 58 leaves with last leaf of text being page 16 of Act III. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Self published unknown books
1978rif. 137711Brooklyn NY: Self published 1978. Draft script for an unproduced three-act play called "The Council in Hell" written by Pearl Wiesen adapted from Books I and II of John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost." Brief annotations throughout in manuscript ink. Red wrappers with title and address labels on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 1978 with a credit for Wiesen. 58 leaves with last leaf of text being page 16 of Act III. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Self published unknown
rif. 1391887107.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 1396778500.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1926rif. PRINT23JT004Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine XXIII 1926. Pamphlet. Collectible; Very Good. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Offprint. 1926. Reprinted from Proceedings of the Society for Experimetnal Biology and Medicine XXIII. Ownership stamp of Julian Huxley. First separate edition. Offprint. Original wrappers. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, XXIII unknown
rif. 101962535X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1967rif. 263463New York: Golden 1967. Fine. First edition. Fine. Golden unknown books
2001rif. mon0004178547Xlibris Corp 2001-11-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.1600 8.7800 5.8200. Xlibris Corp hardcover
rif. 0738861251.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 0267067623.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 0483606529.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 2338641New York: John Day Company 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x8x0. Magagna Anna Marie. First edition. Includes original jacket. Ink gift note on front endpaper endpapers lightly foed and toned bottom corner of front jacket flap clipped a couple closed jacket tears and a 1/2 inch abrasion along top edge small tape repair and 1/4 inch chip along rear jacket edges. 1960 Hard Cover. 42 pp. Pictorial boards not the less desirable blue cloth library binding. Illustrations by Anna Marie Magagna. A Christmas story for young readers by the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning The Good Earth and other novels. Buck was also the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. John Day Company hardcover books
rif. 2338641New York: John Day Company 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x8x0. Magagna Anna Marie. First edition. Includes original jacket. Ink gift note on front endpaper endpapers lightly foed and toned bottom corner of front jacket flap clipped a couple closed jacket tears and a 1/2 inch abrasion along top edge small tape repair and 1/4 inch chip along rear jacket edges. 1960 Hard Cover. 42 pp. Pictorial boards not the less desirable blue cloth library binding. Illustrations by Anna Marie Magagna. A Christmas story for young readers by the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning The Good Earth and other novels. Buck was also the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. John Day Company hardcover
rif. 0786405228.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1939rif. 61177New York: The John Day Company 1939. First Edition. Advance Issue one of an unspecified number of copies signed by Buck on the front endpaper and sent with "Dear Bookseller" letters roughly a month prior to publication with the compliments of The John Day Company. Octavo 22cm; black cloth with titling and author's facsimile signature stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; publisher's slipcase; ii45-593pp with a photographic frontispiece portrait of the author. Touch of dust-soil to cloth else a clean Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $1.50 lightly edgeworn with some light surface wear and a diagonal crease to rear flap; Very Good in like slipcase. Buck's Nobel Lecture in which she discusses the origins of the great novels of China and maintains "that it is the Chinese and not the western novel which has shaped her own efforts in writing." from front flap. The John Day Company unknown books
1939rif. 96291New York: John Day Company 1939. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a light rubbed near fine price-clipped dustwrapper lacking the cardboard slipcase. John Day Company hardcover books
rif. 144225New York: The John Day Company. Hardcover. A. Parker's Books Offering antique books vintage books and rare books for over 43 years View our other listings: A.Parker's Books FIRST PRINTINGS FIRST EDITIONS The Chinese Children Next Door and Stories for LIttle Children Pearl S. Buck New York: The John Day Company 1940; 1942 9 1/2 x 6 1/2; 8 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches 63 pp; n.p. Red cloth with black titles no dust jacket. Black and red illustrations; green cloth with brown titles no dust jacket. Full color illustrations. Both volumes signed and inscribed to Pearl S. Buck's grandson "Bobby" by the author to ffep. Toning to spines; rubbing discoloration and foxing to covers. Stories for Little Children spine has splitting at rear top. Interiors have toning and glue darkening to endpapers else clean and nice. Ph B5 V. The John Day Company hardcover books
1943rif. 1785London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 36 Essex Street STrand W.C. 2 1943. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Katharine TOZER. WOMAN AUTHOR WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR. Katharine TOZER illustrator. Jas. Truscott & Son Ltd. Printers London E.C.3. First British edition. 8vo; 54pp; blue cloth over board portrait of a Chinese girl dancing on front stamped in red and black black lettering on front and spine; color pictorial endpapers; fp; 14full-page color illustrations; sunning of board bottom edges; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket chipping at head and tail of spine scattered foxing; near fine in very good dj. Pearl Buck 1892-1973 was an American writer and novelist. As the daughter of missionaries she spent much of her life before 1934 in China with her parents and then her first husband. This is a story of some of her girlhood playmates in China. In later life she became a strong proponent of women's rights and racial equality. Methuen & Co. Ltd, 36 Essex Street, STrand W.C. 2 unknown books
1942rif. 501445New York: John Day 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Drawings by William Arthur Smith. Boards quite stained a good only copy in moderately stained good or better dust jacket. Inscribed by Buck on front fly: "For Gladys Rosa Watkins and I hope you like the Chinese children. Pearl S. Buck." Additionally Inscribed by the artist incorporating a Chinese chop mark: "To Gladys. Happiness to you forever! Bill. William Arthur Smith. March 4 1943." A very uncommon children's book. John Day hardcover books
1939rif. 007074New York: The John Day Company 1939 Very nice copy in clean dust jacket. SIGNED by Buck on first page. Very mild rubbing along dust jacket spine mostly at top and bottom. The John Day Company hardcover
1942rif. 13428John Day Company 1942. Twelfth Printing. hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. 9x6x0. Dust jacket has significant tears and chips soiling darkened spine price unclipped - poor condition. Yellow cloth boards have light rubbing at extremities clean interior. Library edition 12th printing. Pearl Buck drew on her own childhood to write this children's book about an American child in China. Ages 5-7. All orders packed with care most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve independent bookseller since 2011 John Day Company hardcover
1942rif. 823New York: The John Day Company 1942. Ninth Impression. Cloth. Good. Oblong 12mo. 6.25 x 9.5 in. Red cloth with black titling. Lacking dust jacket. Light soiling to cloth chipping at spine ends mainly head. Binding shaken but sturdy. Faint discoloration to endpapers. Bright red and black illustrations throughout. An American mother tells the story of her childhood growing up in China and the neighboring family's efforts to finally produce a son after having six daughters. The John Day Company unknown
1943rif. 1785London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 36 Essex Street STrand W.C. 2 1943. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Katharine TOZER. WOMAN AUTHOR WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR. Katharine TOZER illustrator. Jas. Truscott & Son Ltd. Printers London E.C.3. First British edition. 8vo; 54pp; blue cloth over board portrait of a Chinese girl dancing on front stamped in red and black black lettering on front and spine; color pictorial endpapers; fp; 14full-page color illustrations; sunning of board bottom edges; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket chipping at head and tail of spine scattered foxing; near fine in very good dj. Pearl Buck 1892-1973 was an American writer and novelist. As the daughter of missionaries she spent much of her life before 1934 in China with her parents and then her first husband. This is a story of some of her girlhood playmates in China. In later life she became a strong proponent of women's rights and racial equality. Methuen & Co. Ltd, 36 Essex Street, STrand W.C. 2 unknown