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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. The Good Earth. NewYork: John Day (1931). First edition, first issue. A coupleof spots on the spine, spine lettering tarnished, a verygood or better copy in near fine dustwrapper with acouple of tiny nicks at the corners and a little soiling onthe front panel. Housed in a custom morocco and clothclamshell case. The author's best-known book, the firstpart of her *House of Earth* trilogy, and the book mostresponsible for her becoming the first American femalewriter to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.Adapted first for the stage in 1933 (with Claude Rainsand Nazimova in the leads), and then as an epic film byproducer Irving Thalberg starring Paul Muni and Oscarwinner Luise Rainer. A very nice copy of this elusivePulitzer Prize winner that has become rare in jacket.#291761 ....... $15,000

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. The Good Earth. London:Methuen and Company (1931). First English edition. Giftinscription, foredge foxed, spine slightly faded, a verygood copy in a nice, very good or better dustwrapperwith a triangular chip at the foot of the spine, and a faintstain at the crown. The Nobel laureate's best-knownbook, the first part of her *House of Earth* trilogy, andwinner of the Pulitzer Prize. In 1938, based largely on thestrength of *The Good Earth*, Buck became the secondwoman, and first American woman, to win the NobelPrize for literature. The book was adapted for the stage in1933 with Claude Rains and Nazimova starring onBroadway, and then made into a classic film by producerIrving Thalberg, who died during production. Paul Munistarred opposite Luise Rainer, who won an Oscar as O-Lan. The English edition of this elusive Pulitzer Prizewinner has, like the American edition, becomeexceptionally uncommon in jacket. #85301 ....... $2,500

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BUCK, Pearl S.. Die Gute Erde [TheGood Earth]. Basel: Zinnen-Verlag (1933). FirstGerman edition. Decorated cloth. Bookstpre label andowner's name on front fly, small frayed spot near crown,a little foxing on boards, a very good copy withoutdustwrapper. The first German edition of the author'sbest-known book, the first part of her *House of Earth*trilogy, and the book most responsible for her becomingthe first American female writer to be awarded the NobelPrize for Literature. Adapted first for the stage in 1933(with Claude Rains and Nazimova in the leads), and thenas an epic film by producer Irving Thalberg starring PaulMuni and Oscar winner Luise Rainer. A very nice copy ofthis elusive Pulitzer Prize winner. #302592 ....... $35

BUCK, Pearl S.. An AutobiographicalSketch of Pearl S. Buck. (New York): (JohnDay Company) (1932). First edition. Octavo. Stapledwrappers. (8pp.). Harper and Row file copy, with theirownership stamp and remnants of their label on thespine. Rubbing on the front wrap, else very good orbetter. Very scarce. #81763 ....... $300

BUCK, Pearl S.. Sons. New York: John DayCompany (1932). First edition, limited issue. Fine in fine,unprinted glassine dustwrapper in a worn and repairedslipcase. One of 371 numbered copies Signed by theauthor. The second volume in the Nobel Prize winner's*House of Earth* trilogy, which began the previous yearwith her Pulitzer Prize winning *The Good Earth*. Anice copy. #81692 ....... $250

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. Sons. New York: John DayCompany (1932). First trade edition. Spine a little sunnedand foxed, a very good copy, lacking the dustwrapper.Inscribed by the author to her brother, EdgarSydenstricker, on the half-title: “For Edgar [printed title:*Sons*] Pearl S. Buck.” Buck’s parents, missionaries inChina who endured a loveless marriage, were notaffectionate to the few of their seven children whosurvived into adulthood, and Buck’s relationship with herolder brother was very important in sustaining her. Her1945 novel *Portrait of a Marriage* was based on Edgar’sown loveless first marriage. The second volume in theNobel Prize winner's *House of Earth* trilogy, whichbegan the previous year with her Pulitzer Prize winning*The Good Earth*. A splendid association copy.#81660 ....... $1000

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. Sons. New York: John DayCompany 1972. Stated fourth impression. Fine in pebble-grained white cloth and papercovered boards, issuedwithout dustwrapper. Copy number 133 of 1000numbered copies Signed by the author. The secondvolume in the Nobel Prize winner's *House of Earth*trilogy, which began with her Pulitzer Prize winning *TheGood Earth*. A beautiful copy. #84858 ....... $125

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. The YoungRevolutionist. New York: Friendship Press (1932).Second edition, printed in wrappers. Very good minuswith some chipping to the bottom and fore-edge of thefront wrapper. Scarce thus. #81866 ....... $45

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BUCK, Pearl S.. A House Divided. NewYork: John Day Company (1933). First edition. Boardsfoxed, particularly on the spine, thus very good in aspine-faded, near very good dustwrapper with severalsmall nicks and tears. Inscribed by the author to herbrother, Edgar Sydenstricker, and his second wife “ForEdgar and Phyllis, Pearl S. Buck. Christmas 1934.” Buck’sparents, missionaries in China who endured a lovelessmarriage, were not affectionate to the few of their sevenchildren who survived beyond childhood, and Buck’srelationship with her older brother was very important insustaining her. Her 1945 novel *Portrait of a Marriage*was based on Edgar’s own loveless first marriage (asopposed to his loveless second marriage, to Phyllis). Thefinal volume in the Nobel Prize winner's *House ofEarth* trilogy, which began with her Pulitzer Prizewinning *The Good Earth*. A splendid association copy.#81752 ....... $1000

BUCK, Pearl S.. A House Divided. NewYork: John Day Company (1933). First edition. Fine infine dustwrapper. The final volume in the Nobel Prizewinner's *House of Earth* trilogy, which began with herPulitzer Prize winning *The Good Earth*. A beautifulcopy. #291815 ....... $450

BUCK, Pearl S.. A House Divided. NewYork: John Day Company (1963). Stated fifth impression.Fine in pebble-grained white cloth and papercoveredboards, issued without dustwrapper. Copy number 133 of1000 numbered copies Signed by the author. The thirdvolume in the Nobel Prize winner's *House of Earth*trilogy, which began with her Pulitzer Prize winning *TheGood Earth*. A beautiful copy. #84859 ....... $125

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. The Mother. New York:John Day (1934). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper.A beautiful, pretty much immaculate copy. We've neverseen one better. #291784 ....... $1000

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. The Mother. New York:John Day (1934). First edition. Near fine, lacking thedustwrapper. Inscribed by the author on the half-titlepage. #81921 ....... $300

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX(Anthology) . The Panorama of ModernLiterature: Contributed by Thirty-OneGreat Modern Writers. Garden City: Doubleday,Doran 1934. First edition. Introduction by ChritopherMorley. Tiny owner name, fine in about fine dustwrapperwith slight age-toning to the spine. Contributors includeSinclair Lewis, E.B. White, Pearl S. Buck, P.G.Wodehouse, and many others. #60576 ....... $25

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBALDWIN, Faith. Bank Holiday [acomplete short novel in]: Hearst’sInternational Combined withCosmopolitan. June, 1933. New York:International Magazine Company 1935. Quarto magazinein wrappers. Small tears at the extremities, else near fine.Includes the Baldwin novel, and stories or articles byPearl S. Buck, Rupert Hughes, Alexander Woollcott, andLouis Bromfield, and cover art by Harrison Fisher.#82174 ....... $50

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BUCK, Pearl S.. Between Those Two [acomplete short novel in]: Hearst’sInternational Combined withCosmopolitan. March, 1935. New York:International Magazine Company 1935. Quarto magazinein wrappers. About fine. Includes the Buck novel, andstories by James Hilton, Roy Chanslor, and AchmedAbdullah, articles by Ida M. Tarbell (*The GreatestLincoln Story of ALL*) and Paul Gallico, and cover artby Bradshaw Crandell. #82171 ....... $50

BUCK, Pearl S.. His Own Country [storyin]: Hearst’s International Combined withCosmopolitan. October, 1935. New York:International Magazine Company 1935. Quarto magazinein wrappers. Small tears at the edge of the front wrap,chips to the edges of a couple of pages, a very good copy.Includes the Buck story, a full-length novel *MysteryHouse* by Kathleen Norris, *Mr. Chips and YoungWaveney* by James Hilton, and stories or serials by FaithBaldwin, A.J. Cronin, S.S. Van Dine, Albert RichardWetjen, and Damon Runyon (*Money from Home*), andcover art by Bradshaw Crandell. #82046 ....... $85

WODEHOUSE, P.G.. The Comeback ofBattling Billson [story in]: Hearst’sInternational Combined withCosmopolitan. June, 1935. New York:International Magazine Company 1935. Quarto magazinein wrappers. Light wear, near fine. Also includes a PearlS. Buck essay, stories or novels by Peter B. Kyne, SinclairLewis, and Achmed Abdullah, and cover art by BradshawCrandell. #82052 ....... $75

(BUCK, Pearl S.). A Biographical Sketchof Pearl S. Buck. New York: John Day Company(1936). First edition. Octavo. Stapled wrappers. (28pp.).Harper and Row file copy, with their ownership stampand label on the spine. Considerable chipping at theextremities. Although it is described as biographical,some informed speculation exists that this was written byBuck herself. #81762 ....... $100

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. Fighting Angel. New York:John Day (1936). First edition. Small signature to thefront free endpaper, near fine in a very nice, near finedustwrapper. Inscribed by the author. #81922 .......

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. Fighting Angel. New York:John Day (1936). First edition. Very near fine lacking thedustwrapper. #85303 ....... $35

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. Faderen [FightingAngel]. Copenhagen: Jespersen og Pios Forlag 1937.First edition thus. Fine in quarter leather over marbledpaper. Danish translation of *Fighting Angel*.#71702 ....... $35

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. The Exile. New York: JohnDay (1936). First edition. Near fine, lacking thedustwrapper. Inscribed by the author on the half-titlepage. #81925 ....... $250

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BUCK, Pearl S.. The Chinese Novel:Nobel Lecture Delivered Before theSwedish Academy at Stockholm,December 12, 1938. New York: John DayCompany (1939). First edition. Fine in a rubbed andworn, about very good dustwrapper with faint remnantsof a label on the spine, in a well-rubbed but intact, goodplus cardboard slipcase. This copy Inscribed by Pearl S.Buck to her biographer and friend Ted Harris: “ForTheodore F. Harris, in undying friendship, Pearl S.Buck.” Buck’s association with Harris was the source of ascandal that marred both her reputation and herrelationship with her family. After the death of hersecond husband, Richard Walsh, the elderly Buckemployed Harris, a dance instructor at a local ArthurMurray’s dance studio, as a dancing tutor to herdaughters. Harris quickly insinuated himself into Buck’shousehold, helping to arrange fund raising events forBuck’s charities, and eventually was appointed by Buck tohead her new foundation. An investigation by the otherBoard members resulted in a report that branded him “acon man and a practicing homosexual” but Buck wasundeterred, captivated by Harris’ youthful enthusiasm.She eventually assigned all of her royalties to thefoundation against a large loan that Harris used, amongother things, to purchase luxury automobiles for himselfand his friends, raised his salary from $7500 per annumto $45,000 per annum guaranteed for life, and similarperks. Harris additionally hired most of his danceinstructor colleagues to work for the foundation, hadBuck change her will in his favor, and eventually wasaccused of molesting Korean-American boys that he hadthe foundation bring to the U.S. As a result Buck, thenperhaps America’s best-known female author, wasembroiled in a scandal that seriously damaged herprestige. Buck’s children challenged the will, eventuallysettling out of court with Harris, who did retain much ofBuck’s property, including substantial portions of herarchives and manuscripts. An important association copythat illustrated the author’s connection to Harris.#81765 ....... $1000

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. The Chinese Novel:Nobel Lecture Delivered Before theSwedish Academy at Stockholm,December 12, 1938. New York: John DayCompany (1939). First edition. Fine in a light rubbed,near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper, lacking thecardboard slipcase. #96291 ....... $275

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. The Patriot. New York: JohnDay Company (1939). First edition. Fine in a nice, nearfine dustwrapper but for a tear along the front flap fold.A bright, better than usual copy. #84872 ....... $175

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. The Patriot. NY: John Day1939. First edition. Very good. Hardcover, lightly rubbedat spine ends and corners, spine and cover edges lightlyfaded, hinges slightly loose, pages lightly browned.#247575 ....... $35

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXCHUAN, Shui Hu. All Men Are Brothers.NY: Grosset & Dunlap 1939. Later. Very good, book hasslight rubbing of spine, minor fading of spine and cover,slight hinge separation at front, aging of pages. Translatedfrom Chinese by Pearl S. Buck. #249432 ....... $65

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[CHUAN, Shui Hu]. All Men Are Brothers.New York: The Heritage Press (1948). Reprint. Quarto.Without dustwrapper as issued. Translated from theChinese by Pearl S. Buck. Introduction by Lin Yutang.Illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. Near fine with spinefaded in good only slipcase. #291890 ....... $30

BUCK, Pearl S.. Other Gods: AnAmerican Legend. New York: John Day (1940).First edition. Near fine, lacking the dustwrapper.#81918 ....... $35

BUCK, Pearl S.. Today and Forever:Stories of China. New York: John Day Company(1941). First edition. Slight smudge on the front board,still easily fine in a very attractive, near fine dustwrapperwith a couple of short, creased tears. A collection ofstories, very seldom found in nice condition. #84882 .......

$500

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[JOHNSON, John H.]. Negro Digest: AMagazine of Negro Comment [Volumes 1-3; November, 1942 – October, 1944].Chicago: Negro Digest Publishing Company 1942-1944.Three volumes. Thick octavos. Bound with all wrappersin green buckram titled in gilt. Boards a trifle rubbed,some wrappers a bit soiled, edges of a few wrappers alittle closely trimmed with negligible loss, still near fine.The first three years of this influential and importantdigest, which was the foundation of the JohnsonPublishing empire. In addition to excerpting articles byand about African-Americans from other publications,there was also much original content written expressly forthe magazine. The contributors read like a who's who ofblack writers of the time: Langston Hughes, WalterWhite, George S. Schuyler, Roland Hayes, Horace MannBond, Roi Ottley, and that's just the first issue. Alsoincluded are W.E.B. Du Bois, J. Saunders Redding, MaryMcLeod Bethune, Zora Neale Hurston, Charles S.Johnson, A. Philip Randolph, Richard Wright, MelvilleHerskovits, Rayford Logan, Louis Armstrong, Ann Petry,E. Franklin Frazier, Mr. and Mrs. William Grant Still("Does Interracial Marriage Succeed?"), W.C. Handy, RoyWilkins, Benjamin E. Mays, Satchel Paige, Rev. AdamClayton Powell, Sr., Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., BenjaminQuarles, Paul Robeson, Eslande Goode Robeson, DukeEllington, Arna Bontemps, E. Simms Campbell, FrankYerby, Mercer Cook, Charles H. Wesley, Edwin R.Embree, and many lesser lights. Among the white writerswho contribute (usually, but not always, writing onsubjects of interest to African-Americans) are ShirleyJackson (preceding her first book by a few years), CarlSandburg, Joseph Mitchell, Earl Conrad, Bucklin Moon,Barney Nagler, Ernie Pyle, Eleanor Roosevelt, DaltonTrumbo, Dorothy Parker, John R. Tunis, Pearl S. Buck,Orson Welles, Woody Gutherie (a condensation of*Bound for Glory*), Ernie Harwell, Frank Sinatra,Edward G. Robinson, and Humphrey Bogart. Afascinating line-up of notables, and an interesting lookinto the psyche of the race during wartime. Presumablynot that many copies of this digest would have beenprinted during wartime; reportedly the first issue wasprinted in a run of only 3,000 copies. Early issues are veryuncommon. #299786 ....... $3,000

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BUCK, Pearl. Typed Letter Signed (“PearlS. Buck”). : . Typed Letter Signed from Buck dated25 February 1942 on her New York stationery, to aneditor stating "Enclosed is something which I would liketo say to the colored people of this country. I am sendingcopies of this letter to colored journals, and shall be gladto have you use it if you wish...." Whatever was enclosedis no longer present. Fine. Apparently Buck sent severalcopies of this letter to editors, as we have a second copy,bound into a copy of her 1942 novel *Dragon Seed*,however, all evidence indicates that she did hand signeach one. #81634 ....... $150

BUCK, Pearl. Pearl Buck Speaks forDemocracy. New York: Common Council forAmerican Unity (1942). First edition. Foreword by Mrs.Franklin D. Roosevelt. Stapled printed wrappers. Smallstain at bottom corner of the front wrap, and a littleoffsetting at the edge of the front wrap, a very good copy.Fairly uncommon. #285144 ....... $100

(BUCK, Pearl). Broadside: "Don't MissPearl Buck's Powerful New Novel" [ChinaGold]. : (nd-1942). 11" x 16". Broadside printed oncardstock. Very light soiling, else fine. Poster reading"Don't Miss Pearl Buck's Powerful New Novel 'ChinaGold.'" The novel, about "two young Americans [who]find love in war-torn China," was serialized in *Collier'sMagazine* in 1942 and has never been published in bookform, except in a German translation. #50766 .......

$250

(BUCK, Pearl). Poster: Collier's February7, 1942. China Gold: A Novel of War-TornChina by Pearl S. Buck. (New York): Crowell-Collier 1942. Poster printed on cardstock. 11" x 16". Verylight soiling, else fine. Advertising poster for a specificissues of *Collier's Magazine* with an illustration of afashionable woman in a yellow hat, by the artist JonWhitcomb. Buck's novel was serialized in *Collier's* in1942 and has never been published in book form, exceptin a German translation. #83596 ....... $250

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXLAIDLER, Harry W., editor. The Role ofthe Races in Our Future Civilization:Symposium. New York: League for IndustrialDemocracy 1942. First edition. Printed wrappers. 112 pp.Stamped "Review Copy" on the front wrap. Age-toningto the wrappers, a trifle worn at one corner, a very goodcopy. A symposium that featured Pearl S. Buck, WalterWhite, Lin Yutang, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., SirNorman Angell, Norman Thomas, and many others.#83278 ....... $45

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXOBOLER, Arch and StephenLongstreet, edited by. Free WorldTheatre: Nineteen New Radio Plays. NewYork: Random House (1944). First edition. Introductionby Thomas Mann. Preface by Arch Oboler. Fine inattractive, very good plus dustwrapper with slight wear atthe crown and some modest rubbing. A radio and screenwriters collaboration of radio plays promoting freedomand democracy, offered royalty free for non-commercialbroadcast. Among the collaborators were the editors,Budd Schulberg, Pearl Buck, Jerome Lawrence, IraGershwin, and Samson Raphaelson. This copy Inscribedby Oboler to Rex Stout: "With best wishes to Rex Stout,fighter for freedom. Arch Oboler." Oboler was one ofthe great innovators of the golden age of radio drama,specializing in horror and suspense plays, perhaps bestknown for the popular series *Lights Out* and *ArchOboler's Plays*. Oboler was later called to Hollywood,where he wrote and/or directed several films includingthe first "3-D" film *Bwana Devil*, the first film aboutpost-nuclear survivors, *Five* (1951), and an early filmabout multiple personalities, *Bewitched*. #56993 .......

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BUCK, Pearl. The Story of Dragon Seed.New York: John Day (1944). First edition. 15pp. A bit ofdarkening in the gutters, else fine in fine, unprinteddustwrapper. One of 600 copies, none of which were forsale, for presentation by the East and West Association.Signed by the author. Laid in is an invitation to a 1944theatrical performance of *Dragon Seed* starringKatherine Hepburn to benefit The East and WestAssociation. Very scarce. #81645 ....... $475

BUCK, Pearl S. as John Sedges. TheTownsman. New York: John Day (1945). Firstedition. Very good with some staining to the boards,lacking the dustwrapper. #82036 ....... $20

(Children) BUCK, Pearl S.. Yu Lan:Flying Boy of China. New York: John Day (1945).First edition. Illustrated by George T. Hartman. Smallowner name stamp on the front fly, boards a bit soiledand foxed, and a short tear to one page, a very good orbetter copy in a very good dustwrapper with some foxing,short tears and lacking the bottom 1" from the thin spine.Not beautiful, but an exceptionally scarce wartimechildren's book. #45359 ....... $150

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXList of Manuscripts Awarded by the Bookand Author War Bond Committee 1943-1946. Jamaica, NY: Book and Author War BondCommittee / Queens Borough Public Library 1946. Firstedition. Wrappers. Octavo. 55, (5)pp. Small ink note onfront wrap, a trifle soiled, else near fine. Interesting list ofmanuscripts awarded as premiums at war bond drives,including important manuscripts by Sherwood Andeson,Pearl S. Buck, John Dos Passos, Walter D. Edmonds,Albert Einstein, Randall Jarrell, Sinclair Lewis, ThomasMann, Betty Smith, Gertrude Stein, John Steinbeck, RexStout, James Thurber, Eudora Welty, and many others.#83888 ....... $150

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX(Anthology) (BUCK, Pearl S.). '47, TheMagazine of the Year: Volume 1, Number1, March 1947. New York: Associated MagazineContributors, Inc. 1947. First edition. Near fine, lightlyage-toned in stapled wrappers with previous owner'ssticker on the front wrapper. Includes a contributionfrom Pearl S. Buck. #109642 ....... $25

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBRODIN, Pierre. Les EcrivainsAmericains du Vingtieme Siecle. Paris:Horizons de France (1947). First edition. Very good inwrappers. Text is in French. Authors included areTheodore Drieser, Gertrude Stein, Sherwood Anderson,Upton Sinclair, Ellen Glasgow, Pearl Buck, Francis ScottFitzgerald, Henry Miller, William Saroyan, RichardWright. #301785 ....... $35

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. Kinfolk. New York: John Day(1949). First edition. Near fine in a very gooddustwrapper with chipping to the crown of the spine. Anovel of China. #81909 ....... $35

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BUCK, Pearl S.. Kinfolk. New York: The JohnDay Company (1949). Book club edition. Very good,lacking the dustwrapper. #210185 ....... $10

BUCK, Pearl S. as John Sedges. TheLong Love. New York: John Day (1949). Book clubedition. Near fine in a very good dustwrapper with aneighth of an inch by an inch closed tear along the topedge of the front panel. #82017 ....... $20

BUCK, Pearl S.. The Long Love. New York:Pocket Books (1959). First paperback edition. Near finein wrappers. #81873 ....... $10

BUCK, Pearl. The Hidden Flower. NewYork: Pocket Books (1954). First by this publisher. Massmarket paperback. Very good with a little bend in thelower front corner. #317575 ....... $14

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX(Anthology) WOLFE, Don M., editor.New Voices 2: American Writing Today.New York: Hendricks House 1955. First edition. Slightspotting to the spine, still about fine in a bright, aboutfine dustwrapper with two pretty much invisible stains.Anthology of young writers with essays on writing byKatherine Anne Porter and Pearl S. Buck. Most of theyoung unknown writers remained unknown, but amongthem are Edward L. Wallant (*The Pawnbroker*), JohnHoward Griffin, and Galway Kinnell. An especially nicecopy. #60077 ....... $50

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXSANDBURG, Carl, Pearl S. Buck, andothers. (Carbon transcript of): SecondSession of the Bulletin Forum: "In a newdecade, what's happened to our moralvalues?". (Philadelphia): The Evening and SundayBulletin 1960. Stapled carbon copies on yellow paper.24pp. Modest edgewear, very good or better. Includes acover letter from The Bulletin's Special Events DirectorR.E. Beauchang sending the transcript to Leo Orso ofOrsonic Recording Services. Radio transcript from around table discussion featuring Sandbureg, Buck, andtwo others, lesser known. Apparently Orso was mostlyinterested in Sandburg's contributions, and has circledSandburg's name in the transcript where it appears.Presumably rare. #73756 ....... $375

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXOSARAGI, Jiro. The Journey. New York:Alfred A. Knopf 1960. First American edition. Translatedby Ivan Morris. Fine in fine dustwrapper but for a nearlyinvisible tear on the front panel. Advance Review Copywith slip laid in. Blurbs by Pearl Buck and JamesMichener. A beautiful copy, and scarce thus.#278318 ....... $125

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(Anthology) BARR, Beryl and BarbaraTurner Sachs, editors. The Artists' andWriters' Cookbook. Sausalito: Contact Editions(1961). First edition. Quarto. Foreword by Alice B.Toklas. Fine in a lightly worn, near fine slipcase. Anattractively produced volume gathering recipes from anall-star cast of writers and artists including Harper Lee,James A. Michener, Robert Graves, Evan S. Connell, Jr.,Katherine Anne Porter, Lawrence Durrell, Man Ray,Conrad Aiken, Lillian Hellman, Caresse Crosby, IsakDinesen, William Styron, Erskine Caldwell, James Merrill,Marcel Duchamp, Georges Simenon, Louis Auchincloss,Pearl Buck, Anthony Powell, James Jones, KennethPatchen, Richard Wilbur, Beauford Delany, UptonSinclair, Frances Parkinson Keyes, John Knowles, EvanHunter, Paul Bowles, Marianne Moore, and dozens ofothers. #70338 ....... $65

(Literary Interviews) NELSON, James--Edited and with an Intro. By, W.Somerset Maugham, Pearl Buck, EdithHamilton, et al. Wisdom For Our Time.New York: W.W. Norton 1961. First edition. Near fine ina good plus dustwrapper. Book shows very slightbumping of spine ends, tiny hard stain on back panel,dustwrapper shows 2in closed tear on top front cover,some small tears on edges and ends, bottom corner offront flap clipped. #270821 ....... $10

BUCK, Pearl S.. The Living Reed. NewYork: John Day Company (1963). Stated tenthimpression. Fine in pebble-grained white cloth andpapercovered boards, issued without dustwrapper. Copynumber 133 of 1000 numbered copies Signed by theauthor. A beautiful copy. #84866 ....... $125

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. The Living Reed. NewYork: John Day (1963). Book club edition. Near fine in avery good plus dustwrapper. A novel set in Korea.#81920 ....... $10

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. The Living Reed. NewYork: Pocket Books (1964). First paperback edition. Verygood plus in wrappers. A novel about Korea.#81872 ....... $10

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXTHOMPSON, Era Bell and HerbertNipson, edited by. White on Black: TheViews of Twenty-Two White Americans onthe Negro. Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company,Inc. 1963. First edition. Thompson and Nipson wereeditors of *Ebony* magazine. Includes interviews withEleanor Roosevelt, Frank Sinatra, Steve Allen, Pearl S.Buck, and William Faulkner, among others. Fine in a nearfine dustwrapper with modest wear and wrinkling to thefront panel. #275161 ....... $25

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. Essay on Myself. NewYork: John Day (1966). Limited edition, one of onethousand. Publisher’s file copy as indicated by severalreference and ownship stamps. Fine, lacking theunprinted dustwrapper. #82176 ....... $65

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(BUCK, Pearl S.). A Biographical Sketchof Pearl S. Buck. (New York): (John DayCompany) (1967). Revised edition. Quarto. Stapledwrappers. (8pp.). Fine. Signed by Pearl S. Buck. Originallypublished as a promotional piece in 1936, it was revisedand re-issued in 1967. Although it is described asbiographical, some informed speculation exists that thiswas written by Buck herself. #81615 ....... $100

BUCK, Pearl S.. Hearts Come Home (andother stories). New York: Pocket Books (1967).First paperback edition. Very good plus. A collection ofshort stories. #81867 ....... $15

(BUCK, Pearl S.) HARRIS, Theodore F.in consultation with Pearl S. Buck.Pearl S. Buck: A Biography. New York: JohnDay Company (1969, 1971). Two volumes. First editions.Volume One is fine in a price-clipped, near finedustwrapper with a short tear on the front panel. VolumeTwo is fine in a near fine dustwrapper with a littlerubbing, and slight fading at the spine. Both volumes arewarmly Inscribed by Harris to a man who was namedBuck’s official bibliographer, but whose bibliography wasnever completed. Additionally Volume Two is warmlyInscribed by Buck to the same individual. Not much of abiography, but an interesting window into Buck’sassociation with Harris, which was the source of ascandal that marred both her reputation and herrelationship with her family. For both volumes.#82034 ....... $250

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. [Original Manuscript]:Son of Fate. : [1970]. Twenty-two page holographmanuscript Signed ("Pearl S. Buck") on the first page.Fine. Probably a second draft – while each page hascorrections, many of them substantive, few result tochanges in more than one sentence per incidence. A longstory about Old Dr. Chen, who lives in Taipei, issuccessful, has three daughters, but no sons. This late-career story was published in *Insight*, the slim journaldistributed by the Pearl S. Buck Foundation and, so far aswe can determine, never reprinted. While manuscripts forBuck's nonfiction occasionally appear on the market, herfiction manuscripts, especially with Chinese themes, arevery uncommon. #83284 ....... $2,750

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. Mandala. New York: JohnDay (1970). First edition. Fine in a near fine price-clippeddustwrapper with the spine faded. Signed by the NobelLaureate author on the half-title and inscribed by theauthor on title page. A novel of India. #82012 .......

$125

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl. The Kennedy Women: APersonal Appraisal. New York: Cowles (1970).First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by theauthor. #73268 ....... $275

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BUCK, Pearl S.. The Kennedy Women: APersonal Appraisal. New York: Cowles Book Co.(1970). First edition. Small owner inscription to front freeendpaper, else fine in a very good dustwrapper with aquarter inch by three quarters inch rub mark to the rearpanel. #81910 ....... $10

BUCK, Pearl S.. A Lesson in Love: anoriginal story in "Insight". Philadelphia: Pearl S.Buck Foundation, Inc. 1971. One folio sheet folded tomake six pages. Volume 2, Issue 5 of the Pearl S. BuckFoundation newsletter. Folded as issued. Fine. Signed byPearl S. Buck. Most of the newsletter is devoted to thestory, and a message from Buck. Very uncommon signedby the author. #84783 ....... $300

BUCK, Pearl S.. [cover title]: Green HillsFarm, Dublin, Pennsylvania. Dublin, PA: ThePearl S. Buck Foundation 1972. First edition. Quarto.Mimeographed sheets in stapled illustrated wrappers.10pp., printed rectos only. Fine. Signed by Pearl S. Buckon the front wrapper. A transcript of a tape made byBuck describing her house in detail, published on theoccasion of her 80th birthday. Very scarce. #85158 .......

$325

BUCK, Pearl S.. The Goddess Abides.New York: John Day Company (1972). First edition. Finein lightly rubbed, very near fine dustwrapper. A betterthan usual copy. #84871 ....... $45

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. The Goddess Abides.New York: Pocket Books (1973). First paperback edition.Near fine in wrappers. #81868 ....... $10

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. Words of Love. New York:John Day Copany (1974). First edition. Owner namefront fly, else fine in a fine dustwrapper. A very nice copyof the author's first book of poetry. #84878 ....... $50

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXDAVAR, Ishok. The Kiss. Wheaton, Illinois:Theosophical Publishing House (1976). First edition.Foreword by Pearl Buck. Very good in a very gooddustwrapper. #293524 ....... $75

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXA Pearl Buck Reader: Volume One andTwo. NY: Readers Digest 1985. Second printing. Verygood in very good dustwrapper. 2 volume set. Text clean.Illustrated in color. Clean dustwrapper. #218820 .......

$18

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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBUCK, Pearl S.. Envelope. : . Number tenenvelope with Buck's Philadelphia address engraved onthe reverse, and with her name stamp and "chop" markon the front. Age has resulted in the empty and unusedgummed envelope self-sealing, it is also slightly warpedfrom having been bundled with other papers, near finewith no additional markings. #64422 ....... $20

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