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The World of Ice, or, The Whaling Cruise of 'The Dolphin' and the Adventures of Her Crew in the Polar Regions (R.M. Ballantyne's Books for Boys)

By: Ballantyne, Robert Michael

Price: $75.00

Publisher: T. Nelson and Sons: 1893

Seller ID: 2139063

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Reissue. Bookplate awarding the book as a first prize to a student in Latin at Ayr Grammar School, spine leans forward slightly. 1893 Hard Cover. viii, 327 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth, black & gilt titles & decorations, floral decorated endpapers, chromolithographic frontispiece & title page precede printed title. An arctic adventure designed for younger readers, originally released in 1860, at a time when polar exploration was a hot topic due to the expeditions of men such as John Ross, William Edward Parry, and John Franklin.
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Eugenie Grandet

By: Balzac, Honore De

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1961

Seller ID: 2261268

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Includes publisher's slipcase, Sandglass Number VII: 26. Slipcase toned. 1961 Hard Cover. xvi, 271 pp. 8vo. 'Who is going to marry Eugenie Grandet?' This is the question that fills the minds of the inhabitants of Saumur, the setting for Eugenie Grandet (1833), one of the earliest and most famous novels in Balzac's Comedie humaine. The Grandet household, oppressed by the exacting miserliness of Grandet himself, is jerked violently out of routine by the sudden arrival of Eugenie's cousin Charles, recently orphaned and penniless. Eugenie's emotional awakening, stimulated by her love for her cousi...
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Pere Goriot

By: Balzac, Honore de

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1980

Seller ID: 2265117

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

1980 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 376, [4] pp. 8vo. Navy blue leather spine, blue cloth boards, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, blue ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated by Albert Lynch. 'Pere Goriot' is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his financial and personal ruin. Interwoven with this theme is that of the impoverished young aristocrat, Rastignac, come to Paris from the provinces to make his fortune, who befriends Goriot and becomes involved with the daughters. The story is set again...
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Pere Goriot (The Franklin Library)

By: Balzac, Honore de

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1980

Seller ID: 2285592

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Minimal loss of gilt. 1980 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 376 pp. 8vo. Original navy blue leatherette, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, three raised spine bands, decorative endpapers. Illustrations by Albert Lynch. This fine example of the French realist novel contrasts the social progress of an impoverished but ambitious aristocrat with the tale of a father, whose obsessive love for his daughters leads to his personal and financial ruin.
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Pere Goriot (The Franklin Library)

By: Balzac, Honore de

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1980

Seller ID: 2302578

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

A fine copy. 1980 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 376 pp. 8vo. Original navy blue leatherette, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, three raised spine bands, decorative endpapers. Illustrations by Albert Lynch. This fine example of the French realist novel contrasts the social progress of an impoverished but ambitious aristocrat with the tale of a father, whose obsessive love for his daughters leads to his personal and financial ruin.
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Pere Goriot (The 100 Greatest Books of All Time)

By: Balzac, Honore de

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1977

Seller ID: 2307077

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

1977 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 387 pp. 8vo. Full dark green leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, three raised spine bands, decorative endpapers. Illustrations by Eugene Abot. This fine example of the French realist novel contrasts the social progress of an impoverished but ambitious aristocrat with the tale of a father, whose obsessive love for his daughters leads to his personal and financial ruin.
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An Orchard Princess

By: Barbour, Ralph Henry

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott and Company: 1905

Seller ID: 2290470

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Second edition. Spine faded, ink name and date on front endpaper. 1905 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 219, [1] pp. 8vo. Four color plates, cameo on front board, and decorative borders by James Montgomery Flagg. An early novel by the author of Kitty of the Roses, who was ultimately best known for his sports-related children's stories, but also wrote romance and adventure novels.
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The Little Minister

By: Barrie, J.M. [James Matthew]

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, American Publishers Corporation: 1897

Seller ID: 2077493

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

First thus. An exceptional copy. 1897 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xxxii, 375, [6] pp. 8vo. Maroon cloth, gilt titles & elaborate gilt decorations, top edge gilt. A new edition revised by the author, with a literary and biographical portrait preceding text, photographic frontispiece, and several engraved plates. A novel by the creator of Peter Pan, and inspiration for the 1934 Katharine Hepburn film, originally 'published in 1891 and dramatized in 1897. The Little Minister is set in Thrums, a Scottish weaving village based on Barries birthplace, and concerns Gavin ...
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Margaret Ogilvy

By: Barrie, J.M. [James Matthew]

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1897

Seller ID: 2104132

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Spine toned, ink name & date on front endpaper. 1897 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 207 pp. Decorative trade binding designed by Amy Richards, with her initials incorporated on the front board design. A novel by the author of Peter Pan.
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The Little Minister, in Two Volumes (The Kirriemuir Edition)

By: Barrie, J.M. [James Matthew]

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York / Boston, H.M. Caldwell Company: 1898

Seller ID: 2287165

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Pencil name on front endpaper of each volume. 1898 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. Complete in two volumes. xliv, [2], 290, [2]; vi, [4], 326, [2] pp. 8vo. The Kirriemuir Edition, named after the author's birthplace. Red cloth, elaborate gilt decorations, gilt titles and top edge, etchings by G.W.H. Ritchie. This edition also features a literary and biographical portrait of J.M. Barrie. A novel by the creator of Peter Pan, and inspiration for the 1934 Katharine Hepburn film, originally published in 1891 and dramatized in 1897. The Little Minister is set in Thrums, a S...
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The Flowers of Evil (The 100 Greatest Books of All Time)

By: Baudelaire, Charles; Kunitz, Stanley

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1977

Seller ID: 2272516

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Publisher's 'Notes from the Editors' booklet laid in. A few tiny scratches on base of front board, ink pictographic stamp and pencil name on front flyleaf. 1977 Full-Leather. xx, [2], 244, [6] pp. Tall 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Preface by Stanley Kunitz. Illustrated by Eugene Karlin. Banned and slighted in his lifetime, the book that contains all of Baudelaire's verses has opened up vistas to the imagination and quickened sensibilities of poets everywhere. Yet it is questionable whether a single translato...
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The Flowers of Evil (The 100 Greatest Books of All Time)

By: Baudelaire, Charles; Kunitz, Stanley

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1977

Seller ID: 2285611

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

1977 Full-Leather. xx, [2], 244, [6] pp. Tall 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Preface by Stanley Kunitz. Illustrated by Eugene Karlin. Banned and slighted in his lifetime, the book that contains all of Baudelaire's verses has opened up vistas to the imagination and quickened sensibilities of poets everywhere. Yet it is questionable whether a single translator can give adequate voice to Baudelaire's full poetic range. In compiling their classic, bilingual edition ofThe Flowers of Evil, the late Marthiel and Jack...
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The Flowers of Evil

By: Baudelaire, Charles; Laver, James; et al

Price: $35.00

Publisher: The Easton Press: 1977

Seller ID: 2265678

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

A few minor scuffs to leather. Unused publisher's bookplate laid in. 1977 Full-Leather. xxxvi, 201, [1] pp. Tall 8vo. Maroon full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Translated into English by various authors, most notably Edna St. Vincent Millay, and edited with introduction and notes by James Laver. Illustrated with engravings by Pierre-Yves Tremois. Banned and slighted in his lifetime, the book that contains all of Baudelaire's verses has opened up vistas to the imagination and quickened sensibilities of poets everywhere. Yet i...
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Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest (The Library of the Presidents)

By: Bauer, K. Jack

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, The Easton Press: 1997

Seller ID: 2305457

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Fine

Still in original plastic wrap. 1997 Full-Leather. xxiv, [2], 348 pp. 8vo. Full navy blue leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, endpapers decorated with presidential seal, ribbon marker bound in. A biography of the twelfth President of the United States of America, who died after just over a year in office. He had previously distinguished himself as an officer during the Mexican-American War. Considering the course his life took, one might wonder how Zachary Taylor ever came to be elected the twelfth president of the United States. According to K. Jack Bauer, Taylor was and rem...
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The Language of Life: An Introduction to the Science of Genetics

By: Beadle, George & Muriel

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1966

Seller ID: 2263983

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Signed by both authors without attribution on half-title page ('Sincerely, George Beadle, Muriel Beadle'). Faint abrasion on front board. 1966 Full-Leather. x, [4], 242, [4] pp. 8vo. Finely rebound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full beige morocco with gilt titles, rules, and decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. The collector who had these rebound included his/her monogram on the corner of the front board: O.C.S. A description of the science of genetics by George Beadle and his wife Muriel. George Beadle won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with Edw...
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Three Plays: Waiting for Godot; Endgame; Krapp's Last Tape (The Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century)

By: Beckett, Samuel

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, The Franklin Library: 1981

Seller ID: 2307936

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

A few tiny scuffs on spine. 1981 Full-Leather. Navy blue full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. A collection of three plays by the renowned Irish novelist and playwright who won the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature. Includes: Waiting for Godot; Endgame; Krapp's Last Tape.
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The Dean's December (The First Edition Society)

By: Bellow, Saul; Bloom, Allan

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1982

Seller ID: 2307043

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. 1982 Hard Cover. 377, [1] pp. Full red leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Preface by Allan Bloom, illustrations by Robert Heindel. Dean Corde is a man of position and authority at a Chicago university. He accompanies his wife to Bucharest where her mother, a celebrated figure, lies dying in a state hospital. As he tries to help her grapple with an unfeeling bureaucracy, news filters through to him of problems left behind in Chicago. A student had been been murdered and Corde had directed that charges be pressed aga...
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John Brown's Body (The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature)

By: Benet, Stephen Vincent

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1976

Seller ID: 2307060

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Fine

An exceptional copy. 1976 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 371 pp. Full black leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated by Peter Harritos. John Brown's Body (1928) is an epic American poem written by Stephen Vincent Benet. Its title references the radical abolitionist John Brown, who raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry in Virginia in October 1859. He was captured and hanged later that year. Benet's poem covers the history of the American Civil War. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 192...
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John Brown's Body: A Poem

By: Benet, Stephen Vincent; Freeman, Douglass Southall

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1948

Seller ID: 2261480

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Includes publisher's slipcase, lacks Sandglass. Slipcase repaired, rear hinge weakening, owner bookplate on front endpaper, spine and slipcase edge toned. 1948 Hard Cover. xvi, [2], 454 pp. 8vo. Introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman, fourteen color illustrations by John Steuart Curry. One of the most widely read poems of our time -- a masterful retelling of the American Civil War. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Stephen Vincent Bent (July 22, 1898, Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, United States -- March 13, 1943) was an American author, poet, short story writer and novelist. He is best known for his narrativ...
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience (The 100 Greatest Books of All Time)

By: Blake, William

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1980

Seller ID: 2306870

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

Spine slightly faded. 1980 Full-Leather. 57 pp. A collection of illustrated poems, the original edition of which Blake illuminated himself. William Blake (28 November 1757 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic poetry has been said to form what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language. His visual artistry has led one modern critic to proclaim him far and away th...
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The Decamerone di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio. in Three Volumes. [Decameron]

By: Boccaccio, Giovanni

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Londra [London], Guglielmo Pickering: 1825

Seller ID: 2281490

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Edges rubbed, spine labels mostly absent, minor splits to spine heads and feet along joints, first gathering of volume 1 (free endpaper, flyleaf, and half-title page) loose but included. An attractive set that could be beautiful with some minor restorations. 1825 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. Complete in three volumes. cxxxv, [1], 228, [2]; [229]-586, [2]; [587]-967, [3] pp. 8vo. Full sheep, morocco spine labels, gilt titles and decorations, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Italian text. Boccaccio's 14th century collection of 100 stories, controversial at the...
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Stories from the Decameron (The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers)

By: Boccaccio, Giovanni; McWilliam, G.H.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1977

Seller ID: 2306881

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Fine

An exceptional copy. 1977 Full-Leather. 644 pp. Original navy blue leather, gilt titles, rules, decorations, & page ridges, silk moire endpapers, grey ribbon marker bound in. Illustrations by Ann Grifalconi. Selections from Boccaccio's 14th century collection of 100 stories, controversial at the time for its inclusion of erotic themes, and important today for the details it provides about life in Italy at the time.
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Stories from the Decameron (The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers)

By: Boccaccio, Giovanni; McWilliam, G.H.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1977

Seller ID: 2307939

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

Minor discoloration to endpapers, otherwise an exceptional copy. 1977 Full-Leather. 644 pp. Original navy blue leather, gilt titles, rules, decorations, & page ridges, silk moire endpapers, grey ribbon marker bound in. Illustrations by Ann Grifalconi. Selections from Boccaccio's 14th century collection of 100 stories, controversial at the time for its inclusion of erotic themes, and important today for the details it provides about life in Italy at the time.
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Planet of the Apes

By: Boulle, Pierre; Fielding, Xan (Translator)

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, The Easton Press: 2010

Seller ID: 2268790

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

From the collection of Dr. Virgil R. Trout, Easton bookplate with his name and date (6/8/2010) in black ink on front flyleaf. 248, [4] pp. 8vo. Full brown leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Color frontispiece by Dennis Lyall. Translated from the French by Xan Fielding. Boulle's classic 1963 novel differs in several ways from the 1968 movie and its various spinoffs. While the bare-bones story is familiarastronaut travels to a planet populated by intelligent apes, is captured, fights to prove that he is a thinking creaturethe novel...
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Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, des Reptiles et des Poissons.

By: Bourasse, M. L'Abbe J.-J.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Tours, Ad Mame et Cie, Imprimeurs-Libraires.: 1843

Seller ID: 2308859

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Third edition. Gift bookplate on front endpaper, likely indicating this was a school prize (a common practice in the 19th century). Edges a bit rubbed, lightly foxed throughout. 1843 Full-Leather. 262 pp. 12mo. French text. Green full leather, with intricate blind-stamped design, gilt titles, decorations, and borders, marbled endpapers. A natural history of birds, reptiles, and fishes, by the professor of zoology at Petit Seminaire de Tours. Woodcut frontispiece and plates.
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A Game Men Play (The First Edition Society)

By: Bourjaily, Vance

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1980

Seller ID: 2306986

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Corners lightly scuffed. 1980 Full-Leather. 363 pp. Black full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrations by Mitchell Hooks. A novel exploring the effects of wealth and power on people's personal lives.
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Jane Eyre & Wuthering Heights

By: Bronte, Charlotte; Bronte, Emily

Price: $175.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1943

Seller ID: 2303474

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Includes publisher's slipcase. Spines lightly rubbed (minimal loss of gilt), owner bookplate on front endpaper of each volume, slipcase corners a bit rubbed with light discoloration to slipcase spine base. This edition is particularly prone to toning of the boards, which we do not see in this example - an unusually attractive copy of this set. 1943 Hard Cover. Two volumes originally issued together as a set in publisher's slipcase. 343, [1]; 212, [2] pp. 10 x 8. Engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. Pictorial paper over boards hardcover bindings, green cloth spines, gilt titles, green top page ridg...
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Phillips Brooks's Poems

By: Brooks, Phillips

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London / New York, Ernest Nister / E.P. Dutton & Co.: 1886

Seller ID: 2207059

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair

Illustrated with chromolithographs and etchings. No publisher date (circa late 1800's), binding broken, two-inch tear to front endpaper, ink note to half-title page. 1886 Hard Cover. Unpaginated. Illustrated with chromolithographs and etchings. Phillips Brooks (December 13, 1835 January 23, 1893) was an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the Rector of Boston's Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts, and particularly remembered as lyricist of the Christmas hymn, O Little Town of Bethlehem.
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The Poems of Robert Browning (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written)

By: Browning, Robert; Lewis, C. Day

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, The Easton Press: 1979

Seller ID: 2294866

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

A few minor scuffs, edges of endpapers a bit faded, blank publisher's bookplate laid in. 1979 Full-Leather. xvii, [1], 299, [3] pp. Tall 8vo. A collection of poetry by Robert Browning, selected, edited, and introduced by C. Day Lewis, with woodcut illustrations by Peter Reddick. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Robert Browning (May 7, 1812 - December 12, 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.
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The Good Earth (Pulitzer Prize 1932)

By: Buck, Pearl S.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1975

Seller ID: 2307056

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

1975 Full-Leather. 345 pp. 8vo. Full brownleather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated by Anthony Young Chen. Though more than sixty years have passed since this remarkable novel 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 c...
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