The Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul
by Pearl S. Buck
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Catawissa, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Reynal & Hithcock, 1936. BOMC, Firts Printing. Good copy. No dust jacket. In rust color cloth covers with emossed illustration on front cover and faeded gilt lettering on spine. Unmarkes boards and pages. Bumping of head and tail of spine and corners. Small stains on upper rear cover. Faded spine. Modearte shelf wear.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Pearl Buck wrote this biography of her father, an American missionary in China. Renamed Andrew in the book, Buck's father was sent out to China in 1879 just after graduating seminary school. He spent much of his time there translating the Bible into the various forms of Chinese to extend the reach of the mission.
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Details
- Seller
- Quaker House Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 001228
- Title
- The Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul
- Author
- Pearl S. Buck
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Reynal & Hithcock
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY, PEARL S. BUCK
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
Terms of Sale
Quaker House Books
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Quaker House Books
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Catawissa, Pennsylvania
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- BOMC
- Book-of-the-Month Club These are popular books republished and sold at a discounted price by one of these many clubs, the...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....