The Promise: A Novel of China and Burma
by Pearl S. Buck
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/good
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: John Day, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. First edition (no statement as is correct for this publisher at this time). Hardcover. 248 pp. Very good, vintage bookplate front free endpaper, tape residue on the endpapers and a small 1943 gift inscription on the front free endpaper. In the original color illustrated dust jacket, price clipped, with wear to the extemities and a closed tear across the lower portion of the spine strip.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E26693
- Title
- The Promise: A Novel of China and Burma
- Author
- Pearl S. Buck
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- John Day
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- literature, women authors, china, burma
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
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- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- First Edition
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