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New York: John Day, 1931. First edition, first issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100, line 17 of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. Octavo, original brown cloth, brown topstain. Inscribed and dated by Pearl Buck on the half-title page. Buck also underlined the error "flees" on page 100, and marked it with an arrow on the left margin. It is interesting to note that Buck knew the first issue points and makes note of it. Near fine in the original dust jacket with some tape repairs to the verso. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed and inscribed examples of the first edition in the original dust jacket are rare. Though nearly eighty years have passed since this 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… Read more

London: Methuen & Co., 1931. Over eighty years have passed since The Good Earth 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 century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving, classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century.

New York: John Day Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First state with "flees" on page 100. Signed by Buck on a laid-in TLS. Near Fine, lacking the jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, toned, and front panel. Square and firmly bound with green pictorial endpapers, clean internally. The first novel in Buck's House of Earth trilogy, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

UK: Methuen, 1931. First Edition 1st Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1931. Tipped in signed slip in the authors hand. The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize for the author. It has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. 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 century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving, classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. . Book is very good++ with crease to endpaper. Very bright boards. Contents good.. The complete wrapper is very good++ with edge rubbing. More images can be taken upon request. Ref13564/16800##-16135

Kearney, NE: Cookbooks by Morris Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 224p +index illustrated. A fine copy in vinyl pictorial boards. Signed by the daughter of Pearl Buck.

This First Trade Edition is ex-Library from the Pleasant Valley Free Library, Pleasant Valley NY.  Pearl Buck had many family connections with Pleasant Valley and this copy is inscribed to "For Mildred and Clifford from Pearl S. Buck." Clifford Buck was Pearl's nephew and closely connected to the Pleasant Valley Library.  Although this copy was partly rebound by the library, the front and bacj covers, though frayed, are still intact along with the red endpapers showing marching Chinese peasants.