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Buck, Pearl Death in the Castle New York Cardinal Books 1967 1st Cardinal Printing Mass Market Paperback Very Good - 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Spine a bit creased and slightly slanted, corners bumped, slight edge wear, a couple dampstains to front cover. A little yellowing but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy.
"On the surface it is a spellbinding tale of the determination of a wealthy young American to buy an old castle . . . and move it to his estate in Connecticut. The intensity of his ambition is matched by the shocked reluctance of Sir Richard Sedgeley and Lady Mary to see their heritage dismantled, scene of a proud and noble past. Beneath the surface runs a current of the supernatural that sweeps the plot to its violent climax. For the castle has obsessed both Sir Richard and Lady Mary . . ." Price: 3.95 USD
Buck, Pearl The Good Earth New York Cardinal Books 1959 11th Cardinal Printing Mass Market Paperback Very Good 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Spine a bit creased and slightly slanted, corners bumped, slight edge wear. A little yellowing but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy.
"Wang Lung, rising from humble Chinese farmer to wealthy landowner, gloried in the soil he worked. He held it above his family, even above his gods. But soon, between Wang Lung and the kindly soil that sustained him, came flood and drought, pestilence and revolution . . ." Price: 5.50 USD
Buck, Pearl S. Imperial Woman New York The John Day Company 1956 Apparent First Edition Cloth Good+ No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Spine somewhat slanted, boards somewhat scuffed w/ a faint waterstain ring. A few pages dogeared. Text is clean and unmarked. Price: 5.95 USD
Buck, Pearl S. Kinfolk New York The John Day Company 1949 Cloth Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Some edgewear/bumping, two tiny chips along bottom edge, boards show minor soiling. PO's name on pastedown. Text is clean and unmarked. Price: 6.75 USD
Buck, Pearl S. The Patriot New York The John Day Company 1939 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good - Good - 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Some edgewear, PO's name on free endpaper. DJ has considerable edgewear w/ chipping at top and bottom of spine and flap edges. A clean, unmarked copy.
"The Patriot covers the events of twelve years. It begins with the revolution sweeping down to the Yangtze, when young students, fired with a new patriotism, went singing to jail or to the beheading ground. It ends in the mountains of inner China, where driven back again and again by the invader, students and peasants, old war lords and young guerrillas alike, stand in a united front and fight on." Price: 7.95 USD
