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The Exile: Portrait of an American Mother
by Buck, Pearl S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good (in mylar)
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: John Day Book, 1936. Former owner's bookplate on fep, slightly aged, else clean and tight. Grey top edge. Mahogany cloth, lightly bumped at head and foot of spine, in great condition. Aged and sunned dust jacket, chipped corners of spine, chipped corners and slight edge wear; 315p.. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Good (in mylar). Illus. by Lucille Douglass. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Synopsis
A companion book to Fighting Angel, The Exile is Pearl Buck's biography of her mother, Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker. Pearl's mother was born in America and lived during the Civil War, and then married and went to China with her new husband to raise their children and watch him win souls for their God.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB8224
- Title
- The Exile: Portrait of an American Mother
- Author
- Buck, Pearl S
- Illustrator
- Lucille Douglass
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good (in mylar)
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- John Day Book
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Biography & Autobiography; China; American Woman in China Biographical Fiction, Pearl S. Buck Historical Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Clausen Books, RMABA
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
Biblio member since 2006
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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