THE MOTHER
by PEARL S. BUCK
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: METHUEN & Co Ltd, 1934 Green Cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, 195 x 135 mm approx. 244pp + 8pp of publisher's adverts. First Edition 1st printing. Novel set in China by the author of the acclaimed book "The Good Earth". Good/Good (Book- No notable wear or shelf soiling to boards. No previous owner name or insc. Heavy foxing only to prelims , last few pages and edges of book block- the book has been graded as "good" only for this reason. Dust Jacket - colour rubbed to extremities with a few small tears/nicks and a little loss- max tear 15 mm to top rear panel. max loss 3x5mm at head. No significant shelf soiling and non price clipped- cover7/6. Curiously the blurb about the book to front flap fold is printed on a pasted on slip of paper. The dust jacket remains quiet presentable and is now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 122696
- Title
- THE MOTHER
- Author
- PEARL S. BUCK
- Illustrator
- VASCO LAZZOLO (DUST JACKET)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- METHUEN & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- Pearl S. Buck, The Mother, China, Fiction, Modern First Editions,
Terms of Sale
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