Once Upon a Christmas
by Buck, Pearl S
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine in Plastic Cover
- Seller
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SANDY, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: The John Day Company, 1972. Limited Numbered First Edition. Cloth & Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine in Plastic Cover. A beautiful Christmas book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Pearl Buck. A Limited Numbered First Edition signed by the author. Numbered 1097 of 5000 presentation copies. The book is in cream leather/ette and red velvet and is in near fine condition with shelf wear on the bottom edges; otherwise very clean and nice. The dustjacket is very solid with only age toning, very minor edge wear and it is price clipped (there were presentation copies); otherwise very nice; it looks wonderful in the protective plastic cover. Pearl Buck's most famous book was "The Good Earth" for which she earned the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She went on to write many books, including "The Sons," "The Mother," "My Several Worlds" and "The New Year." See our listings for signed copies of these books.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parrish Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 608
- Title
- Once Upon a Christmas
- Author
- Buck, Pearl S
- Format/Binding
- Cloth & Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine in Plastic Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Numbered First Edition
- Publisher
- The John Day Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
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Parrish Books
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About the Seller
Parrish Books
Biblio member since 2006
SANDY, Oregon
About Parrish Books
Parrish Books is a full-time on-line dealer in fine collectible books in business since 2002. With specialities in signed limited editions and many favorite authors including Ray Bradbury, Richard Bach, Tom Clancy, John Updike, Kurt Vonnegut, Edward Gorey and Maurice Sendak. We specialize in exceptional customer service and quality packaging of all orders.
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- Price Clipped
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
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