Pearl Buck Sells Rights To The Spanish-Language Publication Of Command The Morning

PEARL S. BUCK (1892-1973). Buck was a prolific, Nobel Prize-winning writer and missionary who spent much of her life in China. DS. 2pgs. April 23, 1959. N.p. A printed document signed “Pearl S Buck”. It is a contract for Spanish-language publication of Buck’s novel Command the Morning. “MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made and entered into this 23rd day of April 1959 BETWEEN Pearl S. Buck, c/o. Harold Ober Associates, 40 East 49th Street, New York 17, N.Y. (hereinafter called the Proprietor) of the one part and Editorial Draft, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (hereinafter called the Publisher) of the other part WHEREBY it is mutually agreed as follows regarding the work by Pearl S. Buck entitled: COMMAND THE MORNING 1. The Proprietor hereby grants to the Publisher the sole and exclusive license to translate, print, publish and sell the said work in volume form only in the a regular Spanish language subject to the terms and conditions following: trade edition in the for the Spanish-speaking world…”. A witness signed as well. The document is in fair condition, with tears and losses to three of the fold edges. Some of the typed text is quite blurry, but Buck’s signature is unobstructed.