The Importance Of Living

SIGNED: first edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket (John Day/Reynal and Hitchcock, 1937) Signed by Lin Yutang on the front free end paper; no prior owner marks; little age tone; tight bind; clean cloth cover bright gilt titling; short tear to cloth at spine head; dj edge wear: few short tears, little rubbing, shallow chip at spine head; flap… Read more about this item

New York: John Day in association with Reynal & Hitchcock, 1937. Signed Limited First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing; limited issue. Copy number 452 of a limited 500 signed by Lin Yutang. Specially bound in publisher's original buckram cloth stamped in red over red leather spine decorated in gilt with gilt-lettered title label; top edges gilt,… Read more about this item

Melbourne.: Heinemann.. First Australian Edition.. 1946.. Illustrated endpapers, xiv + 495pp, index, appendices. Dustjacket spine sunned with loss at head, edges browned, inscription half title, a good copy. .

New York: John Day in association with Reynal & Hitchcock, 1937. First Edition. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Lin Yutang on a blank following the copyright page; former owner's penciled address above Yutang's signature and offsetting to that and the copyright page from a clipping formerly laid in. Bound in publisher's original black cloth… Read more about this item

New York: John Day | Reynal & Hitchcock, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. xvi, 459. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth over boards, gilt lettering over red spine label, Chinese characters to the centre of the front board. Faintest edgewear, and light bumping to head and tail of spine, else, cloth extremities remain quite well-preserved, upper-right margin of the ffep has… Read more about this item

Reynal & Hitchcock. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1937. First Edition; Eleventh Printing. Hardcover. ; Black cloth cover has wear to corners and spine caps, lightly bumped corners, and light soiling but bright and in very good- condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Very faint damp stain in gutter of front end sheet… Read more about this item

Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. (2009). Trade Paperback. 7560081398 . Paperback with DJ. Light wrinkling at top front corner and minor rubbing at corners of at spine-otherwise as new. Not a remainder. No ownership or other marks. ; English Works Of Lin Yutang; BW… Read more about this item

A John Day book. Black boards with red imprint of Chinese characters; gilt lettering over red spine label. Previous owner's name pencilled on endpaper. A couple of minor marks on a few pages (example: p23, p xi) Lettering on spine slightly faded. Binding is solid.

William Heinemann, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. Reprinted. 414 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light sunning to spine and edges. Small marks to boards. Sticker to front… Read more about this item

New York: John Day / Reynal & Hitchcock, 1937. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good- re-bound in brown cloth boards. Some rubbing and edge wear to exterior. Toning and foxing throughout interior. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8vo. 8 1/2"h x 5 1/4"w.

William Heinemann Ltd, 1957. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Reprint 1957. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, slightly marked, torn, chipped, small creases and edge worn. A small piece of the top and bottom panel is missing. Now protected in cellophane. The condition of the book is given in terms of the book's age. GK. Our… Read more about this item

1937 Reynal and Hitchcock first edition. $3.00 price on DJ, no statement of later printings. Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The book shows light age related wear. Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It also shows light wear from… Read more about this item

NEW YORK: THE JOHN DAY COMPANY, 1937 Book. Good (-) Book. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black cover with gilt title over brown and a front cover center illustrated emblem. Secure binding with clean pages and some light soil stain spotting to the cover. Hardcover book with 459 pages..

Heinemann 1946. FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Heinemann, 1962. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. reprint. jacket is shelf rubbed, chipped and price clipped. edge wear on boards. tanning, soiling, foxing and marks. top edge of book is damp marked. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1937. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xvi) 459 pp. Black cloth with a small red pictorial on the front panel; decorated in red and gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners with a book plate on the front free endpaper; no dustjacket. The Contents are: The Awakening;… Read more about this item

New York: J. Day, 1937. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket.. xvi, 459 p.; 21 cm. "This is a personal testimony, a testimony of my own experience of thought and life." Includes index

New York: The John Day Company, 1937. 35th printing. Hardcover. Good. 459p. A black cloth hardcover book in good condition. Corners and spine ends are worn. Notes and ink smudges on endpapers. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight.

New York.: The John Day Company., 1940. 23rd printing; 1st in 1937.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Near fine. Birthday inscription dated Aug. 4, 1940. Front jacket flap only, tacked inside. End pages: age-toning where glue had been applied.. 1 Black cloth over boards, red spine title box, gold titles. xvi p.,… Read more about this item