Imperial Woman
by Pearl S. Buck
ISBN: 0381980375
ISBN-13: 9780381980375
Format: Hardcover
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The story of China's last empress during the country's struggle to enter the modern world.
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Publisher: Harpercollins
Published date: 1956
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Imperial Woman
Buck, Pearl S
Published in 1956 by the John Day Company, a 402-page ex school-library hardcover book with severe cover-wear especially on the spine (no jacket), usual library-related marks, card pocket, and lightly tan throughout due to age, otherwise, apparently-clean, this is a reading copy only. (964) ( more information) Offered by Frances Pryor (United States)
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Imperial Woman
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John Day Co, 1956. back of cloth cover rubbed and heavily spotted, front of cloth cover shows light wear, solid structure, jacket flaps taped into ffep, rfep spotted, light spotting to page edges, clean tight pages. SynopsisThe story of China's last empress during the country's struggle to enter the modern world. . First Edition NAP. Hardcover. Good/Fair DJ flaps only. ( more information) Offered by Keeper of the Page (United States)
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IMPERIAL WOMAN
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Buck, Pearl
New York NY: John Day. 1956. Hardcover. 0381980375 . Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; 346 pages . ( more information) Offered by Gibson's Books (United States)
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New York: The John Day Company, 1956. None Stated. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. BLUE HARD COVER COVER, SPINE ENDS LIGHTLY BUMPED, LIGHT SHELFWEAR TO EDGES. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. ( more information) Offered by Mybooklocator (United States)
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New York: John Day Company, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. DECORATIVE DUST JACKET WITH TEARS AND LIGHTLY SOILED. RUST CLOTH COVER, CORNERS LIGHTLY BUMPED, SPINE ENDS BUMPED, LIGHT SHELFWEAR TO EDGES. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. ( more information) Offered by Mybooklocator (United States)
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New York: John Day Company, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. RUST CLOTH COVER, CORNERS LIGHTLY BUMPED, SPINE ENDS BUMPED. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. ( more information) Offered by Mybooklocator (United States)
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New York: The John Day Company, 1956. Not Stated. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. RED ORIGINAL CLOTH COVER WITH RUBBING. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. ( more information) Offered by Mybooklocator (United States)
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New York NY: John Day Company. 1956. Hardcover. 0381980375 . Very Good with no dust jacket; Previous owner's name. ; 402 pages . ( more information) Offered by Gibson's Books (United States)
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Buck, Pearl S
New York NY: John Day Company. 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. 0381980375 . Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. DJ flaps clipped. ; An historical novel about the last Empress of China, in youth a beautiful concubine, in middle life a brilliant strategist, in old age a goddess. ; 376 pages . ( more information) Offered by Gibson's Books (United States)
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New York: The John Day Company, 1956. 10th Printing 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. EX-LIBRARY EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET WRAPPED IN MYLAR. TAN CLOTH COVER. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT WITH LIBRARY STAMPS MARKED OUT. ( more information) Offered by Mybooklocator (United States)
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Imperial Woman
Buck, Pearl s
New York: John Day Company. VG++ book in Good to G+ DJ in mylar, tight binding, clean internally, . DJ price clipped, edgewear, some nicking and corner wear, open tear . inside flap at corner, open tears spine. 1956. 1st Ed 1st Prt. Hardbound. These open tears are about 1/4 for bottem and 1/8 for top both faces very presentable this is a story based on fact in Chinese history; 8vo; 376 pages . ( more information) Offered by JEM BOOKS (United States)
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Imperial Woman
Buck, Pearl S
1972 Ninth Impression HARDCOVER - Of This Special Edition of IMPERIAL WOMAN, 1,000 Copies have been Retained by the Author for Presentation. SIGNED BY PEARL S. BUCK - THIS COPY IS COPY NUMBER 299 - Publisher: John Day Company (1956) - 1972 EDITION - HARDCOVER - SIGNED BY PEARL S. BUCK , Nobel Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize winner for her book, The Good Earth - Binding Tight - Text in Like New, Unmarked Condition - Gilt Page Ends in Like New, Clean Condition - Covers in Like New, Clean Condition with very minimal shelf wear - NO dust jacket - Covers are Fine in pebble-grained white cloth and Blue papercovered boards with Gilt Decor/Lettering on the front cover & on the spine, issued without dustwrapper - previous owner nameplate neatly placed inside the front cover - SIGNED and NUMBERED Hardcover Edition in Overall LIke New Condition - NICE COLLECTIBLE ( more information) Offered by Hamilton-Upon-Lexington Books (United States)
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