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Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul
by Buck, Pearl S
- Used
- first
- Condition
- very good: mild shelfwear to boards and spine, writing and stamp on FFEP, mild toning, text clean, binding tight./good: edge and corner wear, chipping with some loss, clipped.
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: John Day, 1936. first edition. hardcover. very good: mild shelfwear to boards and spine, writing and stamp on FFEP, mild toning, text clean, binding tight./good: edge and corner wear, chipping with some loss, clipped.. 8vo 302pp. from front flap: "Companion volume to The Exile, which is a biography of the author's mother, Fighting Angel is a biography of her father. The extraordinary fact is that while these two lived together for forty years and had seven children, yet they lived utterly separate lives, so that the tale of what the man did and thought does not in the least duplicate the story of the woman." #01086.
Synopsis
Pearl Buck wrote this biography of her father, an American missionary in China. Renamed Andrew in the book, Buck's father was sent out to China in 1879 just after graduating seminary school. He spent much of his time there translating the Bible into the various forms of Chinese to extend the reach of the mission.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1009
- Title
- Fighting Angel
- Author
- Buck, Pearl S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good: mild shelfwear to boards and spine, writing and stamp on FFEP, mild toning, text clean, binding tight.
- Jacket Condition
- good: edge and corner wear, chipping with some loss, clipped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- John Day
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- biography, pearl s buck, nonfiction, first edition,
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
small online used bookstore based in Chattanooga, TN. Little bit of everything, but lots of modern first editions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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