The Good Earth
by Buck, Pearl
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG+
- Seller
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Bridgeville, California, United States
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About This Item
Pocket Books, 1939. Vintage Paperback. The 11th Pocket Book, this is the first printing as number 11 (states 2nd printing but the first printing is the unnumbered Pocket Book which is rare). The book is nice and square. Very minor wear, minor spine rub. No major creases. This is a nice copy of this book, better than normally found. Scan available.. First Thus. Paperback. VG/VG+.
Synopsis
The Good Earth is a novel by Pearl S. Buck published in 1931 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1943 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1944. It is the first book in a trilogy that includes Sons (1943) and A House Divided (1945). The novel of family life in a Chinese village became a best-seller upon publication and has been a steady favorite ever since. In 2004, the book was returned to the best seller list when chosen by the television host Oprah Winfrey for Oprah's Book Club.
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Details
- Bookseller
- A Gyenis (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3604
- Title
- The Good Earth
- Author
- Buck, Pearl
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG+
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Date Published
- 1939
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Paperbacks;
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- 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....