Skip to content

No image available

The Good Earth

No image available

The Good Earth

by Buck, Pearl S

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
See description
Seller
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Cape Coral, Florida, United States
Item Price
$575.00
Or just $555.00 with a
Bibliophiles Club Membership
$4.00 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 7 to 14 days

More Shipping Options

Payment Methods Accepted

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • PayPal

About This Item

New York: John Day, 1931 First Edition, elusive first issue with "flees" for "fleas" in line 17 page 100. Also, "John Day Publishing Co." on copyright page and with top edges stained brown. Brown cloth. The book is tight and clean . Foredges are uncut. Small owner's name in pen on half-title page. Green pictorial endpages in nice condition. Top pages edges stained brown - clean. Clean looking cloth binding with bright gilt on front board - faded a little on spine. Spine has some fading and a few subtle spots - a very small wear spot is at the lower left. Edges not worn. Very good or better. no jacket. A Pulitzer prize winner..

Synopsis

The Good Earth is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Pearl S. Buck , an American writer who spent the bulk of the first part of her life in China. Set in the Anhui Province where Buck once lived, it chronicles the rise and fall of Wang Lung and his family, portraying a realistic portrait of life in a Chinese Village prior to World War I. While not initially well received by critics, the novel immediately became a bestseller and has since been recognized as one of the most important 20th century works of fiction. It was also notable for its role in preparing the American public to accept the Chinese as allies later during World War II. The novel was followed by two sequels, Sons and A House Divided to complete the House of Earth Trilogy. -

Read More: Identifying first editions of The Good Earth

Reviews

On Apr 12 2011, Sadie11 said:
I really liked the book because it relates to me.

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

You’re rating the book as a work, not the seller or the specific copy you purchased!

Details

Bookseller
Cultural Connection US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
11702
Title
The Good Earth
Author
Buck, Pearl S
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
John Day
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1931
Keywords
Romantic Historical Novel, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Chinese
Bookseller catalogs
General #1;

Terms of Sale

Cultural Connection

30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.

About the Seller

Cultural Connection

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2016
Cape Coral, Florida

About Cultural Connection

Home to collectible and scarce or rare hard to find books and quality collectible fine art including wood sculpture, limited edition cast marble sculpture, paintings and wood block prints. Our book inventory has a large number of first editions, books autographed by the author, maps, limited editions and books with engravings. We have many scarce and collectible books. Our book specialties are art, archaeology, history, natural history, and fiction. Our art collection includes African tribal art, American, antiques, Asian, Eskimo, European, Far Eastern, Indian, Mid Eastern, 17th, 18th and 19th century, 20th century, contemporary, and Precolumbian art.

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...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
Copyright page
The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
Tight
Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...

Frequently asked questions

This Book’s Categories

tracking-