Good Earth Hardcover - 2011
by Pearl S. Buck
About this book
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First Edition Identification
First published by John Day in 1931 in brown cloth and a tan dustwrapper with a simple scene of a furrowed field topped by a sun printed in brown ink, the first edition of this understated tome simply states the copyright date with no mention of subsequent printings. The first issue contains the phrase "For the John Day Publishing Company, Inc." on the copyright page, while the second state simply says "John Day Company" and is in fact more rare. There has also been some debate about the presence of either a brown or green topstain as being a point of issue, but that remains inconclusive.
The original typed manuscript, which Buck wrote in 1929 while living in Nanking, was reportedly stolen in 1952 from an exhibit at the American Academy of Arts and Letters. It resurfaced in 2007 at auction and was reclaimed by the FBI.
Details
- Title Good Earth
- Author Pearl S. Buck
- Binding Hardcover
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Amereon Limited
- Date 2011-06
- ISBN 9780848812515 / 0848812514
- Reading level 1530
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - Chinese
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC