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Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1949. First UK Edition. 314 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with darkened lettering to spine. Book has a strong smoky odour. Pages are moderately tanned with notable foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Slight bubbling to hinges, with former owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Minor dog-eared corners, with water drops, rubbing and a few small nicks along text block edge. Mild Cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a prominent forward lean and subtle bow. Water staining to front and rear boards.

Pan Books, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. 1964 Reprint. 285 pages. White pictorial paperback. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Paper cover is lightly rub worn and thumbed with light shelf wear to edges and corners. Light creases to corners and spine. Light tanning to spine and edges.

London: The Book Club, 1949. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Pan Books, UK, 1968. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 285 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan Books, UK, 1968. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine has moderate reading creases. . Edges of pages are mildly foxed. Pages are considerably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: At various times in history colonies of Jews have gone to China and lived there. In China they have never been persecuted. This story takes place at the period over a century ago, when the Chinese had accepted the Jews, and when, indeed, most Jews had come to think of themselves as Chinese. To-day even the memory of their origin is gone. They are Chinese. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Romance & Women's Fiction; ISBN: 0330021737. ISBN/EAN: 9780330021739. Inventory No: 16080091.. 9780330021739

London: Pan Books, 1964. First Thus . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Unread softcover in colour pictorial wraps; adverts at rear. 1st Pan ed. Minor shelf wear.

Methuen, Uniform Edition, 1957, Great Britain.. 19x13. Tela editorial (tapa dura). 222 pgs. Texto en ingles. 693850

The Book Club. Book Club. Hardcover. Good - Cash/Good. Book club edition. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Binding is tilted. DJ has surface rubbing, edgewear, and several edge tears. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Tauchnitz, Stuttgart, 1952. Einband etwas deutlicher lichtrandig. Papier altersbedingt / papierbedingt deutlicher nachgedunkelt. Innen sauber und gut erhalten. . 323 Seiten. 18,5 x 11,5 cm. 8° (Oktav, 18,5 bis 22,5 cm), Orig.- Leinen (Hardcover).

This is a first edition, first printing, of Peony, by the American writer Pearl S Buck (1892-1973) who, in 1938, became the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Upon its publishing, it was simply title 'Peony'. In later editions, it was released as Peony, a Novel of China and as The Bondmaid.
It was published in 1948 and is set in the 1850s in the city of Kaifeng, in the province of Henan, which was historically a center for Chinese Jews.
The novel follows Peony, a Chinese bondmaid of the prominent Jewish family of Ezra ben Israel's, and shows through her eyes how the Jewish community was regarded in Kaifeng at a time when most of the Jews had come to think of themselves as Chinese.
I'll include the dust jacket but it is in two pieces and I doubt that you can repair it.
The book is perfect. It may have been read, but there isn't a mark in it or on it. It's in mint condition.

methuen london 1949. first edition 314pp VG (red cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.sunned spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and edges mod.foxed,cocked) lacks d/w

London: Theodor Brun Limited, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, Limited de luxe issue published simultaneously with the trade issue. Full leather gilt. Scrape on the spine affecting three letters on the title, else about very good. Copy number 523 of 750 numbered copies.

The John Day Company, 1948. hardcover with dustjacket. good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Good hardcover with dustjacket; price clipped dustjacket; dustjacket has crease, tears, nicks, chip; tips/edges bumped; 312 pages; clean apges; prompt shipping with tracking.

London: Theodor Brun Limited, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, Limited de luxe issue published simultaneously with the trade issue. Full leather gilt. Modest rubbing and edgewear, very near fine. One of 750 numbered copies.

Methuen And Co, 1949-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, Hardback/Hardcover. Original dust cover laminated onto front cover. Usual stamps and marking. Clean text, sound binding.

Methuen And Co, 1949-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Red Hardback/Hardcover without dust cover. Clean text, sound binding. Some colouring of pages due to age, but all text is clear and clean. Book is in good condition overall.

Paperback. Very Good.

London: Theodore Brun, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. No.25 in a limited 'de luxe' edition of 750, published for The Collector's Book Club and appearing simultaneously with the Methuen first edition. Signed by Buck. Light toning to stock, but otherwise all in VG, clean and bright internal order. Black silk bookmark. Full black leather with bright gilt decoration to front and titling to spine. Light edgewear only to boards and one minor bump. A nice copy of a scarce item. 8vo. 314pp

Theodore Brun, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 314 pages. De Luxe edition in full black leather with gilt decoration to spine. Signed by author on end paper. Slight crack to front hinge. Corners bumped..

Theodore Brun. London/The Collector's Book Club. 1949. Theodore Brun. In conjunction with The Collector's Book Club. 1949. This Limited De Luxe Edition appeared simultaneously with Methuen's first edition. LIMITED TO 750 COPIES ONLY, SIGNED BY BUCK on open page after the half-title page. This is copy number 152. Bound in full black morocco gilt, top edge of pages gilt. Marbled endpapers. Boards slightly marked. Inner hinge very slightly visible by signature page otherwise a clean and sound copy.