The Good Earth (Modern Library #15.3)
$31.00 USD • Used
Pearl S. Buck's 1931 novel was, per Wikipedia, "the best selling novel in the United States in both 1931 and 1932." It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1932 and was a factor in the au...
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Pearl S. Buck's 1931 novel was, per Wikipedia, "the best selling novel in the United States in both 1931 and 1932." It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1932 and was a factor in the author's Nobel Prize for Literature award in 1938. This is the story of Chinese peasant farmer Wang Lung and his wife, O-Lan. Includes a foreword by the author. Volume wrapped in jacket with image of the two farmers making their way across a farm field. --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 393 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1960 (though 1944 date appears in book). ML #15.3. --- A very nice copy: clean, tightly-bound and unmarked but with some dulling to cover & spine gilding. Unclipped dust jacket ($1.95) with a few small tears & chips, and mild age-toning; wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; [6], 313 pages
Product Info
Publisher: The Modern Library / Random House
Year: [c.1960]
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
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