In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. "I can only write what I know, and I know nothing but China, having always lived there," wrote Pearl Buck. Though nearly eighty years have passed since this novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. Signed and inscribed examples of the first edition in the original dust jacket are rare. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Near fine in the original dust jacket with some tape repairs to the verso. It is interesting to note that Buck knew the first issue points and makes note of it. Buck also underlined the error "flees" on page 100, and marked it with an arrow on the left margin. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Pearl Buck on the half-title page. Octavo, original brown cloth, illustrated endpapers. First edition, first issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100, line 17 of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece.
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