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The Living Reed
by Buck, Pearl S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Seoul, Korea: YUK MIN-SA, 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Korean Edition (Text is in English) of this beautiful novel of Korea by Pearl S. Buck. Published in Seoul, Korea in 1963. Hardcover book in dust jacket. Brown paper-covered boards with decorative white title box on cover, decorative black title box on spine. A few tiny spots of surface wear to edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Cloth sewn in ribbon page markers. 17-page Introduction with Historical Note in both Korean and English by the author. 561 pages. Clean jacket is price clipped, has edge wear, one 3/4" closed edge tear; nice photo of author on rear panel; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A novel which tells the story of a close-knit Korean family who dedicate themselves to the salvation of their homeland, that tiny peninsula hanging like a golden fruit before the longing eyes of surrounding nations. The reader lives with them from the splendid era of Queen Min to the climactic days of World War II..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034481
- Title
- The Living Reed
- Author
- Buck, Pearl S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- YUK MIN-SA
- Place of Publication
- Seoul, Korea
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Pearl S. Buck, first edition, The Living Reed, Korean Edition, Korea, novel, fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Korea;
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- Cloth
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