Pub Year

Title

Author

Publisher

Original Price

Pages

- 1931 +

The Good Earth

Buck, Pearl S.

John Day Publishing

375

Dust Jacket is rare. The first printing has flees for fleas on page 100, line 17. The first printing also says "For The John Day Publishing Company, Inc." on copyright page. The first printing consisted of 9,475 copies; The first 2,700 copies issued had the top edges stained brown; the remaining were stained green. The brown top edge is more preferable. Dust jacket is rare and adds most of the value to the book.

The Good Earth book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. This book is also an Oprah's Book Club selection.



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Picture of the 1931 first edition dust jacket for The Good Earth.

Picture of the 1931 first edition dust jacket for The Good Earth.

Identification picture of The Good Earth.
Identification picture of The Good Earth.
The first issue of the first edition has the mispelling "flees" instead of "fleas" on

The first issue of the first edition has the mispelling "flees" instead of "fleas" on line 17 of page 100.

Pearl S. Buck's signature

Pearl S. Buck's signature

The first issue of the first edition has the top edge stained brown.

The first issue of the first edition has the top edge stained brown.



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