Sir Richard and Lady Mary need to sell the thousand year old castle which has been in the family for hundreds of years. Sir Richard has no heir to pass the castle on to, and if he doesn't sell the English government will turn it into a prison or a powerplant. John Blayne, an American, wishes to buy the castle, but he wants to take the castle apart piece by piece and bring it to America and make it into a museum. Sir Richard does not know this and this becomes a source of conflict.
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Sir Richard and Lady Mary need to sell the thousand year old castle which has been in the family for hundreds of years. Sir Richard has no heir to pass the castle on to, and if he doesn't sell the English government will turn it into a prison or a powerplant. John Blayne, an American, wishes to buy the castle, but he wants to take the castle apart piece by piece and bring it to America and make it into a museum. Sir Richard does not know this and this becomes a source of conflict.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Clean blue bds with silver title to spine. Bindings tight. Interior very good and clean. Unclipped dustjacket with tear to front corners, rub to spine ends, small tears to bottom spine end and cup mark to jacket back.
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Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Set in an ancient and brooding English castle, the tale has an undercurrent of the supernatural. Jacket lightly chipped with edgewear, price clipped. Text is clean & unmarked, binding is tight.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. First edition. Previous owner's name on half-title page, else near fine in a very near fine (very slight traces of edge wear), price clipped dust jacket. A bright, attractive copy.
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FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J. D.J. HAS A SMALL BIT OF WEAR AT THE CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS WITH A SMALL HOLE AND ADJACENT ABRASION NEAR THE BASE OF THE SPINE'S REAR EDGE. A VERY NICE COPY.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Dust jacket designed by C.W. Bacon (unclipped). Very good-fine. 223 pages. No signatures or bookplates.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. Hardcover with dustjacket, inscribed, dated and signed by the author: "To Lloyd and Viola Yoder, with deep appreciation, Pearl S. Buck-May 5, 1965." This is a clean, attractive copy with a couple of minor flaws only: there is a small darkened area to the green cloth on the rear cover, a few tiny lightened areas to the green top outer edge of the pages, the binding is tight and square and the contents are fine, the jacket has mild tanning at the edge of the white-colored flaps and rear panel and a tiny amount of wear at the tips of the top corners, the jacket presents very nicely overall, the original price (4.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, also included with this copy is an insert from the publisher announcing the release of this book which includes a photo of the author, it is titles "A Salute to Pearl Buck on the publication of her twenty-eighth novel and her thirty-fifth anniversary as a novelist"; Signed by Author.
