The Chinese Children Next Door
New York: John Day, (1942).
Price: $600.00
Hardcover. First edition. Drawings by William Arthur Smith. Boards quite stained, a good only copy in moderately stained good or better dust jacket. Inscribed by Buck on front fly: "For Gladys Rosa[?] Watkins[?], and I hope you like the Chinese children. Pearl S. Buck." Additionally Inscribed by the artist incorporating a Chinese chop mark: "To Gladys... Happiness to you forever! Bill. William Arthur Smith. March 4, 1943." A very uncommon children's book.
Item #501445
Pearl S. Buck
birth name: Pearl Sydenstricker
born: 6/26/1892
died: 3/6/1973
nationality: USA
Biography
American author noted for her novels of life in China and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore