All Men are Brothers

Los 184
17.09.2021 10:00UTC -05:00
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Los 184 | All Men are Brothers
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All Men are Brothers
Pearl S. Buck, 1933
BUCK, Pearl S., translator (1892-1973) – Shī Nài'ān (c.1296-1372, attributed). All Men Are Brothers. [Shui Hu Chuan.] New York: John Day, 1933.

The author’s own annotated copy of the first edition, in English, signed by her in English and with her Chinese ownership stamp. Buck's translation of one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, more often referred to in English as Water Margin. Copiously annotated, chiefly with corrections to spelling of characters’ names but also to phrasing and word choice. There is also a single page of her notes on the preparation of the abridged edition (yellowed).

Two volumes, octavo. (Some fingersoiling, other marks of use, few pale foxmarks.) Original cloth, together in original slipcase with paper label (spines and label faded and rubbed). [With:] Four further titles by Pearl S. Buck, including One Bright Day and The Young Revolutionist in dust jackets. Condition varies.
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