Methuen & Co., London, 1931
First British edition, First printing Near fine book with a Fine/Near Fine dust jacket
First British edition, first printing of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Bound in publisher’s original beige/orange cloth with but slight toning to the rear board. The book has sharp corners and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with no owner names, no inscriptions, and no book plates. The internal pages are clean, but with some light foxing to the outer page block, and very slight foxing to the first few inner pages. Otherwise, clean with No marks, No writing, No stains, No smudges, No inscriptions, No bent pages and No foxing.
The original unrestored first printing jacket is in bright fine/near fine condition. The jacket has NONE of the more commonly found sunning or age toning and instead is bright and fresh. The jacket has only a bit of rubbing along spine edge and a small bit of paper loss to the rear inner flap crease (please see images). The jacket is now protected in a new clear removable archival cover. Please see detailed images.
A handsome, well priced copy of this title in hard to locate condition.
The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize for the author. It has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving, classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan, is must read for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century.
