BUCK PEARL S.: (1892-1973) American Writer and Novelist who spent much of her early life in China where she wrote The Good Earth (1931). Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1938. Vintage signed 5 x 7 photograph of Buck in a profile head and shoulders pose, gently resting the side of her face on one raised hand in a pensive manner. Signed in blue fountain pen ink with her name alone to the lower white border. Some slight corner and surface creasing. Together with a printed 4to brochure entitled A Biographical Sketch of Pearl S. Buck, published by The John Day Company, New York, n.d. (c.1968), signed by Buck in bold blue fountain pen ink with her name alone to a clear area of the front cover, which also features the novelist's image. Horizontal central fold, not affecting the signature. G, 2