ADVANCE READING COPY OF PEARL BUCK'S PULITZER PRIZE WINNER. BUCK, PEARL S. 1892-1973. The Good Earth. New York: The John Day Company, 1931. 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers. Stub present, but without 'Book of the Month Club' flier, without wrap around band, soiled, upper hinge repaired spine leaned, a few leaves creased. ADVANCE READING COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, bearing the identifying points of a first edition: 'John Day Publishing Company' on copyright page, and 'flee' for 'flea' on p 100, line 17. Approximately 125 advance copies were printed. This was Buck's most important work, the best-selling novel for 1931 and 1932, winner of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize, and instrumental in her 1938 Nobel Prize for Literature. Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing