The Good Earth

London: Methuen, 1931. First UK Edition. Scarce in jacket.

The first book in the author's House of Earth trilogy, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Basis for the 1937 Victor Fleming film starring Paul Muni and Luise Rainer, who won an Oscar for her performance as O-Lan.

Slightly cocked, foxing to the page edges, gift inscription to the front endpaper, generally Very Good in a Very Good or better dust jacket with moderate toning to the spine, a small chip to the heel (affecting the N in Methuen), and a few tiny splashes to the top right corner of the front panel.

[Book #169441]