Pardee Lowe (29 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

paperback. Condition: Good. Corners are slightly bent. Used - Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. Cover and first few pages corner bumped, sticker remnant on back, else large trade paperback in near fine condition.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Fast Shipping - Safe and Secure 7 days a week.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated with original wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. First trade edition (1,000 copies). Trace foxing on top edge, else fine in tan cloth. No dust jacket.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. B-45, in this important series, "a story of Chinese life in America," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, scarce. Good.

19x12. 274 pgs. (L3444).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1943 (reprint of 1943), Little Brown, HB (no dj, black boards with red titles) 322pp, VG (previous owner's name, covers lightly worn at edges, cover titles bright, interior clean and unmarked, binding tight).

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Has been repaired by replacing the spine and meanding the hinges. Has been glued back into its covers after being shaken loose. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.…

Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. A very fine copy in unread condition. Size: 6x9. Michael McCurdy. (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding and pages are intact. All pages are free from any markings. Light scuffing and bumping visible to boards. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. One of 1000 copies. Cream colored boards -- Inscribed and signed by illustrator, Michael McCurdy on half-title page. Fine in very lightly worn, lightly sunned, priced jacket. McCurdy, Michael (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Book has mild rubbing and light scratches to covers, moderate wear to edges and corners, slight fading to spine, textblock pulling slightly away from cover spine, previous owner's sticker on front inside cover and light pencil and creasing on several internal pages.Otherwise, solid binding with clear, readable text and painted top edge. No dust jacket.…

Hardback. 1943 reprint. Autobiography of Pardee Lowe 322 Good to very good. The spine is lightly faded and there's faint shelfwear and soiling on the covers. No dust wrapper.

Licoln, Penmaen Press, 1979. Original boards with dustjacket. 48 p.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Xxii, 551 Pp. Beige Cloth , Spine Stamped In Gilt And Black. First Printing Stated. Fine In Very Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $8.50. Selections Of Sophisticated Writing About Or By Immigrants, Like The Majority Of Politicians, And Like Them Without Insight Into Their Own Characters, Focusing Always On Appearance, Feeling, And Achievement.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ***Please Read*** light foxing - minor wear on DJ - No marks on text - My shelf location 2-f-22.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library hardcover book, with dust jacket. Book has some light reader wear. Library stamps and stickers are present.

Paperback. B-45 very good - fine, a little darker spine, faint cover crease paperback.

tapa blanda. Condition: 2ª Mano. 2ª Mano. Poseidon. 1947, La carabela en el río. Cubierta descolorida. Libro.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 46 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.11 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 284 pages. 9.25x7.50x0.64 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 322 pages, 8vo. No DJ. Scarce. Black cloth boards with red lettering along spine and front cover. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and cover boards, previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover and bookstamp embossed on last page, light tanning. Otherwise, volume is tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Very Good-plus condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; Limited edtion. Woodcuts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 43 pages; [SIGNED] 1979 Penmaen Press. HC in quarter vellum backed spine and patterned pictorial paper covered sides. Issued as # 15 in an edition of 100 deluxe copies signed by the editor and illustrator on the colophon. Letterpress printed in Palatino on Mohawk Super-fine paper with woodcut illustrations by Michael McCurdy who also did the typography and printing. Fine copy in original mylar dust jacket. F/F; Signed by Author & Illustrator.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Illustrated with original wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. First deluxe edition (100 copies). SIGNED by the translator and artist. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. Housed in a near fine (brief gift inscription on the inside of the front cover) custom clamshell box. B001KXL34I.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Later ptg of 1943 1stedn. 8vo. Black cloth boards with red lettering to spine and front cover. Slight Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges, previous owner's sign on inside front cover, light tanning and soil to bottom page edges, spine dimming. Otherwise, volume is tightly bound, no marks. VG/ndj: [10]+322pp; Autobiography of Pardee Lowe whose father was from a tiny, sleepy village in the Pearl River Delta. "The chief asset of Sahn Kay Gawk or The-corner -of-the-mountain-where-the-water-falls was her sturdy and nimble-witted manpower who poured overseas into Honolulu, Havana, Pago Pago, Panama, Singapore, Sydney, Batavia, and San Francisco.".…

First edition 8vo. Black cloth, titles stamped in pink on the front cover and spine, [10], 322 pp. Uncommon biography and autobiography combined, as the author tells of his father's life in and around San Francisco's Chinatown through the early twentieth century. "Here is a mellow, soft, effervescent picture of a benevolent Chinese merchant, adored and feared by his family, respected and admired by Occidental and Chinese businessmen, at once wisely humorous and sternly practical, seen through the clinical eyes of his eldest son, Glorious Descendant, whose Christian name is Pardee Lowe. It is also a picture of America as it appears to a young Chinese gentleman whose sense of values has been tempered and fire-hardened in the mill of racial prejudice."--- from the jacket. Zamorano Select 69 says "The importance of this work should not be underestimated. It was the first book to express the desire of a second-generation Chinese to fight exclusion and become a part of mainstream America. As such, it is a worthy precursor of many later works dealing with immigration and assimilation." A fine bright copy in price-clipped dust jacket lightly sunned on the spine, with small chips to the spine ends, and light wear to the corners and extremities. …

dj. Inscribed and signed by the author. 1943 edition. Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. Signed.