Nobel Prize-winning author and missionary, she wrote numerous works about China, including "The Good Earth." Signature cut from a letter. $40.00

She was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. A daughter of missionaries, she spent much of her life in China and with such fondness that the Chinese often claim her as a Chinese writer. Very nice copy, with dustjacket, of China As I See It (The John Day Company: New York, 1970). Part of a limited edition run of 3,000, and signed "Pearl S Buck." $250.00