Dragon Seed.

BUCK, Pearl S.

Item Number: 128591

New York : The John Day Company, 1942.

First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1944 film starring Katherine Hepburn. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Pat, with luck, Pearl S. Buck.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.

The story of Tzu Hsi is the story of the last empress in China. In the novel, Nobel Prize Winner, Pearl S. Buck recreates the life of one of the most interesting rulers during a time of intense turbulence. Pearl S. Buck's knowledge of and fascination with the Empresses' life are contagious. She reveals the essence of this self-involved and infamous last empress, at the same time she takes the reader through China's struggle for freedom and democracy. It was included in Life Magazine's list of the 100 outstanding books of 1924–1944. It is the basis for the film starring Katharine Hepburn, Turhan Bey, Walter Huston and Aline MacMahon.