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The bondmaid

Title: The bondmaid / by Pearl S. Buck.
Author: Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973.
Publication: London : Theodore Brun Limited, 1949.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Permit needed	Berg Coll Buck B37 1949	Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Description

[8], 313, [1] pages; 22 cm

Summary

Set in China in the 1850s, The Bondmaid tells the story of Peony, a young Chinese bondmaid of the Ezra ben Israel family. Specifically, this novel examines the Chinese Jews of K'aifeng, home to the oldest Jewish community in China. Narrated by Peony, The Bondmaid examines both the intermingling of Jewish and Chinese culture in this community and explores notions of identity and self-identification.

Subjects

Jews > China > Fiction
Women household employees > China > Fiction

Note

Bound in publisher's black sheepskin, lettered and with a decorative vine pattern in gilt, top edge gilt, mauve marbled endpapers.
"Editions de Luxe Limited, the Collector's Book Club, London, Catalogue no. 3"--Page [6] at front.
"This limited de luxe edition is published by special arrangement with Messrs. Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, and appears simultaneously with their first edition. Seven hundred and fifty copies have been printed for sale to members of the Collector's Book Club only. In addition, twenty copies, numbered I to XX, have been struck off as presentation, review, and reference copies"--Page [3] at front.
Published simultaneously with the first English edition from Methuen & Co.
First published in New York by John Day in 1948 under the title Peony.

Access (note)

Restricted access ;

Call Number

Berg Coll Buck B37 1949

LCCN

86205692

OCLC

7128745

Author

Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973.

Title

The bondmaid / by Pearl S. Buck.

Imprint

London : Theodore Brun Limited, 1949.

Access

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Local Note

Berg Collection copy no. 180, signed by the author.

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Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. Signer

Theodore Brun Limited, publisher.

Jarrold and Sons, printer.

Research Call Number

Berg Coll Buck B37 1949

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