The Good Deed – Pearl S. Buck

The Good Deed, and Other Stories of Asia, Past and Present. By Pearl S. Buck. New York: John Day Company, 1969. First edition, original dust jacket, unclipped, very good.

The first collection of Buck’s stories in book form since 1961, bringing together ten stories, one almost a novella, of which six had never been published before. Stories range in time from World War II to the 1960s, taking place in China, India, Korea, and New York.