Blood On the Dining-Room Floor

Blood on the Dining-Room Floor by Gertrude Stein. 1948 Banyan Press, 80 pages, #514 of 626 printed. This was Stein's attempt at the mystery detective genre. Condition: VG. Gilt fading on the spine, some shelf wear to the boards, slipcase separating at the seams and worn. "He cried when he was disappointed and fell down when he was angry."

[Pawlet, Vermont]: The Banyan Press [1948], 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. [6], 2-79, [9] pp. Quarter red cloth over marbled boards with gold lettering on the spine. With a glassine wrapper housed in a navy slipcase. Title page with a red decorative illustration of blood. Number 355 of 626 copies. Foreword by Donald Gallup. Wilson A47.… Read more about this item

[Pawlet, Vermont]: The Banyan Press, 1948. First edition, no. 393 of 600 copies. 79 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth-backed boards, fore edge uncut. Near Fine in original card slipcase with some superficial wear and spine fading). First edition, no. 393 of 600 copies. 79 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Gertrude Stein's Detective Story. Wilson A47a

(Pawlet, Vermont): The Banyan Press, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Introduction by Donald Gallup. Spine-lettering a trifle dull and some rubbing at the edges of the boards, very good or better in lightly rubbed, near fine slipcase. Lacking the glassine jacket. Copy number 181 of 600 numbered copies, of a total edition of 626. Stein's entry into… Read more about this item

(Pawlet, Vermont): The Banyan Press, 1948. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Introduction by Donald Gallup. Spine-lettering a trifle dull and a little rubbing at the edges of the boards, else fine in lightly rubbed, near fine slipcase with a small Grove Press sticker - Grove distributed the title. Lacking the glassine jacket. One of 600 numbered copies, of a… Read more about this item

New York: Banyan Press, 1948. Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase. 1948. Number 349 of 626 copies. Hardcover, cloth-backed boards. 79 pp. Fine copy in Good slipcase, lacks wax jacket. Faint offsetting of illustration on title page. Slipcase soiled, some damage along bottom edge as well.

N.p.:: The Banyan Press,, [1948].. No. 340 of 626 copies.. original cloth-backed marbled boards in slipcase.. Lightly rubbed at edges; slipcase also rubbed.. 8vo,.

The Banyan Press. Very Good+. 1948. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. ; Book is in excellent condition. Limited edition of 626, of which this is copy No 547.; .

No place: The Banyan Press, ( 1948). First, Limited. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Octavo, 79pp., clothbacked marbled boards; glassine dj; scuffed blue publisher's slipcase No. 415 of 626 numbered copies. Stein's version of a mystery novel. Foreword by Donald Gallup. [ Wilson A47]

[Pawlet, Vermont] The Banyan Press [1948].. First edition. 8vo. 1 page introduction by Donald Gallup. Original /12 red linen over blue marbled boards (minor rubbing). Very good. 80 pages. As issued, without dust jacket. Enclosed in the original publisher's blue board slipcase. Previous owner's blindstamped name. Number 541 of 626 numbered copies.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Banyan Press. Good. [c1948]. First Edition. Hardcover. Binding is heavily rubbed overall but not worn through. ; Square 8vo 8" to 9"; [5], 79, [1] pages; Red cloth with marbled boards. **One of 600 numbered copies of a total edition of 625. Donald Gallup: "...one of Gertrude Stein's rare attempts to create a type of literature… Read more about this item

The Banyan Press, 1948. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. #532/600cc. Covers edgeworn. Deckled edges occasionally spotted.

(London: Virago Press Limited, 1985. Softcover. Very Good. Later edition. New introduction by Janet Hobhouse. Cover art by Picasso. Very good and sound with general wear to the wrappers.

The Banyan Press, 1948. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Copy numbered 464 of 600. 1/2 cloth and marbled paper over boards in publisher's blue slipcase. Nice copy, lacking glassine jacket.

The Banyan Press, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited/Numbered. Edition limited to 626 numbered copies. Shelfwear to boards. Two-inch split to corner of slipcase..

Paperback. Very Good.

Creative Arts Book Co. Trade Paperback . Good. Minor shelf wear to the cover.

Banyan Press. Used - Very Good. 1948. Limited. hardcover. Quarter cloth and marbled paper covered boards, tissue dj, slipcased. Octavo. Number 289 from a limited printing of 626 copies. Some shelf wear to slipcase. Wear and chipping to dj. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Literature).

Black Lizard Books, 1982-11-01. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Stein, Gertrude. BLOOD ON THE DINING ROOM FLOOR. Banyan Press, Vermont, 1948. First Edition of 626 copies, this copy numbered "571" on the Colophon. Squarish Octavo, cloth-backed marbled boards, blue cardboard slipcase, 80pp. A Very Good copy, with fading to the spine and with the edges lightly rubbed by the slipcase, and a bit of browning in the gutters,… Read more about this item