The Making of Americans The Hersland Family by Stein, Gertrude (preface By Bernard Fay) - 1934

Harcourt, Brace & Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1934. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Peach cloth cover has modest wear, light soiling, and toning/foxing but in good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are lightly toned but clean and very good. ; 0 pages .

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1934. Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) probably "completed" this modernist novel in 1912, but it seems to have been under rather constant revision afterward. Excerpts were published several times; and a small edition (500 copies) was published by Contact Press in 1925. This is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition (stated first edition). It is, however, edited and shortened by Bernard Fay. Fuller, more complete editions have been recently published (1966 and 1995). Orange cloth bindingwith brown lettering. The text is clean and fresh; 416 pages. There is a hint of a bump to one corner and (perhaps) a fade to the topstain, else a Fine copy. The dustjacket is complete, but is worn and chipped along the edges. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Minus.