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Portraits and Prayers
by Gertrude Stein
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Tomball, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Stated First Edition; A Fine book in the very rare acetate jacket. SIGNED, dated, and inscribed by the author to the front free paper. A beautiful copy of this collection of lectures Ms. Stein was planning for US universities upon her return from Paris; the lectures give critiques of many of her celebrity friends including Picasso, Cezanne, Sherwood Anderson, and of course Ernest Hemingway. Scarce in the first edition with the jacket and in this condition, rare indeed signed by Stein. This copy is in Fine condition with a square, tight binding, bright spine lettering and a sharp, crisp photo of Stein to the front board, and clean, white pages throughout; the book does show a slight over opening to the first few pages and moderate foxing to the rear free paper and paste down. Housed in a clean and bright good to very good acetate jacket that is split at the spine and the front flap but is still intact and otherwise sharp. A magnificent example of this title, made all the more desirable by Stein's signature and having the original acetate jacket. Not price clipped ($2.50 intact), not ex-library. Protected in a Mylar cover and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2421
- Title
- Portraits and Prayers
- Author
- Gertrude Stein
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1934
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- First Edition, Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classic Literature;
Terms of Sale
Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
Bryan H. Young D.V.M.dba Grayshelf Books, 19111 Desert Eagle Dr., Tomball, Tx 77377Email - bhydvm@gmail.comWe accept payment by Paypal, Visa, Mastercard, checks, or money orders.Texas residents please add 8% sales tax.We guarantee all books to be as described.Additional scans of books will be provided upon request.
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About the Seller
Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Tomball, Texas
About Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
Grayshelf Books is an online collectors library originating out of the love of collecting rare books. We specialize, but are not limited to, modern first editions from the 20th and 21st century. We also maintain inventory of rare works in the Science Fiction and Horror genres. We guarantee all of our books in regards to condition stated on the listings and all books are protected in mylar covers and shipped with the utmost care in sturdy boxes. Thanks for viewing our listings!
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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