Portraits and Prayers by Stein, Gertrude - 1934

New York : Random House, 1934. Book. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Photo of Gertrude Stein on the cover. Lacking the half-title and colophon page. A collection of the author's writings and poems. Slight fraying on the spine. Small speckles and faint pink stain on the front cover. No dust jacket..

New York: Random House. Very Good-. 1934. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket, the brown cloth has tanning, especially on the spine, mild tanning to the edges of the pages, the corners show wear and the spine-ends are frayed, the original paper spine-title has surface-wear, the binding is tight and clean and the text is fine, an inscription is also present on the first blank end-paper .

New York: Random House, 1934. 2nd printing. Lacking dj. Full cloth binding, rubbed and dulled, with chipping paper title label on spine. Prior owner's name inked on front flyleaf, and endpapers toned, gutters moderately so.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

New York: Random House, 1934. Second Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 264pp.; HB brwn.w/brwn.&maroon label; slight rub w/wear on edges&corners; bookplate (Witter Bynner) w/residue; some lt.tan w/clean,tight pgs. Thoughts on artists

New York: Random House, 1934. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown 1/4 cloth, pictorial paper-covered boards, title label mounted on spine panel. Covers are mildly foxed/tanned, most prominently along fore-edges; title label is chipped along edges and shows mild surface rubbing in a few areas. Text block edges typically tanned. Firm binding. Stated 2nd ptg. (of the Random House edition). Library book plate mounted inside front cover, with glue residue and mild surface loss inside back cover from circulation pocket removal, otherwise unmarked as ex-libris copy. 264 pp..

Random House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 264 pp; Stated first edition, cloth spine, paper title label on spine is half gone else a very nice clean and attractive book, pages a touch age toned. .

New York: Random House, 1934. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second printing. 8vo. Cloth. 264 p. Ocher cloth boards with paper title label on spine. Stein presents a collection of her word portraits, presented as vignettes and poem-like creations. They include portraits of her contemporaries, including Cezanne, Matisse, Picasso, Eric Satie, Juan Gris, T.S. Eliot, Jean Cocteau, Edith Sitwell, Mabel Dodge, Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway, and many more. A neat, clean copy with edgewear. Endpapers tanned. Very good+..

New York: Random House, 1934. Hardcover. Good/Near Fine. Second printing. Staining on the boards, good only in near fine dust jacket.

New York: Random House, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Printed spine-label quite darkened else very good lacking the fragile glassine dustwrapper. Slip of paper laid in presenting the book from Carl Van Vechten to actress Marian Seldes: "Love to Marian from Carlo."

New York: Random House, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Second Printing. Very Good in a Fair jacket, ($2.50), split in two at the rear edge of the spine, generally toned, chips and tears throughout. Tan buckram, frayed at the bottom edge, with a paste-down label on the spine. Square, front hinge a bit loose, some mustiness. Stein's "album of intimate characterizations of her friends," including Cezanne, Picasso, Matisse, T.S. Eliot, Cocteau, Hemingway, Van Vechten, Sherwood Anderson, among others.