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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..
Portraits and Prayers by Stein, Gertrude - 1934
by Stein, Gertrude
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Portraits and Prayers
by Stein, Gertrude
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
New York: Random House, 1934. Woven cloth spine backing cloth boards, with photograph of author on top board. Spine label is paper and has a few scratches, and l chip missing at lower corner, not interfering with text. Top edge stained brown. A few minute chips in cloth on lower board and corners slightly bumped. The book contains poetry, essays on art and artists, musicians, and the moving crowd in her life. A treasure-trove for the Stein-inclined, her and you.. First Printing. Clothbacked, Cloth Covered Bds. Good/No D.j.. 8vo. Trade.
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- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Good
- Jacket Condition No D.j.
- Edition First Printing
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Random House
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1934
- Size 8vo
- Keywords Essays/Literature
- Size 8vo
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Portraits and Prayers
by Stein, Gertrude
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Portraits and Prayers
by Stein, Gertrude
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Silverdale, Pennsylvania, United States
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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 .
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Portraits and Prayers
by Stein, Gertrude
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Hardcover
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Skyway, Washington, United States
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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.
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Portraits and Prayers
by Stein, Gertrude
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good+
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- No Jacket
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- Second Printing
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truth or consequences, New Mexico, United States
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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
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PORTRAITS AND PRAYERS
by Stein, Gertrude
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- Hardcover
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Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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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. .
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Portraits and Prayers
by Stein, Gertrude
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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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+..
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Portraits and Prayers
by STEIN, Gertrude
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Good
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- Near Fine
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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New York: Random House, 1934. Hardcover. Good/Near Fine. Second printing. Staining on the boards, good only in near fine dust jacket.
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Portraits and Prayers
by STEIN, Gertrude
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Very Good
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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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."
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Portraits and Prayers
by Stein, Gertrude
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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A$204.89
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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.
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PORTRAITS AND PRAYERS
by Stein, Gertrude
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- Used
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- Hardcover
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PORTLAND, Maine, United States
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Stein, Gertrude. PORTRAITS AND PRAYERS. Random House, NY, 1934 (Second Printing). 8vo., tan cloth with paper label on spine, 264pp. A stain near the bottom of the spine, and light fraying at the top and bottom of the spine, still Very Good.
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