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SELECTED WRITINGS OF GERTRUDE STEIN
by Gertrude Stein, edited with an introduction and notes, by Carl Van Vechten
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1946. Stated First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 6 X 8 1/2 inches high. xv, 622 pages. Tan Cloth with gilt lettering on blue printed rectangle on spine. Condition of the book is Very Good; bookplate of previous owner on front paste down, otherwise excellent, text is very clean, binding is tight. Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good; spine slightly darkened from sun, light wear to edges, not price clipped ($3.50). Fiction RGR
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8003
- Title
- SELECTED WRITINGS OF GERTRUDE STEIN
- Author
- Gertrude Stein, edited with an introduction and notes, by Carl Van Vechten
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
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Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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