Things As They Are.
by STEIN, Gertrude
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Pawlet, Vermont: The Banyan Press,, 1950. First edition, number 82 of 516 copies, "set by hand in Bodoni face and printed on Ingres d'Arches" (colophon); this copy has the publisher's prospectus loosely inserted. Stein originally wrote this three-part novel in 1903 under the title Quod Erat Demonstrandum, but it was not published until after her death. This was the final book published by the Banyan Press, a small press which also published works by John Berryman, André Gide, Stephen Spender, and Wallace Stevens. Octavo. Original grey cloth, paper spine label printed in black, edges untrimmed. A few light marks to cloth, a near-fine copy. Wilson A49.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 166921
- Title
- Things As They Are.
- Author
- STEIN, Gertrude
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Pawlet, Vermont: The Banyan Press,
- Date Published
- 1950
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Edges
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- Spine Label
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- Cloth
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