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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..

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..

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.

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.

Random House , 1934. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Stein, with date (April 20, 1937) directly below, at upper corner of front endpaper, with brief gift inscription signed "Maysch" -- ? The date and the inscription appear to be in the same hand. Photo on request. Pictorial Hardcover with paper spine label on cloth spine. Maroon top stain. Moderate wear/aging/soiling to covers. Wear/creasing to bottom corner of spine label. Binding is firm. Light soiling/age toning to endpapers; otherwise interior is age toned, with limited mild soiling/spotting in margins. .

Random House, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition stated. 8vo, 1/4 buckram on paper boards with a photo of Stein on the cover, paper spine label, top edge stained purple. Very Good: binding tight and square, just a touch of rubbing at the corners, the spine label is toned but not chipped, one very small spot of fraying of the buckram, front hinge starting, the black prelim is present but separated. Signed by Stein at the top of the ffep, dated March 34

New York: Random House, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Some spotting on the boards and jacket, very good in pictorial boards in very good original fragile unprinted glassine dust jacket with affixed printed flaps as issued. Signed by the author on the front fly.

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… Read More

Van Vechten, Carl. Stein, Gertrude. PORTRAITS AND PRAYERS. Random House, NY, 1934 (Second Printing). Dudley Fitts' copy, with a lengthy inscription to him from Stein (see below), and with his handwritten ownership name and date, 1934, all on the recto of the front free endpaper. 8vo., orange and purple woven cloth spine with paper label over cloth covered boards, the front board bearing Carl Van Vechten's 1934 photo of Stein at Bilignin, 264pp. This the first state binding; we have seen the Second Printing in full cloth in lieu of the woven spine and the pictorial boards. Some darkening and spotting to the boards, light foxing to the rear endpapers, two small chips to the paper label. We acknowledge with gratitude the assistance of Susan Holbrook, of the University of Windsor, who provided the following reading of the inscription from Stein's difficult to decipher script: "For Dudley Fitts, Yes there was not a play but if there had been no there would have been a play if there had not been Always… Read More