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Things as They Are by Gertrude Stein. 1950 Banyan Press, first edition, #273 of 516, 88 pages. Stein wrote this novel in 1903 while she was at university but it was published posthumously by Alice Toklas.

Condition: Good. Bump and tearing to front board, see photo. Tanning to boards. some warping to page ends.

"The last month of Adele's life had been such a succession of wearing experiences that she rather regretted that she was not to have the steamer all to herself."

Good. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 40 of 516 copies printed. Includes the previous owner's bookplate and a letter to the previous owner from the bookseller. There is some wear to the outside, specifically at the corners and a 1/2 inch tear at the top of the spine. Pages 71-87 are folded at the bottom corner. Text is otherwise clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Pawlet, Vermont:: The Banyan Press,, 1950.. First edition; No. 169 of 516 copies.. publisher's gray cloth with printed paper label on spine.. Sunning to label, with one tiny chip, not affecting any of the lettering; otherwise the cloth has just the slightest of rubbing to the top of the spine. Much nicer than usually seen.. 8vo,.

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.

Pawlet, Vermont: Banyan Press, 1950. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 88pp. Tannish-grey cloth with publisher's printed paper spine label. Slight tanning on the spine label, else near fine issued without a dust jacket. Written by Stien in 1903 but published here for the first time. Copy 452 of 490 numbered copies. Nicely printed by the Banyan Press, this was the last book printed by the Press.