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The Making of Americans. The Hersland Family
by Stein, Gertrude
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1934. Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) probably "completed" this modernist novel in 1912, but it seems to have been under rather constant revision afterward. Excerpts were published several times; and a small edition (500 copies) was published by Contact Press in 1925. This is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition (stated first edition). It is, however, edited and shortened by Bernard Fay. Fuller, more complete editions have been recently published (1966 and 1995). Orange cloth bindingwith brown lettering. The text is clean and fresh; 416 pages. There is a hint of a bump to one corner and (perhaps) a fade to the topstain, else a Fine copy. The dustjacket is complete, but is worn and chipped along the edges. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Minus.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002247
- Title
- The Making of Americans. The Hersland Family
- Author
- Stein, Gertrude
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
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Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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