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Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Offprint from Transition, April, 1927 to correct the botched text in the original journal publication. Introductory letter by Elliot Paul. Small 8vo pamphlet. 16 pp. original printed tan stapled wrappers. Some cover toning/soiling with several small chips, very good minus.
Seller: Thomas Dorn, ABAA, Canton, GA, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude. An Elucidation by Gertrude Stein Printed in Transition. April, 1927.. Paris, 1927.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: An offprint from the experimental literary journal Transition, No. 1 (Paris), issued to subscribers as a correction to the version originally published. From the introduction by Elliot Paul: "Since, unfortunately, the version of Miss Gertrude Steins An Elucidation printed in the April number of Transition, while containing the correct words, presented them in the wrong order (through an inadvertence in the printing establishment), the text has been rearranged and is offered as a supplement." 7.75x5.5", 16pp. Spine split (repaired with tape) and staples removed with brittle, chipped wrappers. Interior pages removed from wrappers with yappededges.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude. An Elucidation Printed in Transition, April, 1927.. Paris: Transition, 1927.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Preface By Elliot Paul. 5 ½ in. x 7 ¾ in. Brown wrappers which have darkened and have been re-glued along the spine. Central staple is present. Issued to subscribers to Transition magazine as a correction to the error-filled version originally published. 16 pp. A closed tear to upper left corner and a chip to lower left corner, both on the front. Chips to the back cover, upper left, lower right corners. Printed on fragile newsprint stock, which has browned.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
STEIN, Gertrude. An Elucidation. printed in transition. , 1927.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original buff wrappers; lightly dust soiled. Paris, April, 1927. First Edition. Issued to subscribers of transition magazine to correct the wrongly worded text in the first issue of the magazine. Wilson, A12.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude.. An Elucidation. Printed in transition.. Transition, Paris, 1927.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limitation not stated. Near Fine in stapled wrappers. 16pp. Slight crimping of yapped fore-edge covers. Uncut copy. Untitled apology by the co-editor of transition (magazine) explaining that the text which appeared in the regular issue was misprinted, so this pamphlet was included as a supplement. Scarce. Q17795
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
STEIN, Gertrude. An Elucidation printed in transition April, 1927. transition, Paris, 1927.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Introductory letter by Elliot Paul. Stapled printed yellow wrappers. Slight age-toning, else fine. A scarce offprint reprinting the correct text of an article that had appeared in the first issue of the magazine *transition.* Wilson A10. Stein insisted on the printing of this supplemementary pamphlet, but only copies to subscribers were issued.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.