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Stein, Gertrude.. Four in America.. Yale University Press., New Haven., 1947.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: weight: 1.4 lb. Very good in a good dust jacket with chipped edges and a worn spine. Introduction by Thornton Wilder. 24x15.5 cm. xxvii, 221 pp. Light brown cloth, dark brown titles.
Seller: Zephyr Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo, 221 pages, beige cloth; large chip in top cover of dust jacket [Wilson A42a]. The inimitable Miss Stein on the subjects of Gen. Grant, Wilbur Wright, Henry James and Geo. Washington. Alternative history: Stein speculates a "what if?" ; i.e. What if Henry James had been a general, and Washington the novelist?
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude; Wilder, Thornton (Intro.). Four In America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1947.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. Lacks dust jacket. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xxvii, 221pp. Bound in tan cloth over boards with spine and front cover lettered in brown. Wear to boards with rubbing, toning, and gentle bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Sunning to spine. Faint age-toning to pages. Pages are clean and unmarked. Hinges feel a touch loose, but binding remains sound. An overall clean, solid copy of this collection of essays on Wilbur Wright, Henry James, George Washington, and Ulysses S. Grant by Gertrude Stein, with an introduction by Thornton Wilder.
Seller: Underground Books, ABAA, Carrollton, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$49.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: first edition; 221 pp., Hardcover, fine in a very good dust jacket; the top edge of the jacket is slightly chipped. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
STEIN, Gertrude.. Four in America.. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1947.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Introduction by Thornton Wilder. xxvii [1] 221 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Almost fine, in a jacket with a soiled spine and a few tiny chips.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$56.88 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fictional profiles of four notable Americans on different career paths; introduction by Thornton Wilder Owner signature. Fine in very good dustwrapper nicked at the crown and base of the spine.
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
STEIN, Gertrude. Four in America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1947.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Introduction by Thornton Wilder. Ink inscription on the front free endpaper else fine in a very good dust jacket with toning, short tears, and creasing.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
STEIN, GERTRUDE. Four in America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1947.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Tan cloth with brown letterin to the front board and to the spine. With an introduction by Thornton Wilder. Size: 8vo
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
Stein , Gertrude. Four In America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1947.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Introduction by Thornton Wilder. Essays on George Washington , Henry James , Wilbur Wright , and U. S. Grant. This MSS. was completed in 1933 immediately after she completed THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS. The piece on George Washington was written earlier and completed in 1931. This material was published posthumously and is based on the typewritten MSS. prepared by Miss Toklas in 1933. That MSS. was partially corrected by Miss Stein. It has been collated here with the original autograph MSS. which Miss Stein sent to the Yale Library in 1946 , only a few weeks before her death.
Seller: The History Place, Palestine, TX, U.S.A.
STEIN, Gertrude. Four in America. Yale Univ. Press, JNew Haven, 1947.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Introduction by Thornton Wilder. d.w. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1947. First Edition. The manuscript was completed before Miss Stein's death in 1946. Review Copy.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude. FOUR IN AMERICA. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1947.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Tall Octavo. 221pp. Introduction by Thornton Wilder. Bound in tan cloth lettered in dark brown, near fine in very good unclipped, dust jacket, with a very light stain at spine of dust jacket.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, fine in very good plus dust jacket, with original price on front flap. A very nice copy.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xxviii + 221 pp, previous owner's bookplate affixed to fr pastedown, A Note on the Manuscript, Intro by T.W,I. Grant; II; Wilbur Wright; III Henry James; IV. George Washington. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, with slight age-toning, 6.4" x 9.5" light brown cloth covered boards with brown letters, VG, in unclipped DJ. DJ wrinkled at the edges with light wear to same. Size: Octavo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Brown cloth stamped in brown ink. Some light rubbing to extremities, ownership front flyleaf, fine in dust jacket with some creases and short closed tears to top edge 221 pages
Seller: Herland Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude. Four in America. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1947.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, tan cloth lettered in brown; unclipped pictorial dust jacket, with slight edge-wear. First edition, one of 3,000 copies, with essays on Ulysses S. Grant, Wilbur Wright, Henry James, and George Washington. Wilson A42a. A lovely copy.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$170.82 + shipping
Description: New Haven, Yale University Press, 1947. NEAR FINE COPY WITH ORIGINAL DUST JACKET Gr.-8°. XXVII, 221 Seiten. OLeinen mit OUmschlag. Erste Ausgabe. - Umschlag minimal stockfleckig, sonst schönes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie mich immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact me always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***
Seller: Antiquariat CoBrA, Oberrohrbach, Austria
Stein, Gertrude. FOUR IN AMERICA. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1947.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. First Edition by Gertrude Stein with an introduction by Thornton Wilder. A fine fresh copy in the publisher's sand coloured boards stamped on the cover and spine in brown, housed in the rare near fine original dust jacket printed red and blue with a slight tear on the back, hardly noticeable. Light edgewear. Beautifully designed dust jacket with the price of $3.75 intact. Housed in a protective acitate. 3000 copies were published. 8vo., 221 pp. Stein wrote the manuscript of these four essays on George Washington, Henry James, Wilbur Wright, and Ulysses S. Grant before her death in 1946.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
STEIN, Gertrude. FOUR IN AMERICA. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1947.
Price: US$187.50 + shipping
Description: Introduction by Thornton Wilder. Four essays on George Washington, Henry James, Wilbur Wright, and Ulysses S. Grant. Wilson A-42a: 3000 copies. Slight bump to the heel of the spine. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper, uncommon in this condition
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude. Four in America. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1947.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New Haven, Yale University Press: 1947, First Edition, published after Ms. Stein's death, introduction by Thornton Wilder. The book is a hardcover clad in publisher's beige cloth with all writing in brown, very light shelf wear, in Near Fine condition. The dust jacket is in Very Good plus condition, bright, unclipped, slightly chipped with lightly darkened spine. Now in Mylar cover.
Seller: Robert Rankin Books, Caledonia, ON, Canada
STEIN, Gertrude. Four in America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1947.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Introduction by Thornton Wilder. Fine in about fine dust jacket with a tiny faint ink stroke on front panel, and a couple of tiny tears.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 221 pages. A posthumously released book about four famous Americans: Ulysses S. Grant, Wilbur Wright, Henry James, and George Washington. Feautures an introduction by Thornton Wilder. A close to near fine copy in cloth boards that are lightly soiled in a close to near fine supplied dust jacket with a closed tear along the gutter of the front panel and tiny tear to the top of the front panel both of which have tape repairs to the verso. Signed and inscribed by Wilder on the title page in the year of publication. A bright copy.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude.. Four in America. New Haven. Yale University Press. 1947., 1947.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Only 3,000 copies printed. NF/VG+ in woven beige cloth stamped brightly in brown. With calligraphic name and date in ink on the front panel. In a crisp, clean, and colorful dustjacket printed in blue and red and priced at $3.75. Cameo medallions of significant Americans (Grant, Wright, James, and Washington) on the front panel. Light rubbing to the top and bottom of the spine and light edge-wear. Scarce in jacket. First Edition.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.