Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Stein, Gertrude. Ida. Random House, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1941.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The book is ex-library from the McGill University Book Club with the usual paste downs. This well read book is fair with edge wear, chipped at spine ends, two inch split at lower spine end, four inch split at front hinge and soiling to cloth. The text block is very good and unmarked. An excellent reading copy of this scarce title. (2000 copy print run)
Seller: M. W. Cramer Rare and Out Of Print Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Stein, Gertrude. Ida. A Novel.. Random House, New York, 1941.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, lacking the dust jacket but with a contemporary review from The New Yorker laid in. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude. Ida. Random House, 1941.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Description: The covers are browned, stained, & moderately bent. The backstrip (spine cover) is faded, chipped, & cracked. The spine is a bit creaky, but fairly tight. Pgs are age-toned. A not very pretty, but readable copy.
Seller: The Unskoolbookshop, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude.. IDA.. Random House, New York: (1941)., 1941.
Price: US$17.00 + shipping
Description: 154p. Inked ownership and blind stamp of F. K. Richter, Chicago. Small 4to. Original full cloth binding, soiled. Hardbound. First Edition. LIT BOX 2 0.0
Seller: FAMILY ALBUM, Kinzers, PA, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude.. IDA: A Novel.. New York: Random House, (1941), 1941.
Price: US$24.50 + shipping
Description: Hardcover first edition - First printing. Published in 1941, in a world at war, this follows a young woman from her childhood into adulthood. Stein described this as a novel about "publicity saints" - that is, people who are famous simply for being famous (she was ahead of her time - this is a phenomenon far more common now - with the rise of social media "influencers" than in Stein's day) 154 pp. Good overall in beige boards with dark brown lettering and brown panels on the spine (short tear to side of spine at the top), no dust jacket.
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude. IDA (A NOVEL). Random House, 1941.
Price: US$25.96 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. No DJ. Lightly read if read at all. Some sort of bookplate on inside front cover but there is no place for a person's name on it. Lightly read if read at all. Sunned covers with shelf wear to all cover tips. Last two pages have a nick on front page edge, likely happened during publishing. 154pp.
Seller: Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc., Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude. Ida, A Novel. Random House, 1941.
Price: US$38.71 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated First Edition. Hardcover, no dust jacket, 154 pp, slight fading and some age spotting to cloth, else a clean and very good copy. Protected in a mylar cover.
Seller: Tornbooks, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
STEIN, Gertrude.. Ida.. Random House, New York, 1941.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: 154 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Some foxing to cloth; otherwise a very good copy in a jacket with two small chips to the top of the rear panel, and some light overall soiling and browning.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude. Ida. Random House, 1941.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher: Random House, New York, 1941.VERY GOOD hardcover book in VERY GOOD dust-jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Light chipping at extremities. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped ($2.00). Toning. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude. Ida. Random House, Inc. 1941 New York, 1941.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: first edition textblock near fine; binding very good and tight, but cloth shows browning offset from dust jacket, as do endpapers; dustjacket good and intact but chipped, some small pieces missing, and age toned; 154 pages; despite the noted faults, a nice collector's copy of a scarce imprint;
Seller: Book Den East, oak bluffs, MA, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude.. Ida. A Novel.. New York Random House ( ), 1941.
Price: US$55.10 + shipping
Description: 154 pp. Original cloth with dust jacket. First Edition. - Paper and spine browned. Covers slightly stained. Jacket unclipped, browned, stained and with chips and tears. Gewicht (Gramm): 390
Seller: Müller & Gräff e.K., Stuttgart, Germany
Stein (Gertrude).. Ida; a novel. Random House, New York,, 1941.
Price: US$60.64 + shipping
Description: Covers soiled, marked and worn and end-papers darkened as usual, but a good copy. From the Library of David Gascoyne, with his autograph ownership inscription in ink (including his full signature, "David Emery Gascoyne") and dated 1945 on the front free end-paper and a penciled list of Steins works in his hand on the rear free end-paper Wilson & Uphill A36a
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Stein Gertrude. Ida. Random House, New York, 1941.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Some browning to endpapers, chipping along top jacket edge with a few short tears. Otherwise bright and well preserved, unclipped. An attractive copy. Finished in Paris as the War erupted. Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 041912.
Seller: Pazzo Books, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Stein (Gertrude).. Ida; a novel. Random House, New York,, 1941.
Price: US$80.85 + shipping
Description: Upper corners severely bruised, slight spotting to covers at hinges and end-papers darkened as usual, otherwise a nice copy in somewhat worn and soiled, price-clipped dust-wrapper with some internal tape repairs Wilson & Uphill A36a
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Stein, Gertrude. IDA;. Random House, New York, 1941.
Price: US$105.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cloth covered boards with black titles on front cover, corners straight, sunning to all edges, spine sunned, mild soiling to covers. Acid ghost mark the front and rear endpapers and covers, occssional pencil underlining. Tan dust jacket is sunned all over with light chipping to edges, spine is heavily sunned with heavy chipping to head and tail, price is intact, brodart protected.
Seller: Counterpoint Records & Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude.. IDA.. RANDOM HOUSE., NY, 1941.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Close to near fine in a lightly chipped, otherwise Vg.+ dj. (Endpapers & pastedowns mildly age toned. Trifle bit of sunning at upper edge of cloth covers. A few shallow chips at head of front panel of dj. & at spines, none resulting in loss to titles. A few edge tears) 2000 copies printed.
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
STEIN, Gertrude.. Ida.. Random House, New York, 1941.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 154 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket and original glassine. First American edition. Near fine in a very near fine jacket. The glassine has shrunk as usual and has a few chips. Bookplate lightly tipped onto the front free endpaper. An exceptional copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
STEIN, Gertrude. IDA. NY, RANDOM HOUSE, 1941, 1941.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
STEIN, Gertrude.. Ida: A Novel.. NY: Random House (1941)., 1941.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 154 pp. Foxing along top edge and along edges of boards and spine, else very near fine in like dust jacket. Wilson A36a.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.