Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Eight round pages printed in red, blue and black, measuring 9 inches across, two illustrations. With a broadside "Gift Certificate" on blue paper, with order form/envelope, announcing that the book will not be ready for Christmas. A fine copy.
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Circular-shaped stapled brochure, 8 pp. , with publisher's gift certificate and subscriber's note of publication date inside return envelope laid in. All fine inside original mailing envelope
Seller: Herland Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
STEIN, GERTRUDE. THE WORLD IS ROUND. ARION, 1986.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: POSSIBLY A TRIAL COPY(FIRST ISSUE?) OR SALES DUMMY. PINK BOX SPLIT AT CORNERS, BLANK YELLOW BOARDS(USUALLY IT'S RED) AND TOTALLY MIS-BOUND WITH MOST CHAPTERS OUT OF ORDER, POSSIBLY NOT A COMPLETE TEXT/ ANOTHER GREAT PRODUCT FROM OUR FINE PRESS. CRUSHED BOX, FINE FAULTY COPY, BUT IS THERE ANY THERE THERE? STEIN-WISE! WORLD IS NOT FLAT IS NOT PRESENT
Seller: Kenneth Starosciak, Bookseller, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$391.36 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 18. edition of Arion Press, World is round (keine ISBN gefunden): 117(5) S, Text Englisch, rotes OLeinen mit blauer Schrift und Weltkugel, World is not flat (ISBN 0910457085): 46(2) S, Text Englisch, rotes OLeinen mit blauer Schrift, das Ganze in einer rosaroten OPappschachtel ohne Luftballon, eine Seitenkante des Deckels der Pappschachtel angeplatzt, sonst nahezu neu, unbenutzt, Auflage 400 Stück, (eighteenth book of Arion, complete without a ballon (I see no ballon mentioned in the descriptions), the two books and case are nearly as new, unused, only 400 copies)
Seller: mneme, Kirchheim, Germany
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: limited to 400 copies; 2 vols., 117, [1] + 46, [1] pp., hardcovers, fine with the balloon and a slightly rubbed two-piece box. - 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. Photos available upon request.
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gertrude Stein selected Clement Hurd to illustrate her first and only children's book, THE WORLD IS ROUND, in 1939 from a field of competitors who submitted their work to her. For this Arion Press edition, Hurd's wife ? herself a noted children's book author ? contributed a companion volume, THE WORLD IS NOT FLAT, a memoir that details the history and creation of the original publication and includes correspondence between Stein and Hurd. The main volume is circular, 9 inches in diameter, 120 pages. The companion volume is square, 6 by 6 inches, 48 pages. The type is Monotype Century Schoolbook with handset Stymie Bold for display. Illustrations are printed in blue, the text in black, and the display type in rose ink. Produced in an edition of 400 unnumbered copies, both volumes are bound in full rose-pink cloth with silk-screened titling and are housed in a special purpose-built box. Though the box exterior is very lightly scuffed, the contents are in virtually mint condition. First Thus (In a limited edition of 400 copies).
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 2 Volume Set: The World is Round and The World is Not Flat. The World is Round is signed by Clement Hurd on half-title page. The World is Not Flat is signed by Edith Thacher Hurd on half-title page. Both volumes are bound in red cloth boards with blue lettering on covers, and housed in original square box. Package does not include balloon. Limited to 400 copies. Illustrations are printed from photoengravings taken from proofs of the original linoleum blocks and wood blocks cut by Clement Hurd for the 1967 edition published by Young Scott Brooks, with some modifications made by Andrew Hoyem and Clement Hurd for the present format. Very minor shelfwear to the two volumes: very light rubbing along cover edges. Otherwise, volumes are tightly bound with very clean and crisp pages. No marks. Volumes are in Near Fine condition. Some light edge wear to the cover box, tear at one of the corners, red stain on bottom of box with a small tear. Cover box is in Good condition.
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Two books: (1) The World is Round: by Gertrude Stein; circular, 9 in. in diameter, 120 pp. (2) Companion volume: The World is not Flat: by Edith Thatcher Hurd, 6 in. x 6 in. 48 pp. Illustrations by Clement Hurd. Both volumes are bound in full cloth over boards with silk-screened titling. The set is contained in a special box and is accompanied by a specially printed balloon. The box shows rubbing at the corners, edges, and covers.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.