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Stein, Gertrude. Portraits and Prayers. Random House, 1934.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by Stein, with date (April 20, 1937) directly below, at upper corner of front endpaper, with brief gift inscription signed "Maysch" -- ? The date and the inscription appear to be in the same hand. Photo on request. Pictorial Hardcover with paper spine label on cloth spine. Maroon top stain. Moderate wear/aging/soiling to covers. Wear/creasing to bottom corner of spine label. Binding is firm. Light soiling/age toning to endpapers; otherwise interior is age toned, with limited mild soiling/spotting in margins.
Seller: Small World Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude.. Portraits and Prayers.. New York Random House ( ), 1934.
Price: US$664.86 + shipping
Description: 264 pp. Illustrated Original cloth. First Edition. - With dedication to Ursula Toomey by the author on flyleaf. - Exlibris. Paper slightly browned. Binding mildly dusty. Gewicht (Gramm): 636
Seller: Müller & Gräff e.K., Stuttgart, Germany
Stein, Gertrude. PORTRAITS AND PRAYERS. Random House: NY, 1934.
Price: US$862.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8.25 x 6", rough cloth backed pict boards, 264pp, covers rubbed and darkened, extremities bumped, spine label browned and chipped, pp toned. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED "For Veronica Hutchinson.Cleveland Dec 22/'34" AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, GERTRUDE STEIN.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude. Portraits and Prayers. Random House, 1934.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed first edition; 1934 and FIRST EDITION stated on copyright page. Signed by the author on the front free end paper. Book near fine, minor fading on covers. Bookplate by previous owner, Kitty Lane, attached to front paste-down. Kitty Lane was a Big Band singer in the 30's and 40's (with Glenn Miller). We will provide a certificate of authenticity. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Stein, Gertrude. Portraits and Prayers. Random House, 1934.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good first edition signed by Gertrude Stein on the front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION stated on the copyright page. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
STEIN, Gertrude. Portraits and Prayers. Random House, New York, 1934.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Some spotting on the boards and jacket, very good in pictorial boards in very good original fragile unprinted glassine dust jacket with affixed printed flaps as issued. Signed by the author on the front fly.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1119.19 + shipping
Description: New York, Random House, 1934. 1 Bl., 264 Seiten. First edition, second printing, but in the first issue binding; 8vo. Rough woven maroon and orange cloth spine over pictorial linen cloth; paper label on spine. Lightly soiled, but very good. - Signed and inscribed by Stein while on her American tour, on the night of April 2, 1935, when she stopped off in Bakersfield: "For Rose . Gertrude Stein, Bakersfield, "35." - Wilson A22b - noting only two known copies of the printing in the first issue binding. This is only the second known copy which is inscribed and signed. 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
Gertrude Stein. Portraits and Prayers. Random House, 1934.
Price: US$1450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated First Edition; A Fine book in the very rare acetate jacket. SIGNED, dated, and inscribed by the author to the front free paper. A beautiful copy of this collection of lectures Ms. Stein was planning for US universities upon her return from Paris; the lectures give critiques of many of her celebrity friends including Picasso, Cezanne, Sherwood Anderson, and of course Ernest Hemingway. Scarce in the first edition with the jacket and in this condition, rare indeed signed by Stein. This copy is in Fine condition with a square, tight binding, bright spine lettering and a sharp, crisp photo of Stein to the front board, and clean, white pages throughout; the book does show a slight over opening to the first few pages and moderate foxing to the rear free paper and paste down. Housed in a clean and bright good to very good acetate jacket that is split at the spine and the front flap but is still intact and otherwise sharp. A magnificent example of this title, made all the more desirable by Stein's signature and having the original acetate jacket. Not price clipped ($2.50 intact), not ex-library. Protected in a Mylar cover and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA, Tomball, TX, U.S.A.