Dix Portraits by Stein, Gertrude - 1930

Paperback / softback. New.

Paris: Editions de la Montagne, 1930. Softcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Wrappers with unprinted French-folded glassine dustwrapper. Fine. One of 400 copies of the trade issue, numbered 100 to 500, this is copy number 406. A beautiful copy.

Paris:: Editions de la Montagne,, [1930].. First trade edition; No. 177 of 402 copies (without the illustrations as issued).. publisher's printed wrappers in glassine.. Stain to bottom two inches of rear wrapper; slight wear to glassine; otherwise a nice copy.. Small 4to,.

Paris: Editions De La Montagne, 1930. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. English/French Text. First Edition. A fine fresh copy in the publisher's stiff card wrappers, printed in black, original glassine present. Royal 8vo. 85 pp. # 297 of 400 copies on Alfa [of 502 total copies]. Issued without illustrations. Wilson A15d. A superb example.

Paris: Editions de la Montagne. (1930). A bilingual edition, one of 400 numbered copies of a total edition of 502. Pages uncut. Ten verbal portraits, in poetry and prose, of Picasso, Erik Satie, and the two translators of this volume, George Hugnet and Virgil Thomson, among others. Near fine in French-folded self-wrappers and very good original glassine. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine.

Paris, Editions De La Montagne, 1930., 1930. First trade edition. 8vo. Original printed wrappers stamped in black with triangular pictorial design. Very good. Glassine dust jacket. 85 pages. Number 109 of 400 copies on Alpha paper. Wilson A15d (the trade edition contains no illustrations). Signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper by contributor and translator Virgil Thomson to author Denise Tual, Paris, June 10, 1952.. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Paris: Éditions de la Montagne, 1930. First Trade edition, one of 400 copies on Alpha Paper, numbered from, 101 to 500, this being No. 101. 86pp. 1 vols. 9 x 6-3/4 inches. Stiff manila wrappers with black triangular design and black lettering. Wrappers detached but present, two small closed tears on front cover, minor soiling and marginal ge-toning to text. First Trade edition, one of 400 copies on Alpha Paper, numbered from, 101 to 500, this being No. 101. 86pp. 1 vols. 9 x 6-3/4 inches. Presentation Copy to Henry McBride. With a wonderful presentation inscription from Gertrude Stein on the front pastedown: "To my dear Henry and the / seeds they are doing just what / you said they could which is very / well I thank you." HENRY McBRIDE was an important art critic between 1915 and the early 1950s, a champion of twentieth century modernism, and a close friend of Gertrude Stein's. According to biographer James Mellow, Henry McBride, along with Carl van Vechten, was one of Stein's most important… Read More