The World is Round [together with] The World is Not Flat by Edith Thatcher Hurd by Stein, Gertrude; Hurd, Clement [Illustrations] - 1986

New York: William R. Scott Inc., 1939. Hardback. Fair. FIRST US EDITION. Small 4to, pp. [iv], 67, [1], incl. Hurd's charming illustrations in white and navy. Cream buckram spine, lettered in blue, navy paper boards, upper board lettered in white. Endpapers plus first and final pages white, text block pink, lettered in navy (at Stein's insistence). Externally shabby: worn, significant losses to spine ends, corners rounded. Endpapers and dedication page toned, liquid stain to top margins of first few leaves, grubby fingers marks, else, clean and tight. Fair. A binder's copy of Stein's only children's book, which had been helped into print by Margaret Wise Brown (whose own writing was influenced by Stein). Brown (1910-1952) had been hired in 1938 as W. R. Scott's first editor and tasked with recruiting contemporary authors to write children's books (she would herself go on to be a prolific and celebrated children's author). Stein, who was already at work on The World is Round, accepted with certain… Read More

Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1988-05-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York, NY: William R. Scott, Inc., 1939. Book. Illus. by Hurd, Clement. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 67 pages. 4to. Very Scarce w/ DJ. Jacket unclipped. Illustrated by Clement Hurd. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Pink page leafs with dark blue text, dark blue and white illustrations. Dark blue cloth boards with white cloth spine. gilt title along spine, "a rose is a rose is a rose" printed in white on front cover. Heavy shelfwear to DJ: scuffing along edges and covers, many small tears and small missing pieces along edges, light spine tanning, 3-inch tear running down spine edge of front cover. DJ in mylar. Previous owner's short inscription on front free endpaper. Light scuffing and tanning along cloth board edges, gilt lettering along spine is lightly scuffed. Otherwise, volume is tightly bound with clean and crisp pages. No marks. Volume is in Very Good condition. DJ in Fair-plus condition..

San Francisco, CA: Arion Press, 1986. Book. Illus. by Hurd, Clement. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). First Limited Edition.. 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,… Read More

New York: William R. Scott, Inc, 1939. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed limited first edition, one of 350 unnumbered copies signed by both Gertrude Stein and Clement Hurd, in publisher's slip case. Very Good with offsetting from binder's glue on front cover, spine toned and with a bruise at the center, in a Very Good slip case with surface scratches and wear along the extremities. Signed by both the author and illustrator, scarce.