Portraits and Prayers

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… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Printed spine-label quite darkened else very good lacking the fragile glassine dustwrapper. Slip of paper laid in presenting the book from Carl Van Vechten to actress Marian Seldes: "Love to Marian from Carlo."

New York: Random House, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Second Printing. Very Good in a Fair jacket, ($2.50), split in two at the rear edge of the spine, generally toned, chips and tears throughout. Tan buckram, frayed at the bottom edge, with a paste-down label on the spine. Square, front hinge a bit loose, some mustiness. Stein's "album of… Read more about this item

New York: Random House. Very Good-. 1934. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket, the brown cloth has tanning, especially on the spine, mild tanning to the edges of the pages, the corners show wear and the spine-ends are frayed, the original paper spine-title has surface-wear, the binding is tight and clean and the text is fine, an inscription is also… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1934. 2nd printing. Lacking dj. Full cloth binding, rubbed and dulled, with chipping paper title label on spine. Prior owner's name inked on front flyleaf, and endpapers toned, gutters moderately so.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

Random House, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition stated. 8vo, 1/4 buckram on paper boards with a photo of Stein on the cover, paper spine label, top edge stained purple. Very Good: binding tight and square, just a touch of rubbing at the corners, the spine label is toned but not chipped, one… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 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.

New York: Random House, 1934. Second Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 264pp.; HB brwn.w/brwn.&maroon label; slight rub w/wear on edges&corners; bookplate (Witter Bynner) w/residue; some lt.tan w/clean,tight pgs. Thoughts on artists

New York: Random House, 1934. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second printing. 8vo. Cloth. 264 p. Ocher cloth boards with paper title label on spine. Stein presents a collection of her word portraits, presented as vignettes and poem-like creations. They include portraits of her contemporaries, including Cezanne, Matisse,… Read more about this item

Random House , 1934. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 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… Read more about this item

Random House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 264 pp; Stated first edition, cloth spine, paper title label on spine is half gone else a very nice clean and attractive book, pages a touch age toned. .

New York: Random House, 1934. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown 1/4 cloth, pictorial paper-covered boards, title label mounted on spine panel. Covers are mildly foxed/tanned, most prominently along fore-edges; title label is chipped along edges and shows mild surface rubbing in a few areas. Text block edges typically tanned. … Read more about this item

New York : Random House, 1934. Book. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Photo of Gertrude Stein on the cover. Lacking the half-title and colophon page. A collection of the author's writings and poems. Slight fraying on the spine. Small speckles and faint pink stain on the front cover. No dust jacket..

New York: Random House, 1934. Hardcover. Good/Near Fine. Second printing. Staining on the boards, good only in near fine dust jacket.

Van Vechten, Carl. Stein, Gertrude. PORTRAITS AND PRAYERS. Random House, NY, 1934 (Second Printing). Dudley Fitts' copy, with a lengthy inscription to him from Stein (see below), and with his handwritten ownership name and date, 1934, all on the recto of the front free endpaper. 8vo., orange and purple woven cloth spine with paper label over cloth covered… Read more about this item

Stein, Gertrude. PORTRAITS AND PRAYERS. Random House, NY, 1934 (Second Printing). 8vo., tan cloth with paper label on spine, 264pp. A stain near the bottom of the spine, and light fraying at the top and bottom of the spine, still Very Good.