[Rarebooks] FS: 4 Gertrude Stein First Editions, 2 SIGNED, prices greatly reduced

[Charles Agvent]

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Price reduced:     Was $250,      Now $125

STEIN, Gertrude. BLOOD ON THE DINING-ROOM FLOOR. [Pawlett, VT]: Banyan 
Press, (1948). First Edition. Cloth-backed marbled boards in glassine 
and slipcase. Wilson A47. One of 600 numbered copies of a total edition 
of 626 of this detective story by Stein. Mild rubbing to corners and 
spine tips. Near Fine in torn original glassine and lightly rubbed 
slipcase. (#004577)        $125.00
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Price reduced:     Was $1250,      Now $1000

STEIN, Gertrude. FOUR SAINTS IN THREE ACTS. AN OPERA TO BE SUNG. New 
York: Random House, 1934. First Edition. Wilson A21: 4000 copies 
printed. Introduction by Carl Van Vechten. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the 
author on the front endpaper. Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper with a small 
chip at the base of the spine and short closed tears tothe top of the 
front panel. (#012956)        $1,000.00
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Price reduced:     Was $250,      Now $150

STEIN, Gertrude. NARRATION. FOUR LECTURES. Chicago: University of 
Chicago Press, (1935). First Edition. Quarto (7" x 9-1/8") in bright 
orange rough cloth stamped in black and matching dustwrapper. 
Introduction by Thornton Wilder. Wilson A-25a: 872 copies. Fine in a 
price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper, uncommon in this condition. 
(#016185)        $150.00
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Price reduced:     Was $1500,      Now $1000

STEIN, Gertrude. PORTRAITS AND PRAYERS. New York: Random House, (1934). 
First Edition. Rough woven linen cloth spine with pictorial boards 
featuring a photographic portrait of Stein by Carl Van Vechten on the 
front cover. Wilson A-22 1800 copies. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author 
on the title page "For George and Florence/with much affection and 
many/thanks and some are here and/they are there/Always Gertrude." Near 
Fine, lacking the scarce cellophane dustwrapper. (#012957)        $1,000.00


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