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San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988. Reprint Edition. Square and unmarked in full red cloth binding. 162pp. Unclipped jacket has a sunned spine, offered now in a new mylar cover.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Hurd, Clement. Oblong 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

San Francisco, CA: North Point Press, 1988. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/unclipped price; 163 clean, unmarked pages+. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Clement Hurd. Small 4 Vo.

Hardcover. Very Good. Very good pictorial blue on rose cloth hardcover in good bright pictorial dustjacket. First ed. first printing thus, North Point, 1988. No reader, remainder, or ex-library marks. Clean. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988.] New edition, first with the "afterword." Oblong 8vo., cloth, 162pp.

San Francisco, CA: Arion Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1986. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The World is Round lacks the ephemeral printed balloon. The World is Not Flat has a slight splay to the boards. The box has the slightest rubbing at the corners. The trade edition's dust jacket has sun-lightened spine, a dark spec to the front, 3/4" closed tear to the back, overall light rubbing.; The World is Round is the only children's book written by Gertrude Stein, though written to be appreciated by adults. The prose and poetry describe Rose, a French child, a cousin, dogs, a pet lion, and the blue chair that Rose carries up a hill she imagines to be a "mountain." The plot isn't the real story, which is a young girl's determination and discovery that "Rose" is simply what she is and that who she is is far deeper than that. Written in a stream of words, like one would hear from an enthusiastic child describing something important.… Leer más

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,… Leer más

ARION PRESS Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(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 includes the 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 SPECIAL COMPLIMENTARY CARD. scrap on back of box..