Three Lives

Three Lives by Gertrude Stein. 1909 Grafton Press, first edition, 279 pages. A thousand copies were printed of the first edition, 300 of which were used for the British edition. Stein's debut tells three unlinked stories of working class women in a fictional Baltimore. These stories are more accessible than Stein's later work, yet still new in style. No publisher… Saber más sobre este artículo

Dust Jacket: Small tears on top/bottom of the spine (photo). There is rubbing from shelf storage on panel edges. The front panel is unclipped, the original retail price is shown. (photo). Tip-in purchase receipt ($1.55) reveals that this book was originally purchased at a bookstore in Berkeley. Toning due to light exposure on the spine and the back panel. DJ… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Modern Library, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. First Modern Library edition. 16mo. xi, 279pp. Toledano style 7, green balloon cloth stamped in gilt. Owner's name on front fly, spine sunned, cloth lightly soiled with one inch tear on the front joint near the spine head, about very good lacking the dustwrapper.

New York: The Grafton Press,, 1909. First edition, first printing, of Stein's first published book. This is from the first issue of 700 copies, with a further 300 copies issued in Britain with a cancel title leaf and altered binding in 1915. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. With a later glassine jacket. … Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Vintage Books, 1970. Paperback. 279p., + backlist, cover curled else good mass-market paperback reissue in orange pictorial wraps. Vintage V-153. Originally published 1909 and 1936.

Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1941. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. First printing in the New Classics series, small 8vo, publisher's maroon cloth, in dust jacket NOT designed by Lustig, and advertising titles from 1941 on rear panel; this is the first issue jacket; those designed by Lustig came out several years later. Book is very good, some tanning… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York:: New Directions,, (c. 1933.). Hardcover -. Very good in light blue cloth with black lettering on the spine in a good dust jacket (sunning to the spine, several small chips and other edgewear.). Early printing. Gertrude Stein's first - and perhaps best - book originally published in a small edition in 1909. Includes two short… Saber más sobre este artículo

1984 Penguin Modern Classics // Light age wear on cover, Slight yellowing on cover and pages // Three fictional biographies of three working class women in Baltimore, written in Stein's trademark unconventional style, One of the groundbreaking influences of 20th century modernism // 254 pages, 178g, 200mm x 131mm x 13mm // 100% of book sale goes towards Women's Community… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: The Grafton Press, 1909. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine. 8vo, 7 3/16 x 5 in. (185 x 125 mm); pp. 279 on cream stock, trimmed. Original dark blue vertically-ribbed cloth, gilt titling on front cover and spine, splitting to rear pastedown and hinge, not affecting rear joint which is fully intact. Neat ownership inscription from… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: The Modern Library. Fair with no dust jacket. [c.1933-39]. Flexible cloth. A Modern Library reprint edition of Gertrude Stein's work of fiction, consisting of three stories: "The Good Anna," "Melanctha," and "The Gentle Lena." The principal characters in each are not connected to one another, but share a venue based on the city of Baltimore.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Rodker, 1927. Hardcover - good in acceptable jacket. From the collection of Giles Waterfield, with his bookplate on front pastedown. Jacket is slightly marked, discoloured and scored, with creased edges and the occasional nick. Taped repairs to nicks at corners and loss at spine ends and on spine body. Boards' spine ends are a little bumped; one or… Saber más sobre este artículo

Penguin 1979, Penguin Modern Classics series,. 1979. Soft cover. 0140039546 paperback, 254pp, pages browned, text clean and tight, no inscriptions, cover edges rubbed, Good condition. ISBN: 0140039546 .

London: The Pushkin Press, 1945. New Edition (reprint). Hardcover book bound in the publisher's original full cloth-gilt. 19 cm. 181 pages. In very good plus condition. No ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges tight, pages bright. Light spotting to the front/back matter. Light edge wear/bumping to the cloth covers. Lacking the original dust jacket.

Dover Publications, 2011. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Dust jacket with surface and edge wear; spine sunfaded, light chipping at head and tail of spine. Cloth-covered hardcover binding with light wear at ends of spine. Text is clean and unmarked. Preface/Introduction by Carl Van Vecten. Includes 3 short stories: The Good Anna, Melanctha, and The Gentle Lena.

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1933. Hardcover. Good. Reprint. Introduction by Carl Van Vechten. Small dampstains on cloth, extremities worn, good only lacking the dust jacket.

New York: New Directions, 1941. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good. Introduction by Carl Van Vechten. 12mo. Pale blue cloth, with black spine lettering. 279 pages. [Wilson A 1.h] Spine is a bit dulled, but title is readable. Name on Front FEP. No marks to text. Lacking the dust-jacket. NC 3 in the New Classics series.

Penguin Modern Classics , 1979. Soft cover. Good. 1985 printing. 253 pages. Light general wear to covers, some yellowing of text, about 20 pages have underlining.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Penguin Books, 1990. PAPERBACK. Cover is edge worn. Text is unmarked. No creases in the spine.