Wars I Have Seen

New York: Random House, 1945. Hardcover. 8vo. Rebound in full blue calf, gilt, compartments. 259pp. speckled blue endpapers. Speckled blue endpapers. Sewn-in blue silk page marker. Near fine. New binding is of course fine; text block is lightly age toned; outer edge of boards (not text block) is slightly splayed, a characteristic sometimes noted in Indian bindings. Handsome custom-bound… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: B.T. Batsford, 1945. First British Edition, 1st Printing; dj w/blue c w/dark blue titles, some sunning of edges; 191 clean, unmarked pages; Stein's first hand report of four years of Nazi rule in France and the joy of Liberation in 1944.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by 4 black and white, full page photographs including Frontispiece. 8 Vo;… Saber más sobre este artículo

First edition of a Random House wartime book. Gertrude Stein remained in southeastern France during World War II though she was a potential target of persecution and had been advised to leave Nazi-occupied France. Here in a series of personal anecdotes, she recalls what she and the people of France endured between 1940 and 1944 during the German Occupation. Boards… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1945. Good. FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo. With frontis and photographic plates by Cecil Beaton. Blue cloth, lettered in dark blue to spine, top edge blue: all faded, spine cloth bleached of colour, uneven sunning to boards. Feps and final page lightly spotted, else, pleasingly clean and tidy. Good+ Stein's immersive account… Saber más sobre este artículo

Random House, New York, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Inscribed by Author. First impression. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 259 pp. Binding firm, spine cocked with wear to ends and slight loss to title piece. Edges browned. Covers slightly worn. Corners bumped. Author's inscription to front end paper, signed "Gertrude".… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Random House, 1945. First US Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. Stated first printing on the copyright page. The original price of $2.50 is still present on the front flap. DJ shows scuffing and wear, mainly to the edges… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Random House, 1945. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Cloth with paper spine label. Fine in very good or better dust jacket, slightly toned, small scrape on front panel. Advance Review Copy with publisher's printed slip laid in (with a little toning). Author and critic Malcolm Cowley's copy with his ownership Signature dated in the year of… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Random House, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. Octavo, 259pp. Dark blue cloth, title printed on label affixed to spine and front panel. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page. In publishers dust jacket, $2.50 on front flap, light wear at edges and along front seam. (Wilson A38). Other works by Gertrude Stein include:… Saber más sobre este artículo

Random House, New York: (1945)., 1945 259p. Inked ownership of F. K. Richter, Chicago on title page. A few pink penciled underlinings. 8vo. Original full cloth binding with original spine and front board title labels. Binding slightly worn. Hardbound. First Printing. LIT BOX 2 0.0. 1st Edition.. Hardcover.

New York: Random House, 1945. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Cloth hardcover with printed paper title labels to spine and front cover; dustjacket; 259pp. Tight, fine copy in the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.50 on front flap), slightly darkened on spine and with some rubbing at flap-folds; Very Good+. Stein's account of France under the Nazi occupation. … Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Random House, 1945. First edition. Trifle shelf rubbed; just about fine in an evenly toned dust jacket with rubbing to the extremities.. 8vo, 259pp; black cloth with printed labels. Stein remained in France through the war and Nazi occupation. This is her first hand account of those years.

New York: Random House, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. First edition. Paper label on cloth spine. Small bleach spots on blue cloth boards and spine, else very good in fair only dustwrapper in pieces and lacking the spine.

New York: Random House, 1945. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Cloth with paper spine label. A shabby good only copy lacking dustwrapper. Actress Ruth Gordon's copy with her ownership signature in red pencil on the front fly:"Ruth Gordon April 23, 1937 Chicago.

New York: Random House, 1945. 1st. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. First printing. Interior clean and intact. Cover with light wear and some bumps. Paper title labels on cover and spine present, clean and intact. Dust jacket present but quite worn. Complete vertical tear separates front panel. Much of DJ spine missing at… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: B.T. Batsford, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First British edition. 190pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Foxing on topedge, sunning at the spine ends from dust jacket loss, boards bowed, very good in a good only dust jacket with loss at the crown, a 2½" chip at the bottom of rear panel and foot of the… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Random House, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, preceding the British edition. Jacket photo by Carl Van Vechten. Owner name, very light wear to the boards, very small dampstain on bottom page edges, else near fine in an attractive, very good example of the brittle dustwrapper with creases at the folds. Stein's memoir of her… Saber más sobre este artículo

Random House, 1945. No dust jacket. Boards have very minor wear. Pages free of markings. Scotch taped in back to one of the last pages is a NY Times news article relating to Stein. ***Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes,… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Random House, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Blue cloth, 8 x 6 inches, 259 pages; boards are clean and rich with the smallest amount of shelfwear, free end papers a bit age toned, otherwise pages are crisp, binding square and tight, previous owners name written on free end papers. No dust… Saber más sobre este artículo

B. T. Batsford 1945. First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards, dark blue lettering to spine, upper page edges stained blue, frontispiece, 195pp, illus, VG (light creasing to bottom spine extrem with sl surface loss, moderate sun fading & foxing to spine, moderate staining to board edges, light fading & foxing to top page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Random House, 1945. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo., 259pp. Sharp Stated First Printing, bound in original blue cloth. . Square, tight and clean throughout. Very attractive pictorial dust-jacket, ($2.50), has some minor edge-wear has some chipping and nicks and a 2" split along the crease of the front cover and inside flap. but… Saber más sobre este artículo