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The Gertrude Stein First Reader & Three Plays
by Stein, Gertrude
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Dublin, Ireland / London, England: Maurice Fridberg, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo 7" - 7. Francis Rose. The fanciful illustrations of Francis Rose augment this fine, little homage to Gertrude Stein's mastery of word-play, the first item published posthumously upon her death in 1946. Bound simply in white paper over boards, white cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little wear to panels, but a bit sunning to and light chipping along edges, sunned at spine, protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. Illustrated endpapers front and rear. 83 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 357363
- Title
- The Gertrude Stein First Reader & Three Plays
- Author
- Stein, Gertrude
- Illustrator
- Francis Rose
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Maurice Fridberg
- Place of Publication
- Dublin, Ireland / London, England
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 12mo 7" - 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Gertrude Stein Francis Rose children's books
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Chipping
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Sunned
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- First Edition
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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