Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946)
Four First Edition Titles.

1) How to Write. Paris: Darantiere Press, 1931. First edition, the Plain Edition, 12mo, one of 1000 copies; bound in light gray paper-backed boards with printed spine label; 6 1/2 x 4 in.

2) Portraits and Prayers. New York: Random House, 1934. First edition, octavo; bound in original cloth-backed boards printed with Stein's portrait, printed spine label; 8 x 6 in. Ex libris Jane Mayhall (1918-2009), American poet and novelist. Mayhall was a great admirer of Stein's work AND contributed an essay in praise of Things As They Are. (See Rediscoveries: Informal Essays in which Well-known Novelists Rediscover Neglected Works of Fiction by one of their Favorite Authors, Crown Publishers, 1971).

3) Useful Knowledge. New York: Payson & Clarke, 1928. First American edition, octavo; bound in black publisher's cloth, spine lettered in red; with the pictorial dust-jacket printed with red and black; 9 1/2 x 6 in.

4) Blood on the Dining Room Floor. [New York]: The Banyan Press, 1948. First, limited edition, octavo, number 539 of 626 copies; bound in cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt lettered spine; 8 x 6 1/2 in.

"In Gertrude Stein's writing every word lives and, apart from concept, it is so exquisitely rhythmical and cadenced that if we read it aloud and receive it as pure sound, it is like a kind of sensuous music." (Mabel Dodge Luhan).

Property from the Estate of Michael Feingold (1945-2022).

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