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Portraits and Prayers by STEIN Gertrude

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Portraits and Prayers
Author
STEIN Gertrude
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1934. First Edition. Signed. STEIN, Gertrude. Portraits and Prayers. New York: Random House, (1934). Octavo, original patterned brown and photographic cloth, paper spine label. $1800.First edition of this collection including Stein's impressions of famous 1930s personalities, inscribed to the Virginia journalist Mark Lutz, Stein's friend and the partner of one of Stein's closest friends, Carl Van Vechten (who shot the cover photograph for this book): ""To Mark, Who so pleasantly kept the numbers(?) of all these lovely photographs, and was such a pleasant part of that lovely twenty four hours. Gertrude Stein.""Playful and innovative, Portraits and Prayers consists of Stein's numerous first-hand impressions of artists, authors, and composers, written before the immensely successful Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas and published just one year after. Includes amusing entries on Erik Satie, Max Jacob, Guillaume Apollinaire, Juan Gris, Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau, Edith Sitwell, Virgil Thomson, Ernest Hemingway, and others. Without original glassine. This copy was inscribed during Stein's famous American lecture tour. ""Beginning in 1933, when her book The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas became a best-seller, Stein became a celebrity in her home country. In 1934 the opera she created with Virgil Thomson, Four Saints in Three Acts, opened on Broadway; and in the fall of 1934, Stein returned to the United States for the first time in nearly 30 years. For seven months, with Toklas at her side, Stein traveled by car, train, or plane across America, speaking about her writing and love of modern painting to the young on college campuses and to art associations and museum audiences. She averaged two to three lectures a week—about 70 in all—and finally achieved the fame she always desired. The press lionized Stein, giving her more coverage, headlines, and photographs than she had ever before received"" (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian). Although Stein was well-loved, her lectures often proved incomprehensible to those attending them. Stein's speech difficulties (palilalia, an involuntary repetition of words often associated with Tourette's) rendered Stein less understandable in speech than in writing, though her fans remained devoted and often blamed themselves for failing to understand her genius when confronted with it in person. This copy is inscribed from Gertrude Stein to Mark Lutz, a Virginia newspaper critic who was also the romantic partner of one of Stein's most fervent American supporters, writer and photographer Carl Van Vechten. The inscription reads: ""To Mark, Who so pleasantly kept the [illegible] of all these lovely photographs, and was such a pleasant part of that lovely twenty four hours. Gertrude Stein."" The inscription appears to be a reference to a photo session that Stein had with Carl Van Vechten when Van Vechten and Lutz stayed overnight at Stein and Toklas' home in France from June 12-13, 1934. In a letter sent two days later on June 14, Van Vechten writes: ""It was too divine—that all too short 24 hours chez vous—and Marco [Mark] has it down (he wants me to thank you & Alice) as among the Alpine moments of his life!"" Van Vechten was known for his artistic photographer and portraiture and produced the cover photograph of Stein during the brief June visit to France. This copy is additionally inscribed in an unknown hand (incorrectly identified in an unknown pencil hand as Alice B. Toklas): ""Dear ML [likely Mark Lutz] and MN: I guess Gertrude's sweet inscription will send you! You deserve it all & more. The photographs were good because you were there. M. New York November 2, 1934."" This book was formally published on November 7, 1934, but letters between Stein and Carl Van Vechten appear to indicate that Stein was in possession of an advance copy as early as October 1, 1934 and that Van Vechten had seen a publisher's dummy as of October 3. Thus, it is entirely possible that Stein had this copy in hand before the official publication date over a month later. Presumably, she then inscribed it for Mark Lutz when she arrived in New York for her lecture tour on October 23, 1934 and had it passed on to him by the unidentified ""M"" [not the actress turned personal assistant Miriam Hopkins]. Bookplate reading: ""Given in Memory of Bobby H. Chandler of ""Cary Hill,"" 1741. Lutz and Chandler were both graduates of the University of Richmond, though roughly 20 years apart. Cary Hill is a rural Virginia estate/plantation with the main house dating to 1741. While today it is an event venue, it was once a busy private home that hosted a number of prominent individuals. The area around Cary Hill was very much Mark Lutz's home turf, though any specific association with Cary Hill is unknown.Interior generally fine, front inner paper hinge starting slightly but holding, only slightest rubbing and toning to rubbing. A near-fine copy, most desirable inscribed and with such an outstanding association.
(Hip Hop Flyer) X-Ecutioners, The Coup, Kenny Muhammad, Thursday May 2nd, 2002, Crystal Ballroom (The Sobe Adrenaline Rush Tour)

(Hip Hop Flyer) X-Ecutioners, The Coup, Kenny Muhammad, Thursday May 2nd, 2002, Crystal Ballroom (The Sobe Adrenaline Rush Tour) by The Coup; X-Ecutioners

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Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Title
(Hip Hop Flyer) X-Ecutioners, The Coup, Kenny Muhammad, Thursday May 2nd, 2002, Crystal Ballroom (The Sobe Adrenaline Rush Tour)
Author
The Coup; X-Ecutioners
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
[Portland, OR]: [No Publisher], 2002. Original 11" x17" b/w flyer for a 2002 Portland, Oregon show by group of turntablists X-ecutioners and radical Oakland hip hop group The Coup. Very Good with a few pinholes and faint wrinkling.
DROPPING THE BALL

DROPPING THE BALL by WINFIELD, Dave

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Seller: Antic Hay Books
Title
DROPPING THE BALL
Author
WINFIELD, Dave
Seller
Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
Scribner, 2007. WINFIELD, Dave. DROPPING THE BALL. NY: Scribner, [2007]. 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket. First Edition, first printing. Winfield writes about the troubles with professional baseball and how they can be solved. Signed by Winfield on the title page: "Dave Winfield HOF 2001." Fine in equally nice d/j. $75.00.
The Complaint; or, Night Thoughts

The Complaint; or, Night Thoughts by Edward Young

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Title
The Complaint; or, Night Thoughts
Author
Edward Young
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good-
Description
New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1856. Very Good-. New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1856. Reprint. Small octavo (15cm.); publisher's grey decorative gilt-stamped cloth, all edges gilt; 326pp.; engraved frontispiece, text printed within decorative floral border throughout. Cloth rather rubbed with coin-sized loss to upper cover exposing board beneath, textblock rather foxed throughout, else a Good to Very Good example in attractive publisher's binding.
Chickamauga

Chickamauga by WRIGHT, Charles

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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Title
Chickamauga
Author
WRIGHT, Charles
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780374121082
Description
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 96 pages. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. A near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with some minor wear to the top front corner.
The Golden Mirror

The Golden Mirror by ZATURENSKA, Marya

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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Title
The Golden Mirror
Author
ZATURENSKA, Marya
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: Macmillan, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. 73 pages. The fourth collection of poems from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of the collection "Cold Morning Sky." A tight near fine copy in a very good plus price clipped dust jacket that has some slight wear and a few small tape repairs to the verso.
‪Playing Politics with Culture: The Politicization of UNESCO

‪Playing Politics with Culture: The Politicization of UNESCO

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Title
‪Playing Politics with Culture: The Politicization of UNESCO
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
n.p.: n.pub, 1974. 51p., staplebound wraps, light toning, else very good. Compilation of press reports from various countries, related to Israel's censure by UNESCO for conducting archeological excavations. Features pro-Israel perspectives accusing UNESCO of bowing to the PLO.
The Fifth Annual Woman's Building Vesta Awards: Sunday October 19, 1986

The Fifth Annual Woman's Building Vesta Awards: Sunday October 19, 1986

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Title
The Fifth Annual Woman's Building Vesta Awards: Sunday October 19, 1986
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Los Angeles: The Woman's Building, 1989. Pamphlet. Four panel brochure, 8.5x11 inches, very good condition. Program for the event, which gave awards for music, visual arts, theater, performance art, design arts, journalism, and community support.
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HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL METHODS by Electric World

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Title
HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL METHODS
Author
Electric World
Seller
THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICAL METHODS, McGraw Hill, 1913, first edition, closed tear to the upper right corner of the spine, else a just about vg copy. Replete with illustrations. Concerns itself with Lamps, motors, switchboards, meters, etc.
The French
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The French by ZELDIN, Theodore

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Title
The French
Author
ZELDIN, Theodore
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
ISBN
9780394529479
Condition
very good
Description
New York: Pantheon, 1982. hardcover. very good/very good(-). Illus. 538pp. 8vo, 1/2 white cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled. New York: Pantheon Books, (1982).

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