STEIN, Gertrude (1874-1946). Lucy Church Amiably. Paris: Imprimerie Union, 1930.
8vo. Original printed blue paper covered boards (chipped with losses at head, tail rubbed, rear joint partially cracked, text block starting); ORIGINAL PLAIN BROWN “SHOPPING BAG” STRIPED PAPER DUST JACKET (chipped with losses at ends).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 1000 copies of “The Plain Edition”. The first book of five to be published in Stein’s Plain Edition series, which Stein underwrote by selling one of her Picasso’s. A notoriously fragile work in the rare jacket. Wilson A14a.
[With:] Wars I Have Seen. London: B.T. Batsford, [1945]. 8vo. Original light blue cloth; original unclipped dust jacket (spine panel gently sunned, some wear at extremities). FIRST BRITISH EDITION. Wilson A38b. -- [Also:] STEIN. In Savoy. London: The Pushkin Press, [1946]. 12mo. Original printed wrappers; original price-clipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Wilson A41. -- [Also:] STEIN. Blood on the Dining-Room Floor. N.p.: The Banyan Press, [1948]. 8vo. Original cloth-backed marbled sides; glassine and slipcase. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 415 of 626 copies. Wilson A47.