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STEIN, Gertrude. Useful Knowledge. 1928. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY STEIN. -- Paris France. 1940. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
Estimate: $300-$400
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Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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STEIN, Gertrude (1874-1946). Useful Knowledge. New York: Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1928.


8vo. Title-page printed in red and black. (Some minor offsetting and occasional light spotting.) Original black cloth, spine lettered in red (slight wear to extremities); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (spine panel darkened, some minor staining and slight chipping with some tissue repairs). Provenance: Mary Fanter (inscription from Gertrude Stein, see below).

FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY STEIN on the front flyleaf: "For Mary Fanter, In Allegheny Pennsylvania, where I was born although not bred, but I have a feeling for it just the same the same Gertrude Stein." Wilson A12a.

[With:] STEIN, Gertrude. Paris France. New York and London: Charles Scriber's Sons and B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1940. 8vo. Original rose cloth lettered in blue; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (slight spotting, light chipping). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, in Wilson's first binding. Wilson A34b ("the collation, binding, and dustwrapper are identical with [the first edition]").