Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey  por Jane Austen - 1940s

The Journal of Albion Moonlight by Kenneth Patchen. 1941 self-published first edition, second issue, #118 of 295 copies made, 314 total pages. No DJ, boards in good condition, spine quite sunned but square, some shelf wear to board edges, bookplate on paste down end paper, erased pencil mark on back end paper, book in overall good+ condition. See photos! New Directions first rejected this novel (on account of its pacifism), which is why Patchen self-published it at first. Experimental in form and appearance.
"We never admire a man: we admire our admiration for him."

Blood on the Dining-Room Floor by Gertrude Stein. 1948 Banyan Press, 80 pages, #514 of 626 printed. This was Stein's attempt at the mystery detective genre.

Condition: VG. Gilt fading on the spine, some shelf wear to the boards, slipcase separating at the seams and worn.

"He cried when he was disappointed and fell down when he was angry."

How to Write by Gertrude Stein. 1931 Plain edition, first edition, 395 pages. Only a thousand printed of the first edition. This is a craft book like no other, experimental and lyrical and the third book published by her press.

Condition: VG. No dust jacket, as issued. Browning to boards, bookstore sticker on back paste down, some pages bent at the corner.

"I return to sentences as a refreshment."

Things as They Are by Gertrude Stein. 1950 Banyan Press, first edition, #273 of 516, 88 pages. Stein wrote this novel in 1903 while she was at university but it was published posthumously by Alice Toklas.

Condition: Good. Bump and tearing to front board, see photo. Tanning to boards. some warping to page ends.

"The last month of Adele's life had been such a succession of wearing experiences that she rather regretted that she was not to have the steamer all to herself."

How Does Your Garden Grow? by Beverley Nichols, Compton Mackenzie, Marion Cran, V. Sackville-West. Decorations by Nora S. Unwin. 1935 Doubleday, first U.S. edition. Includes essays on gardening by these four British writers. Beverly Nichols was an accomplished novelist and playright, Compton Mackenzie was a proud Scottish activist and writer, Marion Cran was the first woman gardening broadcaster, and Vita Sackville-West was an unconventional, accomplished novelist, essayist, gardener, and lover and companion to Virginia Woolf, Violet Trefiss, and others.
Condition: Jacket in good condition, tear on front cover on head and tail of spine, tear on back cover, book in good condition, wear and discoloring to boards, bookstore sticker on front pastedown, stamp on end paper, see photos.
"The true gardener is always wanting to rearrange and to improve his schemes."

The Journal of Albion Moonlight by Kenneth Patchen. 1941 self-published first edition, second issue, #118 of 295 copies made, 314 total pages. No DJ, boards in good condition, spine quite sunned but square, some shelf wear to board edges, bookplate on paste down end paper, erased pencil mark on back end paper, book in overall good+ condition. See photos! New Directions first rejected this novel (on account of its pacifism), which is why Patchen self-published it at first. Experimental in form and appearance.
"We never admire a man: we admire our admiration for him."

Blood on the Dining-Room Floor by Gertrude Stein. 1948 Banyan Press, 80 pages, #514 of 626 printed. This was Stein's attempt at the mystery detective genre.

Condition: VG. Gilt fading on the spine, some shelf wear to the boards, slipcase separating at the seams and worn.

"He cried when he was disappointed and fell down when he was angry."

How to Write by Gertrude Stein. 1931 Plain edition, first edition, 395 pages. Only a thousand printed of the first edition. This is a craft book like no other, experimental and lyrical and the third book published by her press.

Condition: VG. No dust jacket, as issued. Browning to boards, bookstore sticker on back paste down, some pages bent at the corner.

"I return to sentences as a refreshment."

Things as They Are by Gertrude Stein. 1950 Banyan Press, first edition, #273 of 516, 88 pages. Stein wrote this novel in 1903 while she was at university but it was published posthumously by Alice Toklas.

Condition: Good. Bump and tearing to front board, see photo. Tanning to boards. some warping to page ends.

"The last month of Adele's life had been such a succession of wearing experiences that she rather regretted that she was not to have the steamer all to herself."

How Does Your Garden Grow? by Beverley Nichols, Compton Mackenzie, Marion Cran, V. Sackville-West. Decorations by Nora S. Unwin. 1935 Doubleday, first U.S. edition. Includes essays on gardening by these four British writers. Beverly Nichols was an accomplished novelist and playright, Compton Mackenzie was a proud Scottish activist and writer, Marion Cran was the first woman gardening broadcaster, and Vita Sackville-West was an unconventional, accomplished novelist, essayist, gardener, and lover and companion to Virginia Woolf, Violet Trefiss, and others.
Condition: Jacket in good condition, tear on front cover on head and tail of spine, tear on back cover, book in good condition, wear and discoloring to boards, bookstore sticker on front pastedown, stamp on end paper, see photos.
"The true gardener is always wanting to rearrange and to improve his schemes."