Stein Thomson (40 results)
AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME - Forensic Mysteries
Stabenow, Dana (editor) (Loren D. Estleman; Jeanne C. Stein; Max Allan Collins; Matthew V. Clemens; N. J. Ayres; Jeremiah Healy; Brendan DuBois; Julie Hyzy; John Lutz; Edward D. Hoch; Kristine Kathryn Rusch; Michael A. Black; Maynard F. Thomson)
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: WF Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, CanadaWF Sandercombe
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 267 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Introduction by Dana Stabenow; Smart Aleck by Loren D. Estleman; Better Lucky Than Good by Jeanne C. Stein; The High Life: A Heartland Homicid…e Story by Max Allan Collins and Matthew V. Clemens; Rust by N. J. Ayres; I/M Print: A Tess Cassidy Short Story by Jeremiah Healy; A Trace of a Trace by Brendan DuBois; Five Sorrowful Mysteries by Julie Hyzy; Mitt's Murder by John Lutz; The Retired Arsonist by Edward D. Hoch; Patriotic Gestures by Kristine Kathryn Rusch; Articulation of Murder by Michael A. Black; Occam's Razor by Maynard F. Thomson; and On the Evidence: A Liam Campbell Short Story by Dana Stabenow. Size: 8vo. Book.
Published by G. Schirmer 1947
- Softcover
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.Recycle Bookstore
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Paperback. Condition: Good. lite smoker odor, book has moderate edge wear, light corner wear, moderate sun fading to spine, tiny tear at top of spine, light smudging across cover, otherwise presentable and readable.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2017
- Softcover
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.Mullen Books, ABAA
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Paperback. Condition: Good+. Color-illustrated wraps with cream lettering. 144 pp. 117 color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from February 17 through May 29, 2017.
Published by Boosey & Hawkes, New York 1968
- Softcover
Seller: Yesterday's Books, Coos Bay, OR, U.S.A.Yesterday's Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition. Rear front corner rubbed, otherwise light edge and extremity wear, short note pencilled lightly on front cover.
Published by The Theater, Oakland 2001
- Manuscript
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Bolerium Books Inc.
Contact seller5-star seller[6p] includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, about the collaborators [with photos of Stein & Thomson] synopsis, company bios & photos, about the theater and company, lightly-worn cheaply produced program booklet.
Language: English
Published by Books for Libraries Press, New York 1969
- Hardcover
Seller: The Poetry Bookshop : Hay-on-Wye, Hay-on-Wye, POWYS, United KingdomThe Poetry Bookshop : Hay-on-Wye
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Blue Art. Leather. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. xii, 294pp. Volume Three of the reissue of the Yale Edition of the Unpublished Writings of Gertrude Stein. Light splash to tail edge of text-block.
Published by Boosey and Hawkes 1968
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.Recycle Bookstore
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Staple Bound. Condition: Very Good. Book has light wear to corners, some smudges to back cover. Otherwise an attractive copy - tight binding, unmarked pages, no major defects or reading wear.
Published by Boosey and Hawkes 1968
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.Recycle Bookstore
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Staple Bound. Condition: Very Good. Book has light shelfwear, some scuffing to the cover. Light toning to the back cover. Otherwise an attractive copy - tight binding, unmarked pages, no major defects or reading wear.
Published by G. Schirmer, Inc, New York 1948
- Softcover
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Softcover. Condition: Fine. Sheet music. Quarto. Three nested bifolia making 12 pages. Fine. For voice and piano. Plate number, 41673. Publisher's printed price of 60 cents on the front cover.
Seurat's Circus Sideshow
Thomson, Richard/ Stein, Susan Alyson (Contributor)/ Hale, Charlotte (Contributor)
- Softcover
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, , United KingdomRevaluation Books
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 144 pages. 10.00x9.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.
Language: English
Published by Music Press, Inc. 1947
- Softcover
Seller: G.J. Askins Bookseller, New Lebanon, NY, U.S.A.G.J. Askins Bookseller
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. 160 page tall soft cover opera score about Susan B. Anthony. Text by Gertrude Stein, music by Virgil Thomson, scenario by Maurice Grosser, musical director Otto Luening, staged by John Taras, costumes and sets designed by Paul du Paul with first production by Columbia Theater Associa…tes of Columbia University May 7-15, 1947. This copy is a the first edition, limited to 1000 copies. Frontis photos of Stein and Thomson by Carl Van Vechten. Cover art by Robert J. Pontabry. Cover corner is creased and spine bottom edges are starting to tear, and lightly soiled. Interior is very good condition - no markings. This copy was from Otto Luening's estate, but his ownership is not provable.
Published by G. Schirmer, New York 1971
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Softcover. Condition: Fine. Sheet music. Quarto. Four nested bifolia making 16 pages. Fine. For voice and piano. Plate number, 46979. Frances (Fanny) Blood was an English illustrator and friends with philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft; Stein's portrait of her originally appeared in the collection *Geography and Plays*.
More imagesPublished by G. Schirmer, New York 1948
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA]
Contact seller5-star sellerLoose-leaf. Condition: Good. Later Printing. Musical setting for this poem, inspired by a Spanish dancer. Later printing, with 75¢ cover price. Light wear, some creasing, short tear to lower rear cover. 12 pages, counting covers (7 of printed music). Size: 9" by 12".
Published by Boosey and Hawkes 1968
- Hardcover
Seller: Millville Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.Millville Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Covers are age tones. Ink stamp on front cover. Small area rubbed through on front cover at top near spine. Robert Indiana (illustrator).
FOUR SAINTS IN THREE ACTS: An Opera to be Sung
Thomson, Virgil (composer and liner notes) and Stein, Gertrude (libretto); Carl Van Vechten, introduction.
Language: English
Published by Random House 1934
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. Black cloth. No DJ.
Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein: Four Saints in Three Acts (Music of the United States of America)
Thomson, Virgil and Gertrude Stein. H. Wiley Hitchcock and Charles Fussell (eds)
- Softcover
Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, CanadaThe Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB)
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Soft cover. Condition: Fair. lvi, [5], 447 pages. Former owner detached leaves of the introduction from page xv through xxx - otherwise the book is as new: no spine crease, no inscriptions. 12 x 9 inches. Customers outside North America please request an accurate shipping quote before ordering.
Language: English
Published by Music Press, New York 1971
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bohemian Bookworm, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.Bohemian Bookworm
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG, wraps, 4to, first commissioned and performed at Columbia University in 1947; here performed at Lenox in 1972 for which Thomson has inscribed this copy, 1/1000, to Julian Kendall. Text by Stein, Music by Thomson, lacks the van Vechten photographs. Inscribed/ Signed by…VIP othe.
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Seller: BWS BKS, Ferndale, NY, U.S.A.BWS BKS
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Paperback. Condition: New.
Published by Privately Published, Colorado Springs 2014
- Softcover
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.Clausen Books, RMABA
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Spiral Bound. Condition: Very Good+. Very clean and tight textblock with minimal edge wear. 205p. Size: 4to - Over 9 ¾" -12" Tall. Paperback.
Published by NY 1934
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.Zubal-Books, Since 1961
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Condition: Very Good. 16 pp., original decorated paper wrappers, light smudges to the rear cover, else very good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recip…ient's country.
Published by G. Schirmer, Inc., New York, 1948
- Softcover
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, , United KingdomBertram Rota Ltd
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First Trade Edition. 4to Fine copy Wilson & Uphill E7b 8 pages loose in printed wrappers, as issued.
Published by Mercury Music Corporation, New York 1935
- Softcover
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Trade edition. Quarto. Single bifolium with a single-sheet-insert making six pages. Music shop stamp on the front cover, faint crease on the rear wrapper, light toning, light edgewear, near fine. For voice and piano. There was another version of this score printed in a limited run of 110 copies b…y J. Fischer & Bro. for the Berkshire School Musicale Association.
Published by Music Press, Inc., New York 1948
- Hardcover
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerScenario by Maurice Grosser. 144 [1] pp. Folio, original printed flexible boards. Former owner's small blind-embossed name stamp in the upper corner of the title page; clipped portrait of Stein and Thomson affixed opposite title page; very light use to boards. Complete vocal score.
Published by USA, Boosey & Hawkes (V.Nr. BK 554) (1968) 1968
Seller: Musikantiquariat Bernd Katzbichler, Haarbach, D, GermanyMusikantiquariat Bernd Katzbichler
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4°. 37 S.
The Mother of Us All (an opera) [limited/numbered edition, *SIGNED* by the composer]
Stein, Gertrude (text) and Virgil Thomson (music); scenario by Maurice Grosser
Published by Music Press, Inc. [1947], New York 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. (grey decorated cloth, no dust jacket) [binding intact, lower tips bumped (with some exposure of boards), but the main thing to know is that the spine is severely damaged, with most of the cloth spine covering missing]. (two B&W photographs) This opera, first performed at Columbia Unive…rsity in May 1947, was inspired by the life and career of Susan B. Anthony, and includes a wide range of historical characters, among them Daniel Webster, Anthony Comstock, Ulysses S. Grant and Lillian Russell. This is No. 45 of 55 copies (of which only 50 were for sale) which were "printed on special paper, cloth bound and numbered . and are signed [on the limitation page] by Virgil Thomson." (The regular trade edition was 1,000 copies in wrappers.) NOT included with this copy are the three original portrait photographs by Carl Van Vechten which were originally issued with each of the numbered copies. (However, portrait photos of Stein and Thomson form a double frontispiece to the volume.) ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. As always at ReadInk, domestic Media Mail shipping is free.****.
More imagesPublished by Editions de la Montagne, Paris 1930
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Type Punch Matrix
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Condition: Near Fine. dj. First Edition. First trade edition of Stein's ten prose portraits, one of 400 numbered copies issued without lithographs. Stein's artist subjects include Guillaume Apollinaire, Christian Bérard, Eugene Berman, Bernard Faÿ, Georges Hugnet, Pablo Picasso, Erik Satie, Pavel Tchelitchew, Kristians Tonny, an…d Virgil Thomson, who would adapt Stein's methods to another medium and produce dozens of his own musical portraits over the coming decades. A well-preserved copy with both the original glassine and paper dust jacket. 9'' x 6.5''. Original cream wrappers. In original cream dust jacket and original glassine. Text in English and French. 85, [7] pages. Light edgewear. Small stain to jacket front panel corner. Toning and several tears/chips to glassine. Most leaves unopened. Near fine in very good plus jacket.
Pigeons on the Grass Alas: Recitation and Air for Barytone [sic]
Stein (Gertrude). From the opera Four Saints in Three Acts. Music by Virgil Thomson
Published by J. Fischer & Bro., New York, [1935] 1935
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, , United KingdomBertram Rota Ltd
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. One of 100 numbered copies 4to A little creasing to corners and a short tear at foot of spine, else a very nice copy. Wilson & Uphill E2a 8 pages, loose in printed tan wrappers, as issued.
More imagesDIX PORTRAITS
Stein, Gertrude [Author]; Hugnet, George [Translator]; Thomson, Virgil [Translator]; de Massot, Pierre [Preface]
Published by Éditions de la Montagne, Paris 1930
- Softcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerSoftcover. Limited Edition #108/400. Octavo, 85 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in white covers with black lettering to front cover and spine. Rubbing and mild tearing along edges and corners of covers. Moderate tearing to hinges at head and tail of spine. Minor soiling to covers. Top edge of textblock uncut in variou…s places. Gutter visible in various places. Enumerated on limitation pages in rear. Text presented in English and French. Shelved in Case 0. 1395246. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Published by Random House, New York 1934
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, CanadaTBCL The Book Collector's Library
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. dj. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed. [Thomson, Virgil] Stein, Gertrude. FOUR SAINTS IN THREE ACTS: An Opera to be Sung [by American composer Virgil Thomson]. Introduction by Carl Van Vechten. Signed. New York: Random House, 1934. 8vo., 57pp., gilt lettered black cloth. Hardcover. Firs…t Edition. Wilson A21a. Stated "First Printing, February 1934". An essentially fine copy lacking the dustwrapper. A one page Virgil Thompson ALS, dated 29 April, 1968 on his letterhead tipped to the front pastedown. "Dear Nick / I never did find among my things a treble piece for you to publish though there may still be something there if I look hard when I go back to New York, May 15. I've been in residence here opening at Trinity College, and liking it. May 20th, I am going to Elizabeth, New Jersey to hear 4 Saint produced [believe it or not] by a 6th grade class. If it's not too late for your treble book, send me a postcard. I should love to be in it. / Best and ever warmly / Virgil Thomson". In fine condition. Signed.
Published by Jhw Editions., New York 1992
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA
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Hardcover in slipcase. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Limited Numbered Edition. Copy #65 of 275 (300 total with 25 hors commerce) About fine in red clamshell box. (Mild bump at upper edge of box. ) Printed on Arches Wove paper at the Stinehour Press in Lunenberg, Vermont. The cover paper for… Gertrude Stein's monograph has been specially made by Paul Wong at the Dieu Donne Papermill. The box covered in imported Brillianta cloth. Designed by Jerry Kelly. Features a facsimile of Virgil Thomson's score of "Bugles & Birds: A Portrait of Pablo Picasso" composed 30 April 1940 Paris, and Gertrude Stein's "Picasso" and "If I Told Him" a completed portrait of Picasso. (1948) A CD of Suzzan Craig on piano playing the Thomson piece at Steinway Hall, NYC on 11 November 1992 is set inside a compartment. A lovely production. ; 11 1/4" X 14 1/4".
