World Is Round [Paperback]

Gertrude Stein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1973

This is a facsimile of the limited edition published by Arion Press, which "produces some of the most beautiful limited-edition books in the world," according to the New York Times. To illustrate the first edition of her only children's book in 1939, Gertrude Stein selected Clement Hurd from a field of competitors who submitted their work to her. For the Arion edition, proofs from linoleum and wood blocks cut for the second edition were modified for photo-engraving. Edith Thacher Hurd, wife of the well-known illustrator and herself a noted children's book author, wrote the afterword, an informative memoir that details the history and creation of the original publication and includes correspondence between Stein and Hurd.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm) (June 1973)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380014750
• ISBN-13: 978-0380014750
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,109,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: World Is Round (Library Binding)

This book is odd, but very lovely. It is quite in the stream-of-consciousness vein, very modernist. I am not sure how much sense it would actually make to a child, but I found it to be particularly good.