Gertrude Stein, Clement Hurd (illus), The World is Round, William R. Scott 1939, VG HC, First edition

Stein, Gertrude, Hurd, Clement (illus), The World is Round, New York: William R. Scott, Inc. 1939, English, Very Good hardcover 4to, 8” x 10 ½”, 67 pp., First Edition

Navy blue paper covered boards, white cloth spine with title stamped in black, ‘Rose is a Rose’ circular text design to front panel, minor edge wear, staining, and bumping to tips, minor toning to front and rear endpapers, interior pages crisp, clean, and bright, in Very Good pictorial dust jacket with edge wear, scuffing, minor closed tears, tape repairs, and chipping to top edge with minor area of loss, now in protective Mylar. First edition of this children’s book by the renowned novelist and poet, chronicling the adventures of a young girl named Rose. Printed in navy blue and white on full page pink pages (per Stein’s request) with illustrations by Clement Hurd, known for his work on ‘Goodnight Moon’. An important, whimsical, little known publication by the legendary modernist author.