Gertrude Stein
44 copies for sale · $20–$8,500 · 26 first editions · 5 signed
Notable copies for sale
The Making of Americans. Being a History of a Family's Progress (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$3,500
A Village. Are You Ready Yet Not Yet (first edition, signed) — Riverrun Books & Manuscripts$3,000
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$3,500
Four Saints In Three Acts (first edition) — Bauman Rare Books$2,600
PORTRAITS AND PRAYERS (first edition) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$1,250
Everybody's Autobiography (first edition) — Biblioctopus$250
How to Write (first edition) — B Street Books$250
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$250
Cover title: Two hitherto unpublished Poems (first edition) — Riverrun Books & Manuscripts$250
Geography and Plays (first edition) — B Street Books$200
Everybodys Autobiography (first edition) — Second Story Books$200
THE MAKING OF AMERICANS: Being a History of a Family's Progress (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$8,000
Works on the market
HOW TO WRITE2 copies · $500–$2,500
PORTRAITS AND PRAYERS2 copies · $300–$1,250
Why There are Whites to Console, A Portrait of Janet2 copies · $60
Book Concluding With As A Wife Has A Cow. A Love Story. Orne De Lithographies Par Juan Gri1 copy · $8,500
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas1 copy · $3,500
A Village. Are You Ready Yet Not Yet1 copy · $3,000
Four Saints In Three Acts1 copy · $2,600
Useful Knowledge1 copy · $2,400
A WHOLE / EIN GANZES1 copy · $2,000
HAVE THEY ATTACKED MARY. HE GIGGLED. A Political Caricature1 copy · $1,000
THREE LIVES1 copy · $400
Cover title: Two hitherto unpublished Poems1 copy · $250
Everybody's Autobiography1 copy · $250
How to Write1 copy · $250
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE1 copy · $250
Botones blandos by Gertrude Stein1 copy · $229
GEOGRAPHY And PLAYS1 copy · $225
Market context
19 copies of Gertrude Stein's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $50 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Three Lives, first edition, [one of 700 copies], New York, Grafton Press, 1909. (forum, 2026-07-02)£360
The World is Round, one of 350 copies signed by author and illustrator, New York, William (forum, 2026-06-25)£550
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