Gertrude Stein
36 copies for sale · $15–$8,500 · 25 first editions · 6 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
LUCY CHURCH AMIABLY (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$2,500
Useful Knowledge (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,400
OPERAS AND PLAYS (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$2,000
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, signed) — B Street Books$300
Everybody's Autobiography (first edition) — Biblioctopus$250
How to Write (first edition) — B Street Books$250
Cover title: Two hitherto unpublished Poems (first edition) — Riverrun Books & Manuscripts$250
Geography and Plays (first edition) — B Street Books$200
Works on the market
PORTRAITS AND PRAYERS2 copies · $300–$1,250
Why There are Whites to Console, A Portrait of Janet2 copies · $60
Brewsie And Willie2 copies · $15–$20
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
LUCY CHURCH AMIABLY1 copy · $2,500
Useful Knowledge1 copy · $2,400
OPERAS AND PLAYS1 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Cover title: Two hitherto unpublished Poems1 copy · $250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
Everybodys Autobiography1 copy · $200
Geography and Plays1 copy · $200
Market context
57 copies of Gertrude Stein's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $100 (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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