Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1988
ISBN 10: 0865473269 ISBN 13: 9780865473263
Seller: Mahler Books, PFLUGERVILLE, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Clement Hurd (illustrator). This book is in very good condition; no remainder marks. Dustjacket does have some shelfwear. Inside pages are clean. ; 162 pages.
Published by The Arion Press, San Francisco, 1986
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Eight round pages printed in red, blue and black, measuring 9 inches across, two illustrations. With a broadside "Gift Certificate" on blue paper, with order form/envelope, announcing that the book will not be ready for Christmas. A fine copy.
Published by Harper Design, 2013
Seller: Et Al's Read & Unread Books, Wausau, WI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Special Edition. Fine blue cloth with white lettering in a Fine dust jacket. First printing of the 75th Anniversary Edition. Bright, snug & unmarked; new & unread. GBR.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No jacket. Limited. Illustrated by Clement Hurd. Published as a "Round" book. Limited to 400cc. Includes "The World in Not Flat," by Edith Thacher Hurd, a small square book that accompanies the round one. A small balloon lays at the bottom of the box. Set in a decorative peach colored box that is lightly scuffed.
Published by Arion Press, San Francisco, CA, 1986
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. As-new copy, prroduced in an edition of 400 unnumbered copies, two volumes both bound in full rose-pink cloth with silk-screened titling, housed in a purpose-built, printed box. Though the box exterior is very lightly scuffed, the contents are in mint condition. Gertrude Stein selected Clement Hurd to illustrate her first and only children's book, THE WORLD IS ROUND, in 1939 from a field of competitors who submitted their work to her. For this Arion Press edition, Hurd's wife ? herself a noted children's book author ? contributed a companion volume, THE WORLD IS NOT FLAT; a memoir detailing the history and creation of the original publication, including correspondence between Stein and Hurd.The main volume is circular, 9 inches in diameter, 120 pages. The companion volume is square, 6 by 6 inches, 48 pages. The type is Monotype Century Schoolbook with handset Stymie Bold for display. Illustrations are printed in blue, the text in black, and the display type in rose ink.