8vo. Original cloth, upper cover with portrait of Stein by Carl van Vechten, printed label to spine (lacking dust jacket, some browning to label and extremities). FIRST EDITION, second issue. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY STEIN: "Irene Mary Gertrude Stein, Dec. 1 34."

 
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STEIN, Gertrude -- THOMSON, Virgil. Four Saints in Three Acts, Souvenir Program. Harford: n.p. 1934. 4to. Illustrated. Stapled as issued in original pink printed wrappers (some light soiling, otherwise fine). Deluxe Souvenir Program for the Hartford premier of this opera by American composer Virgil Thomson with a libretto by Gertrude Stein. After its premiere on 7 February 1934 at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut, the production opened on Broadway at the 44th Street Theater on 20 February 1934. RARE.