Favored Strangers": Gertrude Stein and her family by Wagner-Martin, Linda - 1995

New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A probing, lively, accessible social history of the Stein family, of Gertrude, Leo and Michael and their father, the influence of Alice B. Toklas, and of European literary and social circles. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xvii [2], 3-346 [1] pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.