Three Lives
by Stein., Gertrude
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG++/ND
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Pushkin Press, 1945-01-01. 1st. Edn, Thus, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG++/VG++/ND. Box 13 HARDBACK ""NEW EDITION,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Impression: 1st. thus.* Date: 1945 (1927).* Pub: The Pushkin Press.* Binding and cover condition: Crimson cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine & none to face. Very slight bumps, no rubs. No other visible faults. VG++* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. Very slight marks to end papers, no tanning or other visible faults. Some slight toning to all edges. VG++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 181 pp. text. v pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: American author Gertrude Stein’s first published book, Three Lives (1909), comprises three stories, “The Good Anna,” “Melanctha,” and “The Gentle Lena.” Each tale takes place in the fictional town of Bridgepoint, modelled after Baltimore, Maryland. While independent of each other, the tales centre on working-class women struggling to find and express their identities, dreams, hopes, and aspirations in a society geared toward keeping them down. The three stories are based on artists Cezanne, Matisse, and Picasso’s, influence on Stein. Three Lives was also inspired by Gustave Flaubert’s Three Tales, which Stein’s brother Leo encouraged her to translate in 1904 to improve her French. The compilation has been praised as one of the earliest examples of literary modernism, cementing Stein’s status as one of the most influential writers of her time..* A NEAR FINE text reprint copy thus with some age and shelf wear (no jacket) reducing it to VG++.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10026
- Title
- Three Lives
- Author
- Stein., Gertrude
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/VG++/ND
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, Thus, 1st. Imp.
- Publisher
- The Pushkin Press
- Date Published
- 1945-01-01
- Pages
- 186
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- A.N.
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
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- ND
- no publisher's date given
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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