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The Book of Life.  A Compendium of the Best Autobiographical and Memoir Writing.

The Book of Life. A Compendium of the Best Autobiographical and Memoir Writing.

by Claxton, Eve (Editor)

London: Ebury Press. 2005. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. 496 pages. A uniquely engrossing anthology of memoirs by some of the finest, funniest and most talented figures in history. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£10.43
Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein

Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein

by Gertrude Stein

Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein. 1946 Random House, first (thus) printing, 622 pages. Stein was a modernist author, patron of the arts, infamous salon host, and out in her relationship Alice B. Toklas. In her obituary, the New York Times wrote, "Although Gertrude Stein could and did write intelligibly at times, her distinction rested on her use of words apart from their conventional meaning. Her emphasis on sound rather than sense is illustrated by her oft-quoted 'A rose is a rose is a rose.'... Read more about this item
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£22.43
How to Write

How to Write

by Gertrude Stein

How to Write by Gertrude Stein. 1931 Plain edition, first edition, 395 pages. Only a thousand printed of the first edition. This is a craft book like no other, experimental and lyrical and the third book published by her press.

Condition: VG. No dust jacket, as issued. Browning to boards, bookstore sticker on back paste down, some pages bent at the corner.

"I return to sentences as a refreshment."
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£232.29
Geography and Plays

Geography and Plays

by Gertrude Stein

Geography and Plays by Gertrude Stein. 1922 Four Seas, first edition later printing, 419 pages. Includes early writings, plays, and poems.

Condition: Missing jacket. Rubbing and shelfwear to boards, owner name on pastedown, Stein picture taped to first page, pencil markings on endpapers, penned checkmarks on ad card.

"All the time there is melodrama there is monopoly and all the time there is more there is no excuse."
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£40.05
Fernhurst, Q.E.D, and Other Early Writings

Fernhurst, Q.E.D, and Other Early Writings

by Stein, Gertrude

New York: Liveright, 1971. Reprint. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vol. 214pp. Reprint. Cloth. Dj shows minor scratches that appear to have originated on the printing plate.
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£14.30
Blood on the Dining-Room Floor

Blood on the Dining-Room Floor

by Gertrude Stein

Blood on the Dining-Room Floor by Gertrude Stein. 1948 Banyan Press, 80 pages, #514 of 626 printed. This was Stein's attempt at the mystery detective genre.

Condition: VG. Gilt fading on the spine, some shelf wear to the boards, slipcase separating at the seams and worn.

"He cried when he was disappointed and fell down when he was angry."
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£132.17
The Biography of Alice B. Tolkas

The Biography of Alice B. Tolkas

by SIMON, Linda

Garden City, New York: Doubleday. 1977. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ has some minor wear twith some sticky tape repairs to interior. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 324pages.. The biography of the vivacious, witty,... Read more about this item
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£13.04
Three Lives

Three Lives

by Gertrude Stein

Three Lives by Gertrude Stein. 1909 Grafton Press, first edition, 279 pages. A thousand copies were printed of the first edition, 300 of which were used for the British edition. Stein's debut tells three unlinked stories of working class women in a fictional Baltimore. These stories are more accessible than Stein's later work, yet still new in style. No publisher would publish it so she funded her own publication with the vanity press Grafton Press. Later Stein would sell some Picassos to establish her... Read more about this item
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£612.76
Two Poems

Two Poems

by Gertrude Stein

Two Poems (hitherto unpublished) by Gertrude Stein. 1948 Banyan Press, first edition, #332 of 415 copies made, 4 pages. Stein was one of the most influential modernists, writers, and hosts of the early 1900s Paris. These poems were published by Stein's longtime partner, Alice Toklas, after Stein's death.

Condition: Good. 3-inch tear on back cover, pencil notes on inside front cover.

"Believe in dolphins."
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£48.06
Things as They Are

Things as They Are

by Gertrude Stein

Things as They Are by Gertrude Stein. 1950 Banyan Press, first edition, #273 of 516, 88 pages. Stein wrote this novel in 1903 while she was at university but it was published posthumously by Alice Toklas.

Condition: Good. Bump and tearing to front board, see photo. Tanning to boards. some warping to page ends.

"The last month of Adele's life had been such a succession of wearing experiences that she rather regretted that she was not to have the steamer all to herself."
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£108.14
Operas and Plays

Operas and Plays

by Gertrude Stein

Operas and Plays by Gertrude Stein. 1932 Plain Edition. First edition of 500 copies, 400 pages. Plain Edition is the press Stein and Toklas created since publishers wouldn't publish Stein's work. Includes two operas and eighteen plays by the trailblazing modernist.

Condition: Good. Missing original slipcase. Crease along spine, small white mark, corners slightly bent, darkening on back cover, According to Gertrude Stein: A Bibliography by Robert A. Wilson (Phoenix, 1974) there should be four leaves in... Read more about this item
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£132.17