Staying on Alone: Letters of Alice B Toklas
Language: English
Published by Liveright, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1973
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Mattabesset Books, Kensington, CT, U.S.A.Mattabesset Books
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Condition: Used - Fine
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Liveright, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1973. Third (3rd) Printing of the First (1st) Edition from number line 1.9876543 . Very Fine in a Fine- Dust Jacket. Appears Unread. The Text Block is clean, bright white, tight, straight and square with no markings of any kind. The Binding is full purple cloth, color uniform throughout, with bright silver title, etc., to the spine, gray endpapers unmarked except for a discreet owner's stamp at the bottom of the front free endpaper, and all corners square and sharp. The Dust Jacket, with a photograph of the author and Gertrude Stein on the front panel, is bright, with some fading to the spine, and full intact with the original price ($11.95) intact on the front flap. See the photos. xxii, 426 pages. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". Edited by Edward Burns who provided a Note on Collecting the Letters, and with an Introduction by Gilbert A. Harrison. Published six years after her death, the letters chosen for this collection have biographical, literary, and artistic significance to an understanding of Gertrude Stein and her literary circle, and of the author herself. The author writes to or comments upon Thornton Wilder, Carl Van Vechten, Edith Sitwell, Anita Loos, Bennett Cerf, Picasso, Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Sartre, among others. NOTE: This is a heavy book, weighing 845 grams / 20.8 ounces, and when packaged, will require extra postage for international shipment. ISBN 10: 0871405695 / ISBN 13: 9780871405692.…
Seller Inventory # 001240
- Title
- Staying on Alone: Letters of Alice B Toklas
- Author
- Toklas, Alice B.; Burns, Edward, Editor; Gilbert A. Harrison, Introduction
- Publisher
- Liveright, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Publication year
- 1973
- Condition
- Very Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine-
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0871405695
- ISBN 13
- 9780871405692
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 3rd Printing
- Item weight
- 845 grams
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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Mattabesset Books
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