LUCY CHURCH AMIABLY
First softcover (simultaneous with hardcover) US edition of one of Stein's most under-appreciated books.
Near fine.
Price: $50.00
First softcover (simultaneous with hardcover) US edition of one of Stein's most under-appreciated books.
Near fine.
Price: $50.00
"There is a church and it is in Lucey and it has a steeple and the steeple is a pagoda and there is no reason for it and it looks like something else. Besides this there is amiably and this comes from the paragraph."
LUCY CHURCH AMIABLY was the first of the books Stein published herself, frustrated as she was by a lack of a regular outlet for her work. It was available only in that edition until this Something Else Press edition.
First printing. New York: Something Else Press, 1969. Full Title: Lucy Church Amiably: A Novel of Romantic beauty and nature and which Looks Like an Engraving. 7'' x 5''. Original pictorial wrappers. 240 pages. Touches of shelfwear. Else bright and sharp.
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