Inscribed first edition of one of Stein's best and most important works.
Near fine.
Price: $2,500.00
"A sentence is not emotional a paragraph is."
Third title from Alice Toklas' imprint, which she founded to publish Stein's writings. Stein inscribed this book on the same day she made a radio appearance on WJZ in New York. She and Alice Tolklas had arrived in the U.S. only two weeks earlier, a visit meant to build on the success of Stein's AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS the previous year. Their legendary seven-month tour made Stein not only a literary celebrity, but a household name. An uncommon title signed, and inscribed during one of the most formative events of Stein's career.
Read more: Robert Wilson, Gertrude Stein: A Bibliography, A17a.
First printing. Paris: Plain Editions, [1931]. 6.5'' x 4''. Publisher's light-gray paper covered boards over gray paper spine with printed paper spine label. [8], 13-395, [1] pages. One of 1000 copies printed by the Darantiere Press. Inscribed and dated by Stein on the front free endpaper: "To James Mc Dermott [?] / Gertrude Stein / November 12/34 / New York / U.S.A."
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