3 Lives Three Lives,1933, Stated First ML Edition on Copyright pg, a series of three (3) short stories The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle Lena, MODERN LIBRARY #211.1, It is the central story, that of Melanctha,
by Gertrude Stein, introduction by Carl Van Vechten, Inner DJ Flap PriceClipped but 95 Cents Intact ,Great DJ design by Reichl !, Orange & White Rockwell Kent Endpapers
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Modern Library, New York,, 1933. HBDJ, 1933, Stated First ML Edition on Copyright pg, VG+/VG, AS-IS, 225 titles MENTIONED ON BACK & Inside DJ with 95 cents per copy; Very Good+ condition with minor fading to spine and light wear and at spine extremities.Solid binding, bright gilt, attractive lightly faded brown topstain. Contents are clean with no owner's signature or other writing in text.; dust jacket is also Very Good with minimal chipping to spine extremities and corners., 279 pages NO ADS IN BACK, bright cover and gilt; Toledano # 211.1; Style 7 binding in Brown with Bright Gold gilt Streamer Man on front cvr & Titled in Gilt on spine,; Titles on Blue, B/W DJ date from Spring 1933 and are accurate for a First; mild edge wear to DJ with TINY chips to top and bottom edge; TINYchips to head and heel of DJ spine; Small4.25 X 6.75 IN.Interior nice tight clean light Fox Thruout ,It is the central story, that of Melanctha, the Negro girl, which is the most original and compelling of the three...It is perhaps the first American story in which the Negro is regarded as a human being and not as an object for condescending compassion or derision. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by DJ design by Reichl .
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- 3 Lives Three Lives,1933, Stated First ML Edition on Copyright pg, a series of three (3) short stories The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle Lena, MODERN LIBRARY #211.1, It is the central story, that of Melanctha,
- Author
- Gertrude Stein, introduction by Carl Van Vechten, Inner DJ Flap PriceClipped but 95 Cents Intact ,Great DJ design by Reichl !, Orange & White Rockwell Kent Endpapers
- Illustrator
- DJ design by Reichl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Modern Library, New York,
- Date Published
- 1933
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Modern Library, gay gertrude stein Literature & Fiction short Stories
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