The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
by STEIN, GERTRUDE
- Used
- first
- Condition
- First English Edition. Foxed; very good. Inscribed by the author, “For Miss Drury [?], with a good deal of pleasure. Gertrude
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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Synopsis
'I always wanted to be historical,' Gertrude Stein once quipped. In 1932, Stein began writing the 'autobiography' of her longtime friend and companion, Alice B. Toklas. The book, an immediate bestseller, guaranteed them both a place in history. An account of their life together in Paris before, during, and after World War I, it is full of the atmosphere of the changing life of the city and of idiosyncratic glimpses of such figures as Matisse, Picasso, Braque, Cocteau, Apollinaire, Pound, Eliot, Hemingway, and other luminaries and aspirants who were their close friends. But at the center of the narrative there is always the titanic figure of Gertrude Stein, the self-proclaimed 'first-class genius' who some dismissed as the 'Mother Goose of Montparnasse,' presiding over her celebrated residence-salon-art gallery at 27, rue de Fleurus. William Troy remarked about her: 'It is not flippant to say that if she had not come to exist . . . it would be necessary to invent Miss Gertrude Stein.'
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34949J
- Title
- The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
- Author
- STEIN, GERTRUDE
- Book Condition
- Used - First English Edition. Foxed; very good. Inscribed by the author, “For Miss Drury [?], with a good deal of pleasure. Gertrude
- Publisher
- John Lane/ Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
Terms of Sale
Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc.
About the Seller
Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc.
About Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc.
Specializing in 19th and 20th century literature, signed and inscribed books, and manuscripts we maintain a high quality inventory. Our shop is located in the heart of Newton Centre where we are open by chance or appointment
In the long-standing tradition of the rare book trade we continue to mail regular catalogues to our customers. We are easily accessible via the MBTA Green Line's D Branch. We travel widely and attend both international and local book fairs.
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