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Brewsie and Willie
by Stein, Gertrude
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
-
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House [1946], 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Very Good+. Slim 8vo. [6], 3-114, [2] pp. Beige cloth with black and red lettering on the front board and spine; red topstain. Price of $2.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Wilson A39a. A fictionalized dialogue between two American G.I.s, written by Stein after numerous American soldiers visited her apartment in Paris. Described as "a mother confessor" to the soldiers, Stein here records the soldiers' anxities returning home, the uncertainty around America's future, and the G.I. escapades with French and German women. An important literary record of the mindset of the American G.I. after World War II. Dust jacket is Very Good or better with with a few hints of edge wear and minor sunning to the spine panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000010269
- Title
- Brewsie and Willie
- Author
- Stein, Gertrude
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Random House [1946]
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
Terms of Sale
Evening Star Books
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
Biblio member since 2007
Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
Glossary
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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