Narration: Four Lectures. with an introduction by Thornton Wilder by Stein, Gertrude - 1969

Other publishers, 2017-01-09. paperback. New. 88x6x113.

Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1969. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-; silver and yellow spine with silver and yellow text; collector's edition; no jacket; yellow/silver slipcase; slipcase exterior shows some soiling; minor rubbing to edges; intact panels; cloth has only light wear to exterior; strong boards; text block exterior edges show mild tone; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; illustrated; tight binding; pp 62. 1342963. FP New Rockville Stock.

University of Chicago. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/None. Light shelfwear/edgewear on front cover, back cover, and spine; orange boards; spine and top edges of boards sunned/discolored; No dust jacket; endpapers and edges of pages lightly age-toned.

University of Chicago Press. Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good; Dust Jacket - Good, unclipped with 1/2 in. tear at head and heavy toning. Small owner inscription on FEP Hardcover

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Collector's Edition. Introduction by Thornton Wilder. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, faded at the edges. Multi-colored paper on the boards with silver ink lettering on the spine and boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of four lectures delivered by Stein at the University of Chicago during the 1930s.

Writing on first page, no writing in text. See photos for condition (Very Good).

University of Chicago Press, 1969. First Thus. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. First Thus. Published by University of Chicago, 1969. Octavo. Pictorial boards in slipcase. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Smudges to cover. Slipcase has shelf wear. 62 pages. ISBN: 0226771660. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

New. Newly famous in the wake of the publication of her groundbreaking "Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas", Gertrude Stein delivered her "Narration" lectures to packed audiences at the University of Chicago in 1935. Stein had not been back to her home country since departing for France in 1903, and her remarks reflect on the changes in American culture after thirty years abroad. In Stein's trademark experimental prose, "Narration" reveals the legendary writer's thoughts about the energy and mobility of the American people, the effect of modernism on literary form, the nature of history and its recording, and the inventiveness of the English language - in particular, its American variant. Stein also discusses her ambivalence toward her own literary fame as well as the destabilizing effect that notoriety had on her daily life. Restored to print for a new generation of readers to discover, these vital lectures will delight students and scholars of modernism and… Read More

University of Chicago Press, 1969T. hardcover. New. 0.7000 in x 9.4000 in x 7.2000 in.

University of Chicago Press, 1969-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1969 University of Chicago Press hard cover - 1st THUS - Collector's Edition stated - some staining to slipcase - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - no dust jacket as issued - enjoy