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Wars I Have Seen
by Stein, Gertrude
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. Octavo, 259pp. Dark blue cloth, title printed on label affixed to spine and front panel. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page. In publishers dust jacket, $2.50 on front flap, light wear at edges and along front seam. (Wilson A38). Other works by Gertrude Stein include: "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" (1933): This quasi-memoir, written in the voice of Stein's life partner, Alice B. Toklas, became a bestseller and brought Stein significant mainstream attention. "Q.E.D." (1903): A novel that revolves around a lesbian romantic affair, involving several of Stein's friends. "Three Lives" (1905), "The Making of Americans" and "Tender Buttons" (1914).
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1761
- Title
- Wars I Have Seen
- Author
- Stein, Gertrude
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- the autobiography of alice B. Toklas
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Fine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
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