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OPERAS AND PLAYS by Stein, Gertrude

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Title: OPERAS AND PLAYS
Author: Stein, Gertrude
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Overall very good.
Description: Paris: Plain Edition, 1932. Overall very good.. Association first edition, inscribed by Alice Toklas to author Elizabeth Sprigge, who would publish one of the earliest formal biographies of Stein in 1957 - and which Toklas repudiated. After Stein's death, Alice Toklas stewarded Stein's posthumous literary reputation, both assisting editors of new editions of Stein's texts and providing assistance (or obstacles, as the case may be) to biographers. At the time of this book's inscription, novelist Elizabeth Sprigge was working on her first biography, about the Modernist Swedish author August Strindberg, that would be favorably reviewed for its "remarkably accurate and clear treatment of a controversial figure" (Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 22 No. 1, 28). Toklas's inscription here - "In memory of the author and the understanding of her work" - suggests that Toklas was, in 1948, open to the possibility that Sprigge could view Stein in a similar way. Indeed, Toklas was impressed by Sprigge's biography of Strindberg upon its release the next year, and she initially supported Sprigge's idea of writing a biography of Stein because of it. In 1953, Toklas wrote her own editor at Harper to provide a connection for Sprigge to publish her planned biography of Stein; it was, Toklas's biographer remarked, "a recommendation that Alice came to regret" (Simon, 283). As Sprigge continued gathering material for the biography, it became clear that she intended to "include personal details [...] a practice Alice would not allow" (Simon, 284). Toklas warned off friends whom Sprigge was contacting and, in 1956, argued at length with Sprigge regarding the content of the biography - especially her own role in it. Toklas argued she herself "had no place in the book except, perhaps, as the editor of the Plain Edition" (Simon, 284), Stein and Toklas's short-lived small press that published this book, OPERAS AND PLAYS. Harper ultimately published Sprigge's GERTRUDE STEIN: HER LIFE AND WORK in 1957, much to Toklas's dismay. Printed in a run of only 500 copies, OPERAS AND PLAYS was the fourth book of five that Stein and Toklas's Plain Editions imprint issued. Stein had by this time become frustrated by the limitations of getting her work accepted by mainstream publishers and decided to take the means in hand herself: to raise funds for the establishment and operation of the press, Stein famously sold her Picasso painting "Woman with a Fan" (Dydo, 418). A scarce Stein text, in a copy rich with implications on the question of a writer's control over their own works and life. 7.25'' x 5.25''. Original tan printed wrappers. In original ten printed slipcase. 400, [2] pages. Inscribed by Toklas in brown ink to first leaf: "To Elizabeth Sprigge, / In memory of the author and the understanding of her work / Alice Toklas / Paris - Bastille Day - 48." Slipcase with significant soil and staining to top edge, toning to spine. Wrappers with slight bowing at corners, toned spine with central crease, tiny closed tear to top front joint.

HERBARIO DEL HUERTO DE LA FE.; Artists Book

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Title: HERBARIO DEL HUERTO DE LA FE.; Artists Book
Seller: Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
Description: Bogotá, 2002. Pasta de cartón, impresión de acuarelas y textos sobre las platas de sábila. Edición limitada de 13 ejemplares.

The Derrydale Press: A Bibliography by Siegel, Col. Henry A.; Marschalk, Harry C.; Oelgart, Isaac

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Title: The Derrydale Press: A Bibliography
Author: Siegel, Col. Henry A.; Marschalk, Harry C.; Oelgart, Isaac
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN: 9780890322406
Condition: Very Fine
Description: Goshen, CT: The Angler's & Shooter's Press, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Slipcase. 4to., 297pp. Beautiful Limited First Edition, #455 of 1250 copies printed in addition to 26 lettered deluxe editions. Bound in bright red cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Illustrated. Square tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Fine publisher's slipcase. Laid in is a card from Oak Knoll Books and Michael Laird Rare Books stating this copy is from the reference library of Dorothy Sloan, an extraordinary antiquarian bookseller who recently passed. A gorgeous collectable copy of a great reference.

John Alexander: Recent Paintings and Drawings by ALEXANDER, John

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Title: John Alexander: Recent Paintings and Drawings
Author: ALEXANDER, John
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780897970778
Description: New York: Marlborough Gallery, 1992. First edition. Softcover. 44 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran February 5-29, 1992. Includes 18 color plates, list of public collections, list of previous exhibitions, and a selected bibliography. A very good plus copy in wrappers and from the library of the Marlborough Gallery library with their sticker to the front cover but otherwise free of marks. A very nice copy with an interesting provenance.

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