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Hand-Written Letter From Alice Toklas Just Months After The Death Of Her Lover, Gertrude Stein: Just The Letter Gertrude Would Have Liked

Hand-Written Letter From Alice Toklas Just Months After The Death Of Her Lover, Gertrude Stein: Just The Letter Gertrude Would Have Liked by ALICE TOKLAS

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Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.
Title
Hand-Written Letter From Alice Toklas Just Months After The Death Of Her Lover, Gertrude Stein: Just The Letter Gertrude Would Have Liked
Author
ALICE TOKLAS
Seller
Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description
ALICE TOKLAS (1877-1967). Toklas was an American-born member of the early-twentieth century Parisian avant-garde. ALS. 1 pg. 8 x 10. September 12, 1946. 5 rue Christine. An autograph letter signed Alice Toklas to Dear Tony: Just the letter Gertrude would have liked - thanks for writing it to me. In haste Im sending you Carl Van Vechtens address in New York 101 Central Pak West- ring himEndicott 2-8748 and o to see him if you have time. I have written to him about your first chapters. Basket and I are looking forward to seeing you soon. Alice Toklas had a nearly-four-decade long romance with fellow American expat, novelist and playwright Gertrude Stein (1874-1946). Together, they hosted a literary salon in Paris at their home at 27 rue de Fleurus, frequented by other American expats in Paris like Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Paul Bowles, Thornton Wilder, and Sherwood Anderson, as well as avant-garde painters like Picasso and Matisse. In 1933, Stein published her memoir, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, written in Toklas voice, a literary bestseller that vaulted Stein from relative obscurity into the mainstream literary world. Today they are buried side-by-side in Paris. However, because their relationship, though an open secret, had no formal standing, Steins family denied Toklas access to paintings and other items deeded to her in Steins will. Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Steins estate. The letter was sent to Tony Scott, an up-and-coming writer with Variety. The letter also references Basket, Toklas and Steins poodle. The letter is written on thin stationery paper and is in fine condition.
Comme des Garçons No 97 le 10 Juillet 1987

Comme des Garçons No 97 le 10 Juillet 1987 by KAWAKUBO, Rei and Peter Lindbergh, photographer

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Title
Comme des Garçons No 97 le 10 Juillet 1987
Author
KAWAKUBO, Rei and Peter Lindbergh, photographer
Seller
Harper's Books (United States)
Condition
Some spotting and rubbing to front wrapper at spine area, light evidence of a single crease to top corner at final eight pages a
Description
Tokyo: Comme des Garçons, 1987. Some spotting and rubbing to front wrapper at spine area, light evidence of a single crease to top corner at final eight pages and rear wrapper, overall near fine.. First Edition. Thin folio. Lookbook featuring photography by Peter Lindbergh and art direction by Tohji Murata. Twenty-three stark, high-contrast images, many double spread, of three models and a set that consists entirely of chairs and lighting equipment. The models, Tatjana Patitz, Marie Sophie Wilson and Lynn Koester would shortly rise to fame along with Lindbergh.
Sliced Objects

Sliced Objects

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Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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Sliced Objects
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White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Very Good Plus
Description
New York: Selchow & Righter. Very Good Plus. Paper. Circa 1870s word game with 72 pieces, each with a letter and part of a picture illustration one of twelve words (11 of the pieces have no letter and add to the width of the pictorial for the words "bridge" and "coach". The pieces, or "slices" as they are called, are 7.25 by 1.25 inches each. Several of the illustrations relate to specific New York City locations: St. Paul's Church between Vesey and Fulton Streets, the statue of Washington in Union Square, the High Bridge spanning the Harlem River, the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park, and the "Stevens" House, which is a typical neo-Gothic pile such as once populated Fifth Avenue. It is quite conceivable that some of the other items too had a specific New York context, but I have not been able to establish that as yet. The words are: coach, yacht, boat, fort, house, fountain, bridge, car, dam, statue, engine, and church. All the illustrations have delightful color and would work well framed and hung on a wall. The box housing the pieces provides instructions for the game underneath the lid along with black and white illustrations of each object. All the pieces are present, and most are clean, with a few having some minor soilage. The box has the usual wear along edges and soilage of the top illustration. The box has had some repair, with one edge of the lid a slightly different color, but overall it has integrity as a box and if treated respectfully, should remain attractively so. The box measures 9 by 8 by 1 inch. Quite an extraordinary rare game with special interest for Gothamites.
Hatfield's local addenda; or, companion to the almanack for 1830

Hatfield's local addenda; or, companion to the almanack for 1830

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Hatfield's local addenda; or, companion to the almanack for 1830
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
Peterborough: Sold by G. K. Clifton, Printer, Bookseller, Stationer, Bookbinder, &c. Narrow Bridge Street, Peterborough, Dealer in Patent Medicines Wax Candles, &c, 1830. 7½" x 4¾", pp. xxviii, [4]; uncut; original blue printed paper self-wrappers, the second and next to last leaves also on blue paper with local ads; includes a unit reckoner, garden calendar, duties, recipes, market schedules, a literary miscellany, etc.; stitching perished but otherwise near fine. From the collection of Anne Renier, with her initials on corner of final leaf. A rare pamphlet sporting an unusual double wrapper, with no copies of any year appearing in OCLC.
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The Flight Into Egypt. A Gothic Tapestry, 3 Feet 4 Inches High By 7 Feet 8 Inches Wide, Rich With Gold And Silver And Silk And Wool.; No. 103 in a series of monographs

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The Flight Into Egypt. A Gothic Tapestry, 3 Feet 4 Inches High By 7 Feet 8 Inches Wide, Rich With Gold And Silver And Silk And Wool.; No. 103 in a series of monographs
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Description
New York: French & Co, n. d.. One of only twenty-five numbered copies signed by John L. Severance. Bound in the publisher's original green cloth with the front cover stamped in gilt. Book measures 13.38 by 18.25 inches (34 by 46.35 cm.). Wear to the corners, otherwise very good condition. Internally clean and bright. Printed on watermarked paper with one page for an illustration of the tapestry and four and a quarter pages of large print text.
Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still." Ballad

Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still." Ballad by WRIGHTON, W.T.

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Title
Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still." Ballad
Author
WRIGHTON, W.T.
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 277 Washinoton [sic] St, 1870. Wraps. Very good. [EPHEMERA] [NAUTICAL] [MARINE]. J.E. [Joseph Edward] CARPENTER, poetry. J.H. Bufford's, lithography. Folio (13 7/8" x 10 5/8"); 5pp; bifold wrapper with 1 leaf; lithograph illustration on front wrapper of a sailor looking out to sea and a young woman appearing in the clouds; age toning to edges, light foxing to rear wrapper; very good. There are various imprints and arrangements with this title. William Thomas Wrighton (1816-1880) was an English composer. Joseph Carpenter, the English poet whose words comprise the song text, wrote lyrics for more than 2500 songs and musical entertainments.
The Coming Battle of Germany

The Coming Battle of Germany by ZIFF, William B.

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The Coming Battle of Germany
Author
ZIFF, William B.
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Duell Sloan and Pearce, 1942. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Eight printing. Fine in about fine dustwrapper. A lovely copy.
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King Arthur and His Knights: A Noble and Joyous History by ALLEN, Philip Schyuler, editor

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King Arthur and His Knights: A Noble and Joyous History
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ALLEN, Philip Schyuler, editor
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description
New York, Rand McNally & Company [1939, 1924]., 1939. "1939 edition." Editor's introduction. Color frontispiece and 4 full-page color illustrations by Mead Schaeffer and John R. Neill. Silver stamped black boards, upper cover with large color pictorial label, b/w pictorial endpapers. Color pictorial dust jacket (unclipped; small chips and nicks). Very good. 455 pages. No signatures or bookplates.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
WESTVACO INSPIRATIONS FOR PRINTERS - NUMBER 65

WESTVACO INSPIRATIONS FOR PRINTERS - NUMBER 65

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WESTVACO INSPIRATIONS FOR PRINTERS - NUMBER 65
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description
N.P.: West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co, n.d.. paper wrappers. 4to. paper wrappers. 1283-1298 pages. Some minor wear to the covers. Else near fine. Printed in full color.
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Native Peoples

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Native Peoples
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Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (United States)
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Near Fine
Description
(Phoenix): (Media Concepts). 1995. Glossy, four-color magazine devoted to Native American life and arts, published in coordination with a number of museums. Volume 9, No. 1. Light spine wear; else fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine.

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