LUCY CHURCH AMIABLY
by Stein, Gertrude
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
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. Harper ultimately published Sprigge's GERTRUDE STEIN: HER LIFE AND WORK in 1957, much to Toklas's dismay.
One of Stein's most under-appreciated books, LUCY CHURCH AMIABLY was the first of the books Stein published herself, frustrated as she was by a lack of a regular outlet for her work. It was available only in this edition until 1969, when Something Else Press republished it. A fragile book often found in shabbier condition, an important copy. 7'' x 5''. Publisher's original blue printed boards. No jacket, as issued. One of 1000 copies. 240 pages. Inscribed by Alice Toklas on the front free endpaper: "Once again with love to Elizabeth [Sprigge] / Devotedly / Alice / Saint-Medard 54 - Paris." Spine faded, but titles legible. Extremities worn, rubbing overall. Else sound.
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- Type Punch Matrix (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51587
- Title
- LUCY CHURCH AMIABLY
- Author
- Stein, Gertrude
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- Imprimerie Union / (Plain Edition)
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Woman Author,20th century,Jazz Age,US American,Modernism
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