Staying on Alone: The Letters of Alice B.Toklas
by Toklas, Alice B.; Burns, Edward (Editor); Harrison, Gilbert A. (Introduction)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0871405695
- ISBN 13
- 9780871405692
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Liveright, 1973. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good+. Reveals Toklas's unqiue genius in this collection of letters written during the two decades following the death of her lifelong companion, Gertrude Stein. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1973, in 426 pages with copious vintage black-and-white photos throughout text. An Ex-Lib copy, with the usual stamps & markings, this hardcover book has flagrant purple cloth-covered boards & gilt lettering to spine. Condition is VG: aside from the library markings, it is quite clean, binding straight & strong, pages creamy white. Tape residue on both boards from where old DJ was removed & recovered with new mylar. DJ is VG+, with just a slight scrape where old call number was removed from lower spine. Bit of spine fading. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Seller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 016877
- Title
- Staying on Alone: The Letters of Alice B.Toklas
- Author
- Toklas, Alice B.; Burns, Edward (Editor); Harrison, Gilbert A. (Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0871405695
- ISBN 13
- 9780871405692
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- LESBIAN WOMEN FEMINIST WRITERS CORRESPONDENCE LOVERS FRIENDS LETTERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; Women's-Men's-Gender Studies/Feminism/LBGTQA;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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- First Edition
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