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Four Saints in Three Acts - SIGNED

Four Saints in Three Acts - SIGNED

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Four Saints in Three Acts - SIGNED

by Stein, Gertrude. (1874-1946)

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New York: Random House , 1934. First. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. 8vo.  Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition, with first printing stated on the copyright page. 57 pp. Signed and inscribed on the front free endpage "For Martin Homes / Gertrude Stein." Light speckling to the black cloth boards, moderate foxing and toning, a few tiny nicks to edges of dj, else fine. 
A fine signed volume from the writer best known for her novels, poetry, and opera libretti marked by a distinctive, playfully experimental, sometimes nonsensical use of language.  The Stein-Virgil Thomson opera Four Saints was first performed at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT on Feb. 7, 1934 and opened on Broadway 2 weeks later. Revolutionary in a number of ways, the libretto has more to do with the sounds of the words than with presenting a coherent narrative. The portrayal of the European saints by an all-black cast was the first of its kind, and the sets, designed by Florine Stettheimer, included cellophane backdrops, with costumes - also by Stettheimer - made of colorful lace, silk and taffeta. The choreography was by Frederick Ashton, after Balanchine had turned down the job.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
22317
Title
Four Saints in Three Acts - SIGNED
Author
Stein, Gertrude. (1874-1946)
Book Condition
New Used; Like New
Jacket Condition
Used; Like New
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Random House
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1934
Keywords
Song :: Book :: Signed Document/Item :: Literature & Classics

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Copyright page
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Cloth
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Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Inscribed
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Jacket
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