Three Lives.: Stories of the Good Anna, Melanctha and the Gentle Lena.
by STEIN, Gertrude
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: The Grafton Press,, 1909. First edition, first printing, of Stein's first published book. This is from the first issue of 700 copies, with a further 300 copies issued in Britain with a cancel title leaf and altered binding in 1915. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. With a later glassine jacket. Spine lightly sunned and nicked at ends, with slight lean. Wilson A1a.
Synopsis
Three Lives (1909) was Gertrude Stein's first published work. The book is separated into three stories, "The Good Anna," "Melanctha," and "The Gentle Lena. " The three stories are independent of each other, but all are set in the fictional town of Bridgepoint.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 133132
- Title
- Three Lives.
- Author
- STEIN, Gertrude
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: The Grafton Press,
- Date Published
- 1909
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Cloth
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- Sunned
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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