STAYING ON ALONE: THE LETTERS OF ALICE B. TOKLAS by TOKLAS, ALICE B.; BRUNS, EDWARD, EDITED BY

Format: Cloth
Book condition: Purple cloth boards and spine silvered lettering, slight bumping ot spine ends. Various pages soft dogeared DW not price clipped

New York:: Liveright,, 1973. First edition. Cloth. Purple cloth boards and spine silvered lettering, slight bumping ot spine ends. Various pages soft dogeared DW not price clipped, purple pictorial. Few tiny scratches to front dw, mild bumping to of edges, slight crease to front flap and lower rear edge, quarter inch closed tear to lower rear edge, flea bite chip at end. xxiii, 426 pp. Tall 8 vo. First Edition. Alice B. Toklas lifetime companion of Gertrude Stein was an impressive woman with a sharp intellect, and wit, shrewd protector of Ms. Stein, hostess, confident and master of the kitchen and garden. In these letters written after the death of Gertrude Stein her individuality shines along side of detailed her observations, and continuing devotion to Ms. Stein. A select collection was chosen for this book which are of biographical, literary, and of artistic significance. They reflect the era and circle of her life with Gertrude Stein full of their friendships, gossip, and world they surrounded themselves with of artists, musicians, and writers of the twentieth century: Thornton Wilder, Carl Van Vechten, Edith Sitwell, Anita Loos, Cecil Beaton, Bennet Cerf, Picasso, Hemmingway, Sartre, and many others. Over thirty photographs, facsimile letter, few drawings. Staying on Alone first edition, Alice B Toklas first edition, Letters Alice B Toklas