BOOKS by Gertrude Stein

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1	Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas more books like this by Gertrude Stein add to wishlist Gertrude Stein writes about herself from the point of view of her partner, Alice B. Toklas. In a tone that is at once conversational, revealing, witty, and gossipy, Stein exposes a generation of writers and artists who comprised her salon in Paris, including Matisse, Picasso, Hemingway, Ezra Pound, Fitzgerald, Louis Bromfield, Sherwood Anderson, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Tender Buttons more books like this by Gertrude Stein add to wishlist First published in 1914, TENDER BUTTONS is considered by many to be one of the greatest works of experimental writing in this century. Divided into three sections--Objects, Food, and Rooms--the prose poems that make up the work are beautiful but notoriously obscure, more committed to grammatical and musical innovation than to conventional sense ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.82! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Picasso more books like this by Gertrude Stein add to wishlist Intimate, revealing memoir of Picasso as man and artist by influential literary figure. Highly readable amalgam of biographical fact, artistic and aesthetic comments. One of Stein's most accessible works. 61 black-and-white illustrations. Index. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.93! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Three Lives more books like this by Gertrude Stein add to wishlist Gertrude Stein, as a college student at Radcliffe and a medical student at Johns Hopkins Medical School, was a privileged woman, but she was surrounded by women who were trapped by poverty, class, and race into lives that offered little choice. Her portraits of Anna and Lena are examples of realistic depictions of immigrant women who had no ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein more books like this by Gertrude Stein, Carl Van Vechten (Editor) add to wishlist This huge, classic anthology of writings is from every period and every mannner of Gertrude Stein's long and illustrious career. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.29! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Gertrude Stein: Selections more books like this by Gertrude Stein, Joan Retallack (Editor) add to wishlist This selection of Gertrude Stein's work is taken from the period between 1905 and 1936, when the iconic modernist poet was engaged in an astounding number of still-surprising literary experiments, whose innovations continue to influence all the arts. Editor Joan Retallack has chosen complete texts or selections that lend themselves to a clarified ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Geographical History of America or the Relation of Human Nature to the Human Mind more books like this by Gertrude Stein add to wishlist First published in 1936 and long out of print, The Geographical History of America brings together prose pieces, dialogues, philosophical meditations, and playlets by one of the century's most influential experimental writers. This short but brilliant book offers a dimension of Gertrude Stein's thinking not available elsewhere. Here Stein sets ... see all copies from $8.00! first editions
8	Everybody's Autobiography more books like this by Gertrude Stein add to wishlist This sequel to Stein's Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas has been long misunderstood and neglected. An account of her experiences resulting from writing a bestseller, Everybody's Autobiography is funny and engaging, but also a seering meditation on the meaning of identity, success, and America. Stein at her most accessible and her most serious. ... see all copies from $3.48! new only from $13.72! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Ida more books like this by Gertrude Stein add to wishlist This is the story of Ida, whose life consists mainly of resting, because she is always tired; of talking to herself; and of getting married, time after time. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $40.38! \| first editions
10	Paris France more books like this by Gertrude Stein add to wishlist "America is my country and Paris is my home town." -Gertrude Stein see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.56! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Three Lives and Tender Buttons more books like this by Gertrude Stein add to wishlist Two of Stein's most recognizable works are together in one volume. "Three Lives, " Stein's most accessible work, is the psychological portrait of three immigrant women and their lives in a new country. "Tender Buttons" is a collection of prose poems which employ repetitive sentences and simple language to build images. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.70! \| SVS
12	The world is round. more books like this by Gertrude Stein add to wishlist A miniature edition of Gertrude Stein's tale of a little girl's search for identity. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	How to write more books like this by Gertrude Stein add to wishlist Not a traditional writing manual, this book is another of Stein's poetic experiments in prose. The chapters embody rather than explain the principles of writing she advocates in her lectures and essays. see all copies from $3.50! new only from $8.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Blood on the Dining-Room Floor: A Murder Mystery by Gertrude Stein, John Herbert Gill (Introduction by) add to wishlist Shortly after the publication of her bestseller, "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, "Stein found herself stymied by writer's block. A series of local crimes inspired this attempt to revive her artistry, a droll detective novel in which the central mystery involves rediscovering the path to creativity. see all copies from $2.97! new only from $3.38! \| SVS
15 view cover	A Novel of Thank You more books like this by Gertrude Stein add to wishlist Gertrude Stein's own assessment of herself and her writing, composed in the mid-1920s, explores the nature of narrative. This work also includes scenes and characters from her own daily life, including the expatriate artists and writers who comprised her circle in France, her lifelong companion Alice B. Toklas, and people she met on her travels- ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Baby Precious Always Shines: Selected Love Notes Between Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas more books like this by Kay Turner (Editor) add to wishlist This volume presents a selection of intimate notes between the famous modernist duo Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, who lived together from 1910 to 1946. Accompanied by photos, receipts, and the odd scraps of domesticity that build up over the years, the playful, innovative voice that earned Stein a place in literary history discusses the ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $14.02! \| first editions
17	Lectures in America more books like this by Gertrude Stein add to wishlist see all copies from $3.33! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
18 view cover	History of Having a Great Many Times Not Continued to Be Friends: The Correspondence Between... more books like this by Patricia R. Everett (Editor), Mabel D. Luhan, Gertrude Stein add to wishlist A collection of letters between Gertrude Stein and the wealthy patroness of the arts Mabel Dodge, whose friends included not only Gertrude Stein but such luminaries as Alfred Stieglitz, John Reed, Carl Jung, Thornton Wilder, Willa Cather, and Frieda and D.H. Lawrence. see all copies from $8.22! new only from $84.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Letters of Gertrude Stein and Carl Van Vechten 1913-1946: 2 Vol more books like this by Edward Burns (Photographer), Carl Van Vechten (Photographer), Gertrude Stein add to wishlist Both in her lifetime and since, Gertrude Stein's persona received far more attention than her writings. The result was a distorted view of both her person and her work. This monumental two-volume set of her correspondence with Carl Van Vechten, the critic novelist, and photographer, offers new insight into Stein's life, her art, and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $231.02! \| first editions
20 view cover	Lucy Church Amiably more books like this by Gertrude Stein add to wishlist -- First paperback edition. -- Both a detailed account of time spent in the country and a masterpiece of experimental "landscape" writing, Stein's long out of print novel explores the interlocking nature of the human and natural worlds, the fluid boundaries of identity, and the ways in which language can be used for description. -- First published ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Three Lives and Q.E.D. more books like this by Gertrude Stein, Marianne DeKoven (Editor) add to wishlist Including "Three Lives" (1909) and "QED" (1950), this work features nineteen critical essays. "Three Lives" is comprised of stories such as "The Good Anna", "Melanchtha" and "The Gentle Lena". "Melanchtha" is an adaptation of "QED". see all copies from $9.94! new only from $14.19! \| SVS
22	A Primer for the Gradual Understanding of Gertrude Stein more books like this by Gertrude Stein, Robert B. Haas (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.58! signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	The Yale Gertrude Stein more books like this by Richard Kostelanetz, Gertrude Stein add to wishlist Students and admirers of Stein will welcome this volume both for the reading pleasure it brings and for its eloquent reaffirmation of Stein's importance. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
24 view cover	The making of Americans, being a history of a familys progress more books like this by Gertrude Stein add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Plays by American Women 1930-1960 more books like this by Fay Kanin, Gertrude Stein, Hallie Flanagan add to wishlist Each play represents the hey-day of women's drama in America. It includes plays by Gertrude Stein, Clare Boothe, Lillian Hellman, Alice Childress, Hallie Flanagan, Margaret Ellen Clifford, Shirley Graham, Fay Kanin and Jane Bowles. see all copies from $6.07! new only from $14.50!

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