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1	Book of Salt more books like this by M Truong add to wishlist Bình is Vietnamese, and he has been the cook for Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas for five years. Now, in 1934, his job comes to an end, and he must decide what to do with his life. As he struggles with a decision, he looks over his remarkable career, revealing himself in the process to be not only a gifted chef but a gifted--and possibly not ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	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
3	Charmed circle: Gertrude Stein & company more books like this by James R. Mellow add to wishlist Spanning the years from 1903, when Gertrude Stein first arrived in Paris, to her final days at the end of World War II, "Charmed Circle" is a penetrating and lively account of a writer at the heart of modernity. Four 8-page photo inserts. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Prepare for Saints: Gertrude Stein, Virgil Thomson, and the Mainstreaming of American Modernism more books like this by Steven Watson add to wishlist With its unconventional dialogue, obscure melodies, and unique costumes, "Four Saints in Three Acts" was a uniquely avant-garde Broadway hit in the 1930s. This study examines the show's creation and legacy, and profiles the various people responsible for its overwhelming success. Gertrude Stein wrote the libretto, Virgil Thomson composed the score ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	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
6	Gertrude Is Gertrude Is Gertrude Is Gertrude more books like this by Jonah Winter, Calef Brown (Illustrator) add to wishlist Written in the style of the great Gertrude Stein herself, this is a fabulously imaginative tribute to an imaginative woman who was well ahead of her time. Full color. see all copies from $3.85! new only from $8.42! \| SVS
7	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
8	Sister Brother: Gertrude and Leo Stein more books like this by Brenda Wineapple add to wishlist A joint biography of Gertrude Stein, the queen of the modernists, and her brother Leo, who was possibly the greatest collector of early modern art in the 20th century. It explores the achievements of each, and also delves into their relationship, which was close and mutually supportive for 40 years, and then ended abruptly, ostensibly with a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	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
10	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 $13.78! \| SVS
11 view cover	Gertrude Stein Remembered more books like this by Linda Simon (Editor) add to wishlist '[A] highly enjoyable collection ...Stein emerges not just as an innovator and perhaps a genius but as a brave, funny, and hugely likable woman' - "New York Times Book Review". "Gertrude Stein Remembered", a collection of memoirs by twenty people who knew her well, adds invaluable details to our view of Stein as a writer and woman. The ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12	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
13 view cover	The Biography of Alice B. Toklas more books like this by Linda Simon add to wishlist 'It's fitting that Alice B. Toklas, 'wife' and literary impresario of Gertrude Stein, should be the subject of a biography...and this is a good one, sensitive and lively...it's clear from this portrait that through her possessive affection she not only had a dominant influence on Stein's life but (for good or ill) on her highly idiosyncratic prose ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.88! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Gertrude Stein's America more books like this by Gertrude Stein add to wishlist Although born in the United States, Gertrude Stein lived in France for most of her life, and died there in 1946. However, she was intensely pro-American and her influence on contemporary American culture was considerable. She never lost her plain American accent nor her ardour for the United States. This is a collection of her perceptive ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.32! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Three Studies in Twentieth Century Obscurity more books like this by Francis Russell add to wishlist see all copies from $14.95! first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Letters of Gertrude Stein and Thornton Wilder more books like this by Professor Edward M Burns (Editor), Mr. William Rice (Editor), Professor Ulla E Dydo (Editor) add to wishlist The friendship and correspondence of Gertrude Stein and Thornton Wilder encompassed the last 12 years of Stein's life and a period of major work by Wilder. A generation apart in age, the two writers met during Stein's American lecture tour in 1934-35, during which they shared the experience of lecturing to audiences in the wake of great success. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.95! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Rescued Readings: A Reconstruction of Gertrude Stein's Difficult Texts more books like this by Elizabeth Fifer add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
18	The Third Rose: Gertrude Stein and Her World more books like this by John Malcolm Brinnin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.79! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Reading Gertrude Stein: Body, Text, Gnosis more books like this by Lisa Ruddick add to wishlist "Ruddick's interpretative study of Gertrude Stein breaks new ground in both Stein studies and poststructural theory, remaining accessible while rejecting neither indeterminate polysemy nor the thematic unity of 'idea.'. . . Through valuable interpretations of the major early Stein texts ('Melanctha,' The Making of Americans, G.M.P., and Tender ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.25! \| first editions
20	Gertrude Stein: a bibliography more books like this by Robert A. Wilson add to wishlist see all copies from $7.00! new only from $17.50! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Gertrude Stein: Modernism and the Problem of Genius more books like this by Barbara Will add to wishlist Gertrude Stein frequently called herself a genius, but what did this term really mean for her? Stein's claims to genius are legendary, appearing frequently throughout her texts and public lectures. Were they the signs of excessive egotism, of desperate self-advertisement, or of something else entirely? This book examines the centrality and the ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $27.91!
22 view cover	Gertrude Stein: In Words and Pictures more books like this by Renate Stendhal (Editor) add to wishlist "After an astonishing, playful essay, the book opens into a revelatory combination of quotes, quips and 360 photos of Stein and her wildly brilliant circle."--"Elle see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.87! \| signed copies \| first editions
23	Wars I have seen more books like this by Gertrude Stein add to wishlist see all copies from $11.00! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
24 view cover	Picasso and Gertrude Stein more books like this by Vincent Giroud add to wishlist "The Portrait of Gertrude Stein" was the first major work by Pablo Picasso to enter The Metropolitan Museum of Art, bequeathed by Stein herself in 1946. A century after it was painted, this portrait remains one of the most powerful images of early-20th-century modernism. What was to be a lifelong friendship was but a few months old in the spring ... see all copies from $5.39! new only from $10.81! \| SVS
25 view cover	Parisian Lives more books like this by Samuel M Steward add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $40.00! \| first editions \| SVS

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