Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, The.
[Stein, Gertrude]. The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. With 17 illustrations. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., (1933).
8vo.; photographically illustrated; hinges tender; 1950 ownership signature on front endpaper; tan cloth, stamped in blue with the “Rose is a rose” circular stamp on the upper panel; spine lightly browned; dust-jacket; spine browned; light internal repair; a sturdy example.
First English edition; illustrated with 17 black and white photographs throughout, including a frontispiece of Toklas and Stein from a photograph by Man Ray. Wilson A20e, noting that these photographs “differ in part from those used in the American edition.”
The English edition of this title is exceedingly scarce; this is only the second copy in dust-jacket we’ve encountered in commerce in 25 years.
(#6887)
Print Inquire
