How to Write.
Unbound Proof
Inscribed
Stein, Gertrude. How to Write. Paris: Plain Edition, [1931].
12mo.; light foxing to preliminaries; 24 unbound signatures; inscription leaf. In a specially made cloth slipcase.
A proof copy, in 24 unbound signatures, of this third title in the Plain Edition Series, brought out by Stein’s own press. How to Write was originally announced with a more Steinian title: Grammar Paragraphs Sentences Vocabulary Etcetera. Includes chapters on “Saving the Sentence—Sentences and Paragraphs—Arthur a Grammar-A grammarian—Sentences—Regular regularly, in narrative—Finally George, a vocabulary of thinking—Forensics.” Wilson A17a.
A presentation copy, inscribed on a single presentation leaf: For Robert Coales / a nice little book / which can be put / in a pocket / Always / Gertrude Stein.
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