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Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946) The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. Illustrated.
New York: The Literary Guild, 1933.
Octavo, first illustrated edition done by Harcourt Brace for the Literary Guild, in publisher's black cloth and original dust jacket printed in gray, silver, and black.
Together with seven other titles by Stein:
1) Wars I Have Seen, New York: Random House, 1945, octavo, stated first printing, in publisher's binding without the dust jacket;
2) Brewsie and Willie, New York: Random House, 1946, octavo, stated first printing, in publisher's binding and original dust jacket;
3) Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein, New York: Random House, 1946, octavo, stated first printing, in publisher's binding and original dust jacket;
4) Rogers's When This You See Remember Me, Gertrude Stein in Person, New York: Rinehart, 1948, first edition, octavo, in publisher's binding and jacket;
5) First Reader & Three Plays, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948, octavo, in publisher's binding and original dust jacket;
6) Blood on the Dining-Room Floor, [Pawlet, VT]: The Banyan Press, 1948, quarto, limited edition, copy number 118 of 600, bound in publisher's half red cloth and marbled paper boards with original glassine dust wrapper and slipcase;
[and] 7) Last Operas and Plays, New York: Rinehart, 1949, octavo, in publisher's bright orange binding and matching dust jacket. (8)
