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Stein, Gertrude : WARS I HAVE SEEN

Random House, New York, 1945

DJ faded with open tears. Boards stained. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper; The account of four years in occupied France written right under the noses of the Nazis ; 8vo; 191 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

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Stein, Gertrude : WARS I HAVE SEEN

Random House, New York, 1945

DJ browned with wear throughout and small open tears. Front hinge started ; Written in longhand in occupied France, author Stein mixes concern over the international situation with her own day to day struggle in preserving her Picasso collection, her poodle Basket, and indeed her very life. stated first printing ; 8vo; 259 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

First Edition

Stein, Gertrude : Wars I Have Seen

Random House, New York, 1945

Stated First Printing. Previous owners name on ffep. DJ in archival cover, wear to the spine and the extremities, small chips,, Very Good

1st Edition

STEIN,GERTRUDE**: : WARS I HAVE SEEN.**

LONDON.BATSFORD,1945.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG++/VG+.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, clean, colour pictorial, illustrated dw/dj by Cecil Beaton with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges and slightly darkened spine/backstrip.Corners minisculely rubbed with reciprocal loss, a small closed tear to top rear edge;spine/ backstrip slightly darkened and head+foot of same chipped with miniscule loss to both - partially affecting top fraction of letters of WARS to head but unaffecting the letters to foot.Top edge coloured with partial fading towards headstrip;fore-edge generally clean but with some slight ageing and minimal spotting/foxing, contents bright, tight, clean and virtually unfoxed.Clean, publishers original, R.A.F. blue cloth bds with blue ink printed letters to spine/backstrip and bright, clean, plain white eps with no offset foxing from dw/dj's inner flaps - the rear pastedown having a small, rectangular,ink 'The Times Book Club' stamp.Top+bottom edges of upper bd are edge faded/ sunned, spine/backstrip similarly sunned/faded throughout its length, head+foot lightly bumped and part bleached, letters unaffected though. Described hard but fairly - generally a tidy, sound copy.8vo, 1-190pp[paginated]includes an epilogue,an appendix,and a supplemental chapter of author's return to Paris, plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages, b/w author photographic frntis and three other b/w author portrait photographs - all by Cecil Beaton. This book is not an experiment in the use of words:it is the experiences and reflections of a brilliant and resourceful woman, who remained in France during the four years of the German occupation, and wrote it in long-hand under the noses of the Nazis who were often quartered in her house.When France was liberated, the manuscript was taken to America by a war correspondent with the U.S. Seventh Army, while Gertrude Stein, with her lifelong friend, Miss Toklas, and her poodle, Basket, returned quietly, as is recorded in a supplementary chapter, to Paris. We beleive that the resulting book is one of the most remarkable of the war.It is crammed with first-hand anecdotes, human, humorous or tragic, of what the common people of France endured during the dark days of the Occupation, but as the theme advances a sense of exhilaration and defiance seems to grip its pages.Workaday accounts of the struggle for existence and the search for food give way to the exploits of the Maquis and the fight for liberation.The book culminates in the arrival of the Americans, which brought to its author the supreme delight and excitement of her crowded life. 'Wars I Have Seen' is more than an account of the sufferings of France during the Occupation;it is a reflective commentary on all wars, in terms of this and the others Gertrude Stein remembers. Some of her opinions will not be universally shared by English readers, such as her plea for Petain;but the humanity and instinctive perception which light up every page will be clear to all. Though the English in which it is written is by no means conventional, the style is curiously appropiate to the theme, and will, we beleive, be found easily readable. Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was an American writer who spent most of her life in France, and who became a catalyst in the development of modern art and literature.During her lifetime, Gertrude cultivated significant tertiary relationships with well-known members of the avant garde artistic and literary world of her time.Cult British photographer Cecil Beaton (1904-80), who had an influence in and on the swinging-London scene of the 1960's, is best known for his fashion shots and society portraits, as well as photographing Hollywood celebrities.He worked as a staff photographer for both Vanity Fair and Vogue, whilst encouraging two other leading lights in British photography; Angus McBean and David Bailey, both of whom would go on to photograph The Beatles.Cecil Beaton also worked in theatre design,and was an occasional actor.His most lauded achievement were the sets, costumes, for Lerner and Loewe's 'My Fair Lady'(1956), which led to two film musicals, 'Gigi'(1958) and 'My Fair Lady'(1964), both of which earned Beaton the Oscar for best Costume Design. Please contact seller,due to value of item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.

STEIN, gertrude : Wars I have Seen

Batsford 1945

1st ed, a very good copy indeed (light foxing end papers) in VG insect scarred d/w 1/2 inch chip head spine, corners + foot spine worn.

STEIN, Gertrude : Wars I Have Seen

B.T.Batsford, 1945

A near fine copy in the original pale blue cloth, spine and adjacent board margins faded, contents clean and tight and virtually unread.

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