Gertrude STEIN, writer & mentor to the
'Lost Generation' of writers in Paris after World War I. She was born
in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, February 3, 1874. During the war she & Alice B. Toklas, at
first, frightened by zeppelin raids, left Paris for the safety &
tranquility of Palma de Mallorca. However, in the summer of 1916,
they returned to Paris and soon volunteered their services as drivers
for the organization "American Fund for French Wounded". Obliged to
furnish their own transportation, Stein wrote to her cousins in New
York who raised sufficient funds to purchase a Ford & have it shipped
to France. After it arrived, the ladies had it fitted out like a truck.
They spent the remainder of the war
distributing relief supplies to hospitals around Paris, Perpignan, &
Nimes. After the
Armistice, Stein & Toklas were assigned to Mulhouse, in liberated
Alsace, where they distributed supplies to the shelled cities &
burned-out villages throughout the 1918-19 winter.
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Stein, Gertrude, Fernhurst, QED and Other Early Writings. NY: 1971, 1st edition, Liveright. VG+ in VG dust jacket Black boards $35.00
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Stein, Gertrude, Selected Operas and Plays. Pittsburgh: 1970, 1st edition, U of Pittsburgh Press. VG-(owner's signature and sticker to flyleaf) in G(minor chips and tears and wrinkle, with light shelf wear)dust jacket Black and gold boards $45.00
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Stein, Gertrude, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. NY: 1933, BC, Literary Guild. G+ Black boards $25.00
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Stein, Gertrude, The Letters of Gertrude Stein and Thornton Wilder. New Haven: 1996, 1st edition, Yale U Press. Near fine/near fine, brown boards $35.00
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Brinnin, John Malcom, The Third Rose: Gertrude Stein and Her World. Reading: 1987, 1st pb edition, Addison-Wesley. VG-(2 corners slightly bumped) Trade pb; illustrations $17.50
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Sutherland, Donald, Gertrude Stein: A Biography of Her Work. New Haven: 1952, 2nd printing, Yale U Press. VG Brown boards $25.00
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