The Biography of Alice B. Toklas / by Linda Simon
Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday, 1977. First Edition. A fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 324 pages; Description: x, 324 p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 301-313. Subjects: Toklas, Alice B. --Friends and associates --Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946) --Friends and associates --Authors, American --20th century --Biography. Summary: The name Alice B. Toklas conjures up the shadowy image of a mysterious woman peering from a fringe of bangs, standing slightlty to the rear of Gertrude Stein. But as this elegantly written book shows, Alice Toklas was a formidable personality, witty, vivacious, and eccentric, who moved in the most fascinating literary and artistic circles of this century. This first and only biography of the willful and domineering partner in a celebrated love affair is filled with the "good stories" of an extraordinary life. Item #155448
ISBN: 0385081405
Price: €7.95