Description
For sale is a Near Fine later UK paperback edition, first printing of Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein. Later Edition with permission stated, 2012 Uniformbooks. First Printing with no subsequent printing.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, illustrated covers with no creases, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on an un-cracked spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, strong spine ends, mild edge wear and one lightly rounded corner.
The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
Tender Buttons is a 1914 book by American writer Gertrude Stein consisting of three sections titled “Objects”, “Food”, and “Rooms”. While the short book consists of multiple poems covering the everyday mundane, Stein’s experimental use of language renders the poems unorthodox and their subjects unfamiliar.
Stein began composition of the book in 1912 with multiple short prose poems in an effort to “create a word relationship between the word and the things seen” using a “realist” perspective. She then published it in three sections as her second book in 1914. The current volume presents the work in a new layout.
Don’t miss the opportunity to own this newer paperback edition, first printing of this important book. S
