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STEIN, Gertrude (1874–1946). Bee Time Vine and Other Pieces [1913–1927]. Preface and notes by Virgil Thomson. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1953. 8vo. Original publisher’s gilt–lettered black cloth; original unclipped dust jacket (some staining near spine panel, light edgewear). Laid in with a sealed envelope of “horse hair from sofa rue Christine” and “thorns from rose bush at Bellingen”. Rue Christine was the home of Gertrude Stein. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY STEIN’S LIFE PARTNER ALICE B. TOKLAS TO BIOGRAPHER ELIZABETH SPRIGGE: “A peace offering to dear Elizabeth / with love form/ Alice / Paris 5 June 1954”. Sprigge is best known now for her biographies including her work on Gertrude Stein, which proved to be contentious. Alice B Toklas, though initially happy that Sprigge was writing the biography, very soon changed her mind when she discovered that Sprigge wanted to include personal details as well as information on Stein’s works. Sprigge, Toklas said, would produce a biography that was “vulgar and mistaken.” –– [TOGETHER WITH:] The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1933]. 8vo. Numerous illustrations from photographs including frontispiece by Man Ray. Original publisher’s blue buckram; original dust jacket with no printed price as originally issued (chipping or wear at extremes). Provenance: Lucile L. Keck (ownership signature dated 1933). FIRST EDITION. Hass & Gallup XXI; Wilson A20a.