BEIN Za St34 930L copy 1: Presentation inscription to Carl Van Vechten from Gertrude Stein. Bookplate of Van Vechten., BEIN Za St34 930L copy 2: Presentation inscription to William Carlos Williams from Gertrude Stein., BEIN Za St34 930L copy 3: Presentation inscription to Norman Holmes Pearson from Alice Toklas, 1947., BEIN Za St34 930L copy 4: Presentation inscription to John Breon from Gertrude Stein, October 1945., BEIN Za St34 930L copy 5: From the library of Ralph Hodgson., At head of title: A novel of romantic beauty and nature, and which looks like an engraving., and "The plain edition an edition of first editions of all the work not yet printed of Gertrude Stein."
BEIN Za St34 933m Copy 1: Presentation inscription to Carl Van Vechten from Gertrude Stein. Bookplate of Van Vechten. In box., BEIN Za St34 933m Copy 2: Presentation inscription from Alice B. Toklas to Norman H. Pearson, Nov. 3, 1947. In box., and Five hundred copies printed.
BEIN Koch Cocteau 331: Original wrappers. In box as issued. In ms. on glassine wrapper: Niederstein mai 59. Presentation inscription from the author to Jean Cocteau. From the collection of Frederick R. Koch., BEIN Za St34 932 Copy 1: Presentation inscription from Alice B. Toklas to Norman H. Pearson, Nov. 3, 1947. In box., BEIN Za St34 932 Copy 2: Author's presentation copy to Carl Van Vechten. Bookplate of Van Vechten., BEIN Za St34 932 Copy 3: Paperbound. In case. Presentation inscription from Gertrude Stein to Norma Chambers., BEIN Zab W723 Zz932S: Paperbound. In slipcase, as issued. From the library of Donald Windham and Sandy Campbell. Accompanied by: autograph postcard from Thorton Wilder to Donald Windham, dated Brunswick, GA, 17 November 1945; clipping from bookseller's catalog., and "There has been printed for Plain edition by Maurice Darantiere five hundred copies. August MCMXXXII".
BEIN Za St34 933A copy 5: Autograph of Norman Holmes Pearson., BEIN Za W6453 Zz933S: Ms. notes of Thornton Wilder. From the Thornton Wilder Papers., "Third printing, October 1934"--T.p. verso., and The life of Gertrude Stein written by herself as though it were the autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.
First edition. , Title page has date, 1928; colophon has date 1934. , This edition of 100 copies has been privately printed for the author's friends. , BEIN Za D721 934U Copies 1-4: Original paper wrappers. , BEIN Za D721 934U Copy 5: Author's copy in special full morocco binding., BEIN Za D721 934U Copy 1: Author's presentation inscription to Jean Starr Untermeyer, BEIN ZA D721 923U Copy 2: Author's copy with ms. corrections presented to Norman Holmes Pearson., BEIN Za D721 934U Copy 3: Author's presentation inscription to Norman Holmes Pearson, dated 22 Feb. 1938., and BEIN Za D721 934U Copy 4: Author's copy with signature and ms. corrections.
A portrait of the American academic and editor Norman Holmes Pearson by Deane Keller. The painting is oil on canvas, and is signed at the upper right: "Deane / Keller / 1976." Included in the portrait (hanging on the wall behind Pearson) is a painting titled "Arabella!" by D. H. Lawrence, which was in Pearson's personal collection of art works created by authors; the collection, called by him "Art for the Wrong Reason," is now at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library along with Pearson's papers
Description:
Deane Keller (1901-1992), American artist, academic, soldier, and preservationist. He earned a BA from Yale University in 1923 and a BFA from the Yale School of Fine Arts in 1926. Keller taught for forty years at the Yale School of Fine Arts, and during World War II was an officer with the Allied Forces's Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section., Norman Holmes Pearson (1909-1975, Yale 1932, 1941 PhD), professor of English and American Studies at Yale University and officer in the United States Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Pearson collaborated with Yale University Library curator Donald Gallup to develop the Yale Collection of American Literature, playing an instrumental role in the library's acquisition of the papers of H. D. and Bryher., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Keller, Deane, 1901-1992., Lawrence, D. H. 1885-1930. (David Herbert),, and Pearson, Norman Holmes, 1909-1975
