“The good Anna could not understand the careless and bad ways of all the world and always she grew bitter with it all. No, not one of them had any sense of what was the right way for them to do.”
First edition (Grafton Press) of Stein's first published book. In it she tells the stories of three working class women — Anna, a conscientious but rigid serving woman; Melanctha, a worldly-wise and sensitive girl; and Lena, a gentle but feeble-minded maid.
Provenance traced back to Adele and Samuel Wolman, a Johns Hopkins Professor and doctor, and prominent member of the Jewish community of Baltimore during the first half of the 20th century.
New York: The Grafton Press, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Boards have edge wear with rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Some forward spine lean. Pages tanned. Owner’s name on free end paper. Half title page partially separated from binding, binding otherwise intact. Tear on pages 127 and 128 obscuring text. Includes piece of Wolman ephemera.
Due to less than ideal condition, this first edition masterwork with interesting provenance is offered here at a very accessible price.
