The writer's correspondence and rare editions of her published works will be sold at auction on April 27 in Oxford.

Bonhams sale spans Stein's literary career and includes first editions of her seminal early book of poetry Tender Buttons (estimated at £200-400) and The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas, (£600-800 in a lot to include other writings).

Stein was an inveterate letter writer and volumes of her letters to Picasso and photographer and writer Carl Van Vetchen will be sold (est. £300 - 500).

Stein, a lesbian, lived openly with fellow American Alice B Toklas whose famous Cook Book with its notorious recipe for Hashish Fudge is also for sale (£100-200 with other works).

The sale will be at Bonhams Oxford location at: Banbury Road, Shipton on Cherwell, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1JH.

The following is a schedule for the auction:
Morning Session. Lots 1-212
Miscellaneous Subjects 1 - 144
Continental Printing 145 - 167
English Literature and History 168 - 212

Afternoon Session. Lots 213-467
Modern Literature, Children's and Illustrated 213 - 315
Natural History 316 - 347
General Travel 348 - 382
General Atlases and Maps 383 - 397
Atlases and Maps of the British Isles 398 - 418
Topography of the British Isles 419 - 467

An auction catalog can be located HERE

I should also menton for sale at this auction are some other interesting books including:

PSALMS, NEEDLEWORK BINDING
The Whole Booke of Psalmes: Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternehold, John Hopkins and others, in a velour binding embroidered with gold thread, probably by the nuns of Little Gidding, gilt stamped edges, some threads loose, edges and spine restored [STC 2603.5, the Bodleian copy only], 32mo, imprinted [by F. Kingston] for the Company of Stationers, 1627

Estimate: £200 - 400
Contact the Specialist to discuss this lot or selling in a future sale
Email: John Walwyn-Jones
Tel: +44(0)1865 853 647

And for something entirely different:

BOWIE (DAVID) and MICK ROCK
Moonage Daydream, The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust, NUMBER 214 OF 350 DELUXE COPIES, SIGNED BY DAVID BOWIE AND MICK ROCK, from an overall edition of 1000, numerous photographic illustrations, ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPH OF BOWIE SIGNED BY MICK ROCK loosely inserted, publisher's blue morocco, large 'lightning bolt' device on upper cover, original decorative cloth box, folio, Genesis, 2002

Estimate: £1,000 - 2,000
Contact the Specialist to discuss this lot or selling in a future sale
Email: John Walwyn-Jones
Tel: +44(0)1865 853 647

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