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Etat : Near fine. First edition. First printing of this group protest against Gertrude Stein's characterization of the authors in her book AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS. An anti-Gertrude-Steinian pamphlet published as a supplement to Transition 1934-1935 (no. 23), in response to the recent publication of Stein's AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS, enumerating the several authors' protestations and grievances attendant thereto. Matisse occupies the greatest number of pages with magisterial huffiness, while M. Jolas takes more measured issue with certain of Stein's literary claims, and André Salmon is above all concerned that Stein misunderstood him to be genuinely drunk on a certain occasion when he was merely pretending to be drunk "to frighten the American ladies." 8.75'' x 5.5''. Original stapled self-wrappers. 15 pages. Moderate foxing to covers and throughout. Minor edgewear.

The Hague: Servire Press, February 1935. 15pp. Octavo (8¾ x 5½ inches). Printed self-wrappers. Overall toning and some light foxing to wraps and margins of some pages; very good. "In later years Braque, Eugene Jolas, Matisse, Andre Salmon, and Tristan Tzara published jointly a Testimony against Gertrude Stein (1935), in which they denied her understanding of their work, of Cubism, and of painting in general. According to Braque, 'Miss Stein understood nothing of what went on around her'; and Salmon echoed this condemnation: 'I had thought, along with all our friends, that she had really understood things. It is evident that she understood nothing, except in a superficial way.'" (NAW) Published as "Transition Pamphlet no. 1. This is a supplement to Transition 19341935 (no. 23) Not for sale separately.".