"On almost every Saturday of the first half of the twentieth century, Gertrude Stein would open her door to the likes of Picasso and Matisse, Hemingway and Fitzgerald, Cocteau and Apollinaire, welcoming them into a salon alive with vivid avant-garde paintings and sparkling intellectual conversation. In Charmed Circle, James R. Mellow has re-created this fascinating world and the complex woman who dominated it."--Goodreads. Stated Second Printing: 1974. In Near Fine condition. Dust jacket (Contained in Mylar sleeve, clipped) show Mild-to-Moderate wear/rubbing, mild amount of chipping at the edges. Gift inscription in black pen on fly-page. In otherwise excellent condition