1937-1ST-DEAR THEO-THE AUTOBIO OF VINCENT VAN GOGH

THIS BOOK IS DATED 1937 AND IS A FIRST EDITION. GREAT PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR IN PART READS - THERE WAS ONE MAN ON EARTH WHO UNDERSTOOD VINCENT, HIS BROTHER THEO. EACH NIGHT VINCENT SAT DOWN WITH PEN AND INK AND POURED OUT HIS HEART TO THEO. THUS HE WROTE THE STORY OF HIS OWN LIFE. THEO DIED ONLY 6 MONTHS AFTER VINCENT AND HIS WIFE JOHANNA, CAME INTO POSSESSION OF MOST OF THE DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS AND LETTERS. SHE SPENT YEARS FIGHTING FOR A PLACE FOR THOSE. VINCENTS LETTERS HAVE NEVER BEEN PRINTED IN AMERICA. AFTER JOHANNAS DEATH IN 1927, THESE BECAME PROPERTY OF VW VAN GOGH, THEOS SON. HE HAS GIVEN THE BLESSING OF THE VAN GOGH TO THE PROJECT ON WHICH I HAVE BEEN WORKING SINCE 1930, AT WHICH TIME I BEGAN STUDYING THE LETTERS FOR MATERIAL FOR LUST FOR LIFE. IT HAS BEEN MY PURPOSE TO KEEP IN EVERY LINE HE WROTE. IT IS MY HUMBLE OPINION THAT HE WAS AS GREAT A WRITER AND PHILOSOPHER AS A PAINTER..........

THE AUTHOR IS IRVING STONE

THE PUBLISHER IS HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, THE RIVERSIDE PRESS, CAMBRIDGE

PAGE LENGTH IS 572

THE BOOK SIZE IS STANDARD

ON THE INTERIOR TEXT PAGES, I DID FIND SOME PAGES THAT HAD A SENTENCE UNDERLINED OR A PARAGRAPH MARKED. THIS WAS ALL DONE IN PENCIL. I HAVE ERASED ANY THAT I FOUND AND DONT BELIEVE I HAVE MISSED ANY. THE BACK BLANK ENDPAPER IS MISSING.

THE BINDING IS SOUND, THERE IS SOME BOARD MOVEMENT

THE EXTERIOR IS A BLUE/GRAY CLOTH WITH GLUED SPINE TITLE LABEL. THERE IS SOME AGE DARKENING AROUND THE OUTER EDGES OF THE BOARDS AND THE SPINE IS DARKENED AS WELL. THERE IS LITTLE TO NO STRUCTURAL WEAR.

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