The Library of Dr. Rodney P. Swantko
The Library of Dr. Rodney P. Swantko
Auction Closed
June 26, 02:59 PM GMT
Estimate
180,000 - 250,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925
8vo. Publisher's linen-grain dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt and upper cover in blind; a few light stains to lower cover, lower corners bumped, front hinge a little tender, small abrasion on front pastedown. First state pictorial dust jacket by Francis Cugat, with lower case 'j" in Jay Gatsby corrected by hand in blue ink; an unrestored example with edgewear and fraying at ends of spine and corners, panels lightly scuffed. Housed in a green slipcase with folding cloth chemise.
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