Lot 135
  • 135

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description

The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925



In 8s (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.; 191 x 133 mm). Blueish-green cloth, front cover blind-lettered, spine gilt-lettered, plain endpapers and edges; minor soiling, a few tiny abraisions to front cover. Original dust jacket after a design by F. Cugat; jacket worn, torn, and chipped with loss to the author's middle name, but completely unrstored.

Literature

Bruccoli A11.1.a Connolly, The Modern Movement 48

Catalogue Note

First edition, first printing of the text and of the dust jacket, with the handcorrected J in jay Gastby on the back panel.