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Fitzgerald, F. Scott.
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
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Tender is the Night. New York: Scribner's, 1934
8vo. (7 3/4 x 5 1/2 ins; 195 x 125 mm). Publisher's green cloth with gilt-lettered spine; bottom edge rubbed, front hinge tender. Original pictorial jacket with Eliot and Mencken blurbs; creased at spine ends but spine panel less faded than often but with a few light spots, separation and some minor loss at flap folds, old ink note on rear panel suggesting a copy used for reviews, but front panel bright and without loss on this unrestored copy.
8vo. (7 3/4 x 5 1/2 ins; 195 x 125 mm). Publisher's green cloth with gilt-lettered spine; bottom edge rubbed, front hinge tender. Original pictorial jacket with Eliot and Mencken blurbs; creased at spine ends but spine panel less faded than often but with a few light spots, separation and some minor loss at flap folds, old ink note on rear panel suggesting a copy used for reviews, but front panel bright and without loss on this unrestored copy.
Literature
Bruccoli A15.1.a; Connolly 79
Catalogue Note
First edtion, first printing. "...a wonderful evocation of the second phase of American expatriates... described with flashes of genius by an expert in self-destruction ..." (Connolly).