Fitzgerald, F. Scott

Flappers and Philosophers. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1920

8vo. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Upper panel and flap only of original dust-jacket present. In a quarter-morocco slipcase.

Bruccoli A6.I.a

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A truly rare double presentation copy of the first edition inscribed by Scott and Zelda: "For J.W. Rogers / Wishing him a most / amusing trip to a better land / than this (not double entente) / As Ever / F. Scott Fitzgerald." On the dedication page Zelda Fitzgerald inscribes, incorporating the printed dedication, “To Zelda,” into the inscription (printed material in brackets following): "Wishing you a happy birth- / day—only it isn’t, is it? / [To] / and / From / [Zelda] Fitzgerald / with sincerest regards"—Zelda backdated her inscription, "Sept. 10, 1912."

Historian John William Rogers had much in common with the Fitzgeralds: like Zelda, a Southerner, and like Fitzgerald, a friend of Max Perkins, he published several works with Scribner’s.

Flappers and Philosophers is the scarcest of Fitzgerald’s works to be found inscribed. Presentations of any title inscribed by both Scott and Zelda are virtually unknown.