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Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 1
Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 1
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[Fitzgerald, F. Scott — The Great Gatsby] | “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
Auction Closed
July 21, 02:20 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
[Fitzgerald, F. Scott — The Great Gatsby]
An original draft of the cover art (marked "ARTIST PROOF") for The Great Gatsby, dated "NOV 1924"
Single sheet (240 x 490 mm). Ink, pencil, and watercolor on artists' paper, with manuscript annotations in ink and pencil; old folds, dampstaining along lower margin not affecting image, remnants of adhesive presumably where once mounted, one or two short splits to folds not affecting image.