Fitzgerald, F. Scott | "In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars."

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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

8vo. Intermittent very light dampstaining to gutter. Publisher's linen-grain dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt and upper cover in blind; minor bumps to head and foot of spine and corners, short tear to upper hinge repaired with adhesive. Third state pictorial dust jacket by Francis Cugat with eight reviews quoted on rear panel; restoration, including backing of the jacket with resulting minor warping, flaps reattached, recoloring to the front panel, spine and flaps, affecting the author’s name on the lower edge of the front panel and a few other letters, rear panel and upper edges of flaps lightly soiled, some light scuffing to front panel — altogether presents most attractively. Custom clamshell box.