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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First Edition, Second Printing. Very Good. First edition, second printing, one of 3,000 copies, with all six textual errors from the first printing corrected. Signed by F. Scott Fitzgerald and inscribed "For Dorothy Bissell, April 1937, F. Scott Fitzgerald, in memory of hot arguments over the Supreme Court and the autonomy of Barcelona." Bound in publisher's original dark green cloth with spine lettered in gilt and upper board in blind; lacking the scarce dust jacket; housed in a custom chemise case. Very Good with a few abrasions to the cloth most notably at the spine, a patch of slight discoloration along the top edge of the rear cover, light occasional foxing throughout. Signed copies of the author's best-known work are scarce and desirable. This copy was auctioned by Christie's in 1983, and again in 1994. In 1983 it was sold alongside copies of This Side of Paradise and The Beautiful and the Damned, also inscribed by Fitzgerald to Dorothy Bissell in a… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1925. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in the original third state dust jacket professionally restored Very Good+. Scribners Seal Errors not corrected that verify true first printing: p.60, line 16–“chatter”; p. 119, line 22–“northern”; p. 165, line 29–“away”; p. 205–lines 9-10–“sick in tired”; p. 211, lines 7-8–“Union Street station”. With 3,000 third state jackets printed this is exceedingly harder find than the first two jackets. .

London: Chatto & Windus, 1926. First U.K. Edition. The first English edition of Fitzgerald's third novel and most enduring work, the story of a flamboyant racketeer's attempt to recapture the upper-class girl he fell in love with during the waning years of World War I. While hailed for many decades as an American classic, Gatsby was a commercial disappointment during its time; its two printings totaled 23,870 copies, and at the time of Fitzgerald's death in 1940, stacks of them still remained unsold in the Scribner's warehouse. The UK edition of Gatsby was published from the American plates of the second Scribner's edition, which incorporated corrections to the six textual errors in the first state of the text. Fitzgerald, eager for a better literary reputation in England than he ever enjoyed, was disappointed when his primary publisher, William Collins, turned down the opportunity to publish Gatsby, stating that to published the novel "would be to reduce the number of his readers rather than to… Read More

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920; 1922; 1925; 1934; 1941. . First editions, first impressions, first issue of The Great Gatsby with 'sick in tired' on p205, 'chatter' on p60, 'northern' p119, and 'Union Street station' p211; 5 vols, 8vo; Scribner seal to copyright pages, page stock slightly toned (as often), very occasional minor spotting and smudging to margins, evidence of ownership signature to half-title of The Last Tycoon, else all vols clean and fresh; full dark green morocco gilt by Temple Bookbinders, gilt lettering to spines, red topstain to The Last Tycoon; an attractive set. A superb set of first editions by one of the leading authorial voices of the Jazz Age, uniformly bound in an attractive full green morocco binding. These works have inspired numerous adaptations for both film and television, with the most recent being the Academy Award winning film adaptation of The Great Gatsby (2013) starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Cloth. Very Good -. The 1925 true 1st edition, conforming to all required issue points ("chatter" {pg. 60}; "northern" {pg. 119); "it's" {pg. 165}; "away" {pg. 165}; "sick in tired" {pg. 205}; and "Union Street station" {pg. 211}). Incredibly, this copy includes 80%-90% of the rear cover of the 1st issue dustjacket, which has been neatly pasted onto the front free endpaper. We know this is the 1st issue because it features one of the legendary issue points of the 1st edition, in fact the only issue point for the dustjacket, the upper case "J" in Jay Gatsby, here --as in every 1st issue dustjacket-- harshly printed over the accidental lower case "j". A mistake of course made back in the day (1924) by the Scribner printers -- and an endearing one. The other unusual aspect to this copy is the crisp, solid condition it's upheld, in spite of the fact it came from the "Rental Library of Mason's Card and Book Shop, McKeesport, PA", as shown by Mason's vintage… Read More

Scribners. First Edition, First Printing. True first printing has all the following First Edition, FIrst Printing points "chatter" on p. 60, line 16, "northern" on p. 119, line 22, "it's" on p. 165, line 16, "away" on p. 165, line 29, "sick in tired" on p. 205, lines 9-10, and "Union Street station" on p. 211, lines 7-8. A lovely copy with gold lettering on the spine. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1925.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1925. I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool First edition, first printing. This is a stunning example of the Chelsea Bindery's work that does justice to the iconic jacket designed by Francis Cugat (1893-1981). Charles Scribner III argues that not only is the jacket recognised as the most eloquent in American literary history, but that Cugat's artwork demonstrably influenced the evolution of Fitzgerald's literary masterpiece, as the author responded to sketches and artwork shown to him before the book was complete, a perhaps unique occurrence in literary history. This copy has the relevant points for the first state: "chatter" on p. 60, line 16; "northern" on p. 119, line 22; "it's" on p. 165, line 16; "away" on p. 165, line 29; "sick in tired" on p. 205, lines 9-10; and "Union Street station" on p. 211, lines 7-8. with "chatter" on page 60 line 16, "northern" on page 119 line 22, "sick in tired" on… Read More

THE GREAT GATSBY
FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940).
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.
8vo. Original dark green cloth lettered in blind, gilt–lettered spine (very lightly sunned, a touch of rubbing at foot, light edgewear to front free endpaper at foot, else fine). Provenance: [indecipherable] S. Baber (ownership signature on front free endpaper). first edition, first printing, with "chatter" for "echolalia" on p. 60, "northern" for "southern" on p. 119, "sick in tired" for "sickantired" on p. 205, and "Union Street station" for "Union Station" on p. 211. Bruccoli A11.1.a; Connolly, The Modern Movement 48.
This copy is extremely bright inside and out, a near perfect copy…Housed in a full dark blue morocco clamshell box.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. [6], 218pp, recently rebound in full morocco by Temple Bookbinders, raised bands, spine in six panels, title lettered direct to second panel, author to fourth with date to foot, upper cover with inlaid vellum panel with hand painted design by Martin Frost of a jazz trumpeter, lower cover with inlaid vellum panel again with hand painted design by Martin Frost of a young lady, a.e.g. chiyogami endpapers, housed in a cloth covered slipcase. Externally fine, internally lightly browned with occasional light foxing, which is a little heavier to final couple of pages. The first edition, first impression with the six textual variants. Bruccoli A11.1.a. First Edition. Full Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First edition, first state with "chatter" p.60, "northern" p.119, "sick in tired" p.205, and "Union Street station" p.211. Octavo, original dark green cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition, small bookplate to the front pastedown, name. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1925. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ to Near Fine in a Near Fine Facsimile dust jacket. Scribners Seal Errors not corrected that verify true first printing: p.60, line 16–“chatter”; p. 119, line 22–“northern”; p. 165, line 29–“away”; p. 205–lines 9-10–“sick in tired”; p. 211, lines 7-8–“union Street Station”. Owner personalizations on majority of front pastedown. This is the nicest copy of this classic we have pass through. .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1925. So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past First edition, first printing, first state. Fitzgerald's masterpiece has come to be regarded as one of the all-time great American novels, as well as one of the defining cultural artefacts of the Jazz Age. This copy has the relevant points for the first state: "chatter" on p. 60, line 16; "northern" on p. 119, line 22; "it's" on p. 165, line 16; "away" on p. 165, line 29; "sick in tired" on p. 205, lines 9-10; and "Union Street station" on p. 211, lines 7-8. Octavo. Original dark green linen-grain cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover lettered in blind, fore edge untrimmed. Housed in a custom green quarter morocco folding box. Neat ownership signature to front free endpaper. Spine ends bumped, a few faint marks to cloth, inner hinge cracked before creased rear free endpaper, overall an attractive example. Bruccoli A11.I.a.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1926. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo, 218pp. A stunning copy, bound in full crushed deep blue Levant goatskin, with gilt edges, borders, dentelles, and elaborate spine compartments. French marbled endpapers. Original navy cloth from boards and spine bound in at rear. An exquisitely beautiful copy of the truly rare first UK edition of Fitzgerald's undisputed masterpiece. Matthew Bruccoli, Fitzgerald's premier bibliographer, notes that just 3,000 copies of the UK edition were printed, compared to the ~20,000 examples of the first American printing. Those 3,000 copies were bound in two different cloths--navy and maroon--navy having established priority. "The Great Gatsby" was received with ambivalence upon publication, and with Fitzgerald off in Europe and dead within fifteen years of its first appearance, the author never enjoyed public or critical recognition for it in his lifetime. Fitzgerald often expressed a desire to earn a literary… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Custom Binding. First edition, first printing. Title page says 1925. Copyright page has Charles Scribner's Sons logo (SEAL) and no subsequent printing statements. Point of issue errors: page 205, lines 9-10 says "sick in tired". Page 60, line 16 says "chatter". Page 119, line 22 says "northern". Page 165, line 16 says "it's". Page 211, lines 7-8 says "Union Street station". This book is in very good plus condition. Fine custom binding by the famous H & H Book Services. In custom clamshell box. Minor foxing to top edge of textblock. Minor scuffing to bottom edge of textblock. Clamshell box is in very good plus condition. Moderate scuffing to entire box. "The Great Gatsby" is a 1925 novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and set in the Jazz Age on Long Island. The novel depicts first person narrative Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy… Read More

New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1925.. First edition; first printing.. publisher's green cloth. In a facsimile reprint of the dust jacket; preserved in a custom quarter morocco clamshell folding box.. Near ink ownership signature to the front free endpaper; else a fine, bright copy.. 8vo,.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1925. I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool First edition, first state, with "chatter" p.60:16, "northern" p.119:22, "sick in tired" p.205:9-10, and "Union Street station" p. 211:7-8. Although it did not sell well on publication, The Great Gatsby has come to be regarded as one of the all-time great American novels, perhaps the defining cultural artefact of the Jazz Age. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles to turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941. Unfinished at the time of his death, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon is a story of doomed love set against the extravagance of America's booming film industry. The studio lot looks like 'thirty acres of fairyland' the night that a mysterious woman stands and smiles at Monroe Stahr, the last of the great Hollywood princes. Enchanted by one another, they begin a passionate but hopeless love affair, starting with a fast-moving seduction as slick as a scene from one of Stahr's pictures. The romance unfolds, frame by frame, watched by Cecilia, a thoroughly modern girl who has taken her lessons in sentiment and cynicism from all the movies she has seen. Her buoyant humour and satirical eye perfectly complement Fitzgerald's panorama of Hollywood at its most lavish and bewitching. F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) has acquired a mythical status in American literary history, and his masterwork The Great Gatsby is considered by… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1925. Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away First edition, first printing, first state. Fitzgerald's masterpiece has come to be regarded as one of the all-time great American novels, as well as one of the defining cultural artefacts of the Jazz Age. This copy has the relevant points for the first state: "chatter" on p. 60, line 16; "northern" on p. 119, line 22; "it's" on p. 165, line 16; "away" on p. 165, line 29; "sick in tired" on p. 205, lines 9-10; and "Union Street station" on p. 211, lines 7-8. Octavo. Original dark green linen-grain cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover lettered in blind, fore edge untrimmed. Early pencilled ownership signature to front pastedown and underlining to p. 96; contemporary New York bookseller's label to rear pastedown (The Literary Lobby, 28 West 44th Street). Spine ends bumped, gilt dulled, cloth lightly marked, short closed tear at head of p. 15/16, gutter cracked and lightly foxed… Read More