Fitzgerald (F. Scott) The Great Gatsby, first edition, first issue with 'northern' to p.119, 'it's' to p.165, 'chatter' to p.60, 'sick in tired' to p.206, and 'Union Street station' to p.211, inner gutter tender, contents a little shaken, some light damp-staining and abrasion to endpapers, original cloth, central crease to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, rubbed, first state dust-jacket rear panel with capital 'J' printed over small 'j', a few small abrasions and repairs with loss to small portion of lettering, remainder of dust-jacket supplied in convincing facsimile, 8vo, New York, 1925. ⁂ A good opportunity to own an affordable copy of one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. The original rear panel of the first issue jacket has been salvaged but the rest has been supplied to make a convincing and attractive whole. 'I think my novel is about the best American novel ever written.' F.Scott Fitzgerald The rare dust-jacket, designed by Francis Cugat, played an important part in the composition of the novel itself; Fitzgerald wrote to his publisher 'For Christ's sake don't give anyone that jacket you're saving for me. I've written it into the book.' This is most evident in his description of Daisy Buchanan as the 'girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs'.
Fitzgerald (F. Scott) The Great Gatsby, first edition, first issue with 'northern' to p.119, 'it's' to p.165, 'chatter' to p.60, 'sick in tired' to p.206, and 'Union Street station' to p.211, inner gutter tender, contents a little shaken, some light damp-staining and abrasion to endpapers, original cloth, central crease to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, rubbed, first state dust-jacket rear panel with capital 'J' printed over small 'j', a few small abrasions and repairs with loss to small portion of lettering, remainder of dust-jacket supplied in convincing facsimile, 8vo, New York, 1925. ⁂ A good opportunity to own an affordable copy of one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. The original rear panel of the first issue jacket has been salvaged but the rest has been supplied to make a convincing and attractive whole. 'I think my novel is about the best American novel ever written.' F.Scott Fitzgerald The rare dust-jacket, designed by Francis Cugat, played an important part in the composition of the novel itself; Fitzgerald wrote to his publisher 'For Christ's sake don't give anyone that jacket you're saving for me. I've written it into the book.' This is most evident in his description of Daisy Buchanan as the 'girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs'.
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