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Sale 405: Fine Literature (#405) 06/18/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 06/18/2009 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #66 The Great Gatsby

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$1,500

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

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Description

Title:

The Great Gatsby

Author:

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Scribner's

Date Published:

1925

Description:

Dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, lettering on front cover blind-stamped. First Edition, First Issue.

First edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great masterpiece: considered the epitome of the Jazz Age in American literature. First issue with "sick in tired" on p. 205, lines 9-10, plus the other 5 textual variations noted by Bruccoli. Bruccoli A11.I.a.

Condition:

Spine leaning a touch, light edge wear, gilt rubbed away from title a bit, a few minor spots of soiling to covers; very good.

Item#:

203110

Headline:

Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, 1st Ed., 1st Issue
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