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Sale 401: Literature of the 19th & 20th Centuries (#401) 04/16/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 04/16/2009 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #99 The Great Gatsby

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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, blind-stamped lettering on front cover. 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:

Slight lean, spine repaired at heel and a bit of back cover, gilt rubbed away from lettering on spine; scattered light foxing; good.

Item#:

201890

Headline:

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