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Sale 345: Fine Modern Literature (#345) 12/14/2006 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Lot #86 The Great Gatsby

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$2,000

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

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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:

Leaning a bit, light shelf wear; lacks front free endpaper, otherwise a nice and attractive copy, cloth clean and gilt intact, very good, but better in overall appearance.

Item#:

178309

Headline:

Fitzgerald American Literature Fiction Firsts
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