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Sale 475: Fine Literature & Fine Books in All Fields (#475) 03/15/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 03/15/2012 11:00 AM PDT

Lot #80 The Great Gatsby

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$1,125

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

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Description

Title:

The Great Gatsby

Author:

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Charles Scribner's Sons

Date Published:

1925

Description:

Dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, lettering on front cover blind-stamped, facsimile dust jacket. 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 a little faded, gilt dull, ends and corners a little rubbed, small stain to rear cover; else very good, in facsimile jacket.

Item#:

224343

Headline:

The Great Gatsby First Edition
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