Description
First edition, first state of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Octavo, 218pp. Dark green cloth, title in gilt on spine, blind stamped title and author on front cover. Trivial wear to top edge of spine, some rubbing to gilt title. Light soiling to rear cover, bumped edges. Scribner’s logo on copyright page. Includes all appropriate first edition issue points, including: “sick in tired” on page 205, “Union Street station” on Page 211, “northern” on Page 119 and “chatter” on Page 60. Lacking publisher’s dust jacket. Clean text throughout, solid text block. (Bruccoli A11.1.a) A nice example.
