Description
First edition, first state of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Octavo, [8], 218pp, [1]. Dark green cloth, title in gilt on spine, blind stamped title and author on front cover. Rubbing to gilt on the spine, with a conservative archival repair to a closed tear in the cloth. Color restoration to cloth covers, front hinge reinforced with archival tissue repair. Scribner’s logo on copyright page. This is the first printing, with the following first issue points: “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.
