first edition
1926 · New York
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First printing. Fine.. First edition, a beautiful copy with college humor-laced provenance from the year of publication. Fitzgerald's third collection of short stories, this book followed directly in the wake of GATSBY's success. The stories themselves, including "Absolution" and "The Rich Boy, " were composed both before and after GATSBY, taking on similar themes, and building a larger conversation with the beloved novel. Copies rarely survive in as beautiful shape as this one, but the additional provenance feels particularly apt: it was gifted to sorority member Charlotte Cooper at Syracuse University's Alpha (truncated)