first edition
1934 · New York
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. First Printing Very good+ in navy blue, vertically ribbed cloth covered boards with slightly tarnished gilt text on the spine and with plain white end sheets. A 12mo measuring 7 3/8 by 5 1/8 inches with the cloth rubbed through over the tips of the boards and three stray, minor, whitish marks on the front board. There are two very short tears to the cloth at the heel of the spine and what may have been a very faint dampness stain down the middle of the spineback. The contents are clean and tight. The hinges and joints are strong. Without its issued dust jacket 408 pages of text. Illustrated with woodcuts by Edward Shenton. An attractive copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. One of only 5,100 copies of the first edition printed.(Bruccoli, A.17.I.a) (Inventory #: TB31644)