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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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Nov 9, 2022
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.
8vo. (Some light toning or staining.) Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt (spine darkened and slightly cocked, some staining, slight wear to extremities).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with Scribner seal on copyright page and no subsequent printing statements, "chatter" for "echolalia" on p. 60 line 16, "northern" for "southern" on p. 119 line 22, "sick in tired" for "sickantired" on p. 205 lines 9-10, and "Union Street station" for "Union Station" on p. 211 lines 7-8, and "it's" on p. 165 line 16. Bruccoli A11.1.a; Connolly The Modern Movement 48.