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Lot 152
Sale 741 - Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Jun 23, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,500 -
2,500
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$2,750
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Lot Description
FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925.
8vo. Original publisher’s dark green cloth gilt (lacking dust jacket, slight rubbing to spine ends and covers, for complete condition information, please visit hindmanauctions.com). Provenance: Marion A. Simpson (signature).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with "chatter" for "echolalia" on p. 60, "northern" for "southern" on p. 119, "it's" for "its" and "away" for "away." on p.165, "sick in tired" for "sickantired" on p. 205, and "Union Street station" for "Union Station" on p. 211. Bruccoli A11.1.a; Connolly, The Modern Movement 48.