Sale 669: Fine Literature (#669) 03/21/2019 11:00 AM PDT CLOSED!

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Lot 118 of 366:
The Great Gatsby finely bound  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$1,440
Estimate:
$2,000 - $3,000

Title:
The Great Gatsby

Author:
Fitzgerald, F. Scott

Place:
New York

Publisher:
Charles Scribner's Sons

Date:
1925

Description:

(8vo), finely rebound by Bayntun-Riviere in full green morocco, spine gilt, author's facsimile signature in gilt on front, all edges gilt. First Edition, Second Printing.

First edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great masterpiece: considered the epitome of the Jazz Age in American literature. Second printing with "sickantired" on p. 205, lines 9-10, plus the other corrected 5 textual variations noted by Bruccoli. Bruccoli A11.I.b.


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Condition:
Fine.


 
Item number:
303825a
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