Lot 70
[Fitzgerald, F. Scott]. First Edition, First Issue of The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Hardcover. Octavo. Original dark green linen-grain cloth, titles (faded) to spine gilt, to front board in blind. First edition, first printing with all six textual points: "chatter" on p. 60, line 16, "northern" on p. 119, line 22, "it's" on p. 165, line 16, "away" on p. 165, line 29, "sick in tired" on p. 205, lines 9-10, and "Union Street station" on p. 211, lines 7-8. A few minor stains from half title page through page 3, cloth a bit faded with a small scrape, fraying to spine ends and tips, and rear hinge is cracked. Even toning throughout. Tiny penciled number on inside cover; price and "*66425" penciled on first end page, but no writing in text. A good copy. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Brucolli A11.1.a. Estimate Value $1,500 - UP
Michael Hecht Collection.
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