The Great Gatsby -
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1925 - Charles Scribner&rsquo, New York - First Edition, First Issue
‘So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.’
A particularly fine and thus rare example of the first edition, with strong bright gilt to the spine lettering, no rubbing or wear, deep green cloth, clean interior without inscriptions or markings.
A landmark of 20th century fiction, and the epitome of the Jazz Age in American literature, which incredibly, sold very little during Fitzgerald’s lifetime.
‘I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby’s house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited – they went there.’ ‘Gatsby remains a prose poem of delight and sadness which has by now introduced two generations to the romance of America, as Huckleberry Finn and Leaves of Grass introduced those before it’. – Cyril Connolly.
Reference: Bruccoli, F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Descriptive Bibliography A11.I.a. Connolly, Modern Movement 48.
First issue points - (1) page 60, line 16: "chatter" instead of "echolalia” (2) page 119, line 22, "northern" instead of “southern” (3) page 165, line 16: "it's" (4) page 205, lines 9-10: "sick in tired" instead of “sickantired” (5) page 211, lines 7-8; "Union Street station" instead of “Union Station” (6) Charles Scribner's Sons [Publishers] logo [seal] on copyright page.
Octavo (book size 19.5x14cm), pp. [6] 218. In publisher's dark green textured cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, and in blind to front board. Condition: Fine, with strong gilt to spine. Ref: 112190 Price: HK$ 80,000
A particularly fine and thus rare example of the first edition, with strong bright gilt to the spine lettering, no rubbing or wear, deep green cloth, clean interior without inscriptions or markings.
A landmark of 20th century fiction, and the epitome of the Jazz Age in American literature, which incredibly, sold very little during Fitzgerald’s lifetime.
‘I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby’s house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited – they went there.’ ‘Gatsby remains a prose poem of delight and sadness which has by now introduced two generations to the romance of America, as Huckleberry Finn and Leaves of Grass introduced those before it’. – Cyril Connolly.
Reference: Bruccoli, F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Descriptive Bibliography A11.I.a. Connolly, Modern Movement 48.
First issue points - (1) page 60, line 16: "chatter" instead of "echolalia” (2) page 119, line 22, "northern" instead of “southern” (3) page 165, line 16: "it's" (4) page 205, lines 9-10: "sick in tired" instead of “sickantired” (5) page 211, lines 7-8; "Union Street station" instead of “Union Station” (6) Charles Scribner's Sons [Publishers] logo [seal] on copyright page.
Octavo (book size 19.5x14cm), pp. [6] 218. In publisher's dark green textured cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, and in blind to front board. Condition: Fine, with strong gilt to spine. Ref: 112190 Price: HK$ 80,000