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The Great Gatsby: A Facsimile of the Manuscript. Fitzgerald, F. Scott; Bruccoli, Matthew J. (editor, introduction). Microcard Editions Books, Washington, D.C., 1973.

Price: US$285.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 336 pages, 4to. Includes slipcase. First Printing, limited to 2000 copies, of which this is copy no.260. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and covers, heavy spine fade, erased pencil notation on front endpaper. Scuffing along edges and sides of slipcase, some brown staining on slipcase. Volume is in Very Good condition.

Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby Manuscript Facsimile.. Microcard Editions Books, Washington, D.C, 1973.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Description: The facsimile manuscript edition of Fitzgerald's masterpiece. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine slipcase. Edited and with an introduction by Matthew Bruccoli. In 1922, Fitzgerald announced his decision to write "something new--something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned." That extraordinary, beautiful, intricately patterned, and above all, simple novel became The Great Gatsby, arguably Fitzgerald's finest work and certainly the book for which he is best known. A portrait of the Jazz Age in all of its decadence and excess, Gatsby captured the spirit of the author's generation and earned itself a permanent place in American mythology. Cyril Connolly called The Great Gatsby one of the half dozen best American novels: "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" (Modern Movement 48). Consistently gaining popularity after World War II, the novel became an important part of American high school curricula. Today it is widely considered to be a literary classic and a contender for the title "Great American Novel". In 1998, the Modern Library editorial board voted it the 20th century's best American novel and second best English-language novel of the same time period. It was the basis for numerous stage and film adaptations. Gatsby had four film adaptations, with two exceptionally big-budget versions: the 1974 version starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, as well as Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 version starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carrie Mulligan. Fitzgerald’s granddaughter praised Lurhmann’s adaptation, stating “Scott would be proud.”

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.