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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Tales of the Jazz Age. W. Collins Sons & Co., Ltd, London, 1923.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo. XII, 317, [7]pp. Original blue cloth with orange lettering on front cover and spine. Printer's device on title-page. Scarce and fascinating work from the first of the American novelists to convey the disillusionment and consequent rebelliousness of post-war American youth - the representatives of the so-called Jazz Age. This work is a compilation of 11 short stories, including: "The Jelly-Bean", "The Camel's Back", "May Day", "Porcelain and Pink", "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Tarquin of Cheapside", "O Russet Witch!", "The Lees of Happiness", "Mr. Icky", "Jemina, the Mountain Girl". Some age wear on binding with joints and corners rubbed. Head and tail of spine chipped. Spine somewhat faded. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Binding in overall fair, interior in good to very good condition.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Tales of the Jazz Age. W. Collins Sons & Co., Ltd, London, 1923.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First English edition. Blue cloth with orange lettering on front cover and spine. Laid in is the clipped original catalog listing for this book (see photo). Fore edge of front cover with a small ding. Light rubbing at extremities. Back cover with a few light spots. Book now in clear mylar cover. 6 pages of publisher's ads in back. A clean tight copy.
Seller: Diamond Island Books, Gorham, ME, U.S.A.
FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Tales of the Jazz Age. W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London, 1923.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First English edition, first state. Octavo. 1/2 navy blue morocco over blue cloth, spine stamped in gilt with four gilt devices by Bayntun-Riviere, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Fine. 317 pages + 6 pages of publisher's advertisements. No signatures or bookplates.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.