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FITZGERALD, F. Scott.. The Beautiful and Damned.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1922.
Price: US$13500.00 + shipping
Description: 449 [2, ads] pp. 8vo, publisher's green cloth. First edition. Ghost of inscription on front pastedown; minor browning and rippling to the text; just a good copy with some waterstaining to the upper 1-1/2" of the front and rear boards. Inscribed and signed on the front free endpaper: "For Alec McCaig, In memory of many pass-outs. Mutual! F. Scott Fitzgerald St. Paul, Minn Feb 6th, 1922. "
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Beautiful and Damned. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1922.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 449pp. First edition, second state with publisher's colophon on the copyright page. Signed by F. Scott Fitzgerald on page 449, after the conclusion of the text. Bound in publisher's original dark green cloth with titles in blind on front cover and in gilt on spine. Very Good, with lean to binding. Cloth lightly mottled and scuffed, gilt lettering on spine is dulled, light creasing to front board mostly visible from front pastedown. Pages toned and repair to the margin of page 3/4. A presentable copy of the author's second novel, which portrays New York cafe society and American Eastern elite during the Jazz Age, which Fitzgerald himself would later become emblematic of.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Beautiful and Damned. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1922.
Price: US$25000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first state without publisher's colophon on the copyright page. Signed by F. Scott Fitzgerald on the first blank page. Bound in publisher's original dark green cloth with titles in blind on front cover and in gilt on spine. Very Good+ with light soiling; several small patches of wear to cloth at fore edge with neat repair. Front free end paper is slightly abraded, small tear to foot of page with Fitzgerald's signature on it, mended with a small piece of tissue from the verso. Contents are lightly toned and just slightly wavy. The author's second novel, which portrays New York cafe society and American Eastern elite during the Jazz Age, which Fitzgerald himself would later become emblematic of.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.