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Lot 275
True First Edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
(New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925), 8vo (7-3/4 x 5-1/2 in.), 218 pp., dark green linen boards with gilt to spine, the top blind stamped with title and author's name; all first edition points are present as follows: page 60 with "chatter" on line 16; page 119 with "northern" on line 22; page 165 with "it's" on line 16; page 205 with "sick in tired"; page 211 with "Union Street station" on lines 7-8.

Though lacking its dust jacket (like most surviving first editions), this book was well cared for and is stored loose within an Arts and Crafts style stitched folder.

Browning offset from the dust jacket on pastedowns and endpapers; text with typical age toning; a small split and chip at the top of the spine; light overall wear; overall good condition.

$800 - 1,200