FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). The Vegetable or from President to postman. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. FIRST EDITION.
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). The Vegetable or from President to postman. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923.
8vo. Half-title. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few chips and tears, some soiling and rubbing).
FIRST EDITION. The Vegetable, Fitzgerald's only professional play, debuted at the Apollo Theater in Atlantic City, New Jersey on November 19, 1923. Although he anticipated it would be a great financial success, it flopped. "The failure of The Vegetable, Fitzgerald's first professional setback, made him realize that he could no longer count on the success of every book, or continue to drink and spend without suffering the consequences...When it failed, he was forced to go on the wagon and write himself out of debt" (Myers, pp. 107-108). Bruccoli A10.1.a.
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