Lot 209
FITZGERALD, Francis Scott (1896-1944). The Beautiful and the Damned. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE.
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FITZGERALD, Francis Scott (1896-1944). The Beautiful and the Damned. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922.
8vo. Publisher's green cloth (front hinge cracked).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, without the Scribner's seal on copyright page of Fitzgerald's second novel, believed to be based on his relationship with Zelda. The Beautiful and the Damned was first serialized in Metropolitan Magazine from September 1921 to March 1922. Bruccoli A8.1.a.
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The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto
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