FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). Tales of the Jazz Age. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE.
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$6,000 -
$8,000
Sold for $8,750
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Lot Description
FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). Tales of the Jazz Age. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922.
8vo. Half-title. (Tiny hole in upper margin of half-title.) Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine (small stain and tiny bump to fore-edge of lower board); in unrestored dust jacket (some chipping and soiling, closed tear along rear spine fold). Provenance: unidentified signature in pencil on a blank leaf.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with "and" instead of "an" on p. 232. Fitzgerald's second book of short stories, including the well-known "May Day," "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Fitzgerald is credited with coining the phrase "The Jazz Age" to describe the Roaring 20's. Bruccoli A9.1.a.
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