FITZGERALD, Francis Scott (1896-1940). Taps at Reveille. New York: Scribner's, 1935. FIRST EDITION, only printing, second state.
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Nov 8, 2022
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Sold for $625
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Lot Description
FITZGERALD, Francis Scott (1896-1940). Taps at Reveille. New York: Scribner's, 1935.
8vo. Original green cloth, spine gilt-lettered (a touch of wear to spine ends and corners); dust jacket (some chipping and browning); folding case.
FIRST EDITION, only printing, second state with cancellation of pp. 349-352 with three revisions on p.350 lines 5-7, and on p. 351 lines 15 and 30. The fourth and largest collection of Fitzgerald's short stories, and the last work to be published during his lifetime, Taps at Reveille includes "The Freshest Boy," "Crazy Sunday," and "Babylon Revisited." Bruccoli A18.1.a.2.
The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto
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