Sale 18BP02 | Lot 168

FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT All The Sad Young Men.

Catalogue: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT  All The Sad Young Men.

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Lot 168
FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT All The Sad Young Men.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First edition with publisher's seal to copyright. Publisher's dark bluish green cloth, in unclipped dust jacket with $2.00 price. 267 pp. An attractive example of the jacket with one old tape repair to verso of front panel securing two very short marginal tears, a short split along one spine fold, creases and very minor losses to spine tip, front hinge loose with some spotting to gutter, endleaves and edges.
A fine copy of All the Sad Young Men, in the first issue jacket without battered lips as noted in later issues although the text does show some batter at pages 90, 38, and 248 possibly indicators of a second or third printing although these printings not identified or prioritized by the publisher or by Bruccoli. The jacket features a striking deco image printed in green and black of a young woman holding up a globe. The front flap of the jacket prints reviews of The Great Gatsby, published the year before. Bruccoli A13a-c. (revised edition, 1987).


Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
Sold for $2,500 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
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