first edition
1932 · New York
by Fitzgerald, Zelda
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth stamped in blue. Near Fine with fading to cloth at spine and lightly to edges. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, lightly foxed, with spine faded, worn at the ends and with two small stains; small penciled 'x' and crease to the front flap, a small scrape to the front panel which has been mended with tissue from the verso. A semi-autobiographical novel about the author's life and marriage to F. Scott Fitzgerald. The book originally sold only 1,392 copies, for which she earned $120.73--a sum which in 1932 would be roughly equivalent to $2,000 today.
(Inventory #: 140942007)