first edition Cloth
1934 · New York
by F. Scott Fizgerald
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. Edward Shenton. A markedly above-average copy of the 1934 true 1st edition, in a very presentable example of the 1st issue dustjacket (with the T.S. Eliot and H.L. Mencken blurbs). Solid and VG+ to Near Fine, with very light offsetting to the endsheets. There's a touch of mild spotting to the panels but the gilt-titling along the spine is bright, vivid and completely unrubbed. And in a crisp, price-intact ($2.50), VG to VG+ dustjacket, with the faintest touch of chipping at the front tips and more pronounced --though still very light-- chipping and creasing at the spine ends. There's 3/4" of loss just above the foot of the spine (with several streaks of creasing running from it) and mild, even fading to the spine as well, which lacks the more vibrant coloring of the front and rear panels. Still though, very handsome and appealing in its original dustjacket (whose artist, even to this day, is still unknown).
(Inventory #: 23273)