The Great Gatsby

London: Chatto & Windus, 1926. Hardcover. Fine. First English edition. Rebound in handsome modern pale blue morocco with turndowns, titled and ruled in gilt, with raised bands, and with decorative endpapers. Fine. A rebound copy of the much rarer first English edition of an American classic with, according to various sources, as few as 1500 to 3000 copies printed versus 20,870 of the American edition. Fitzgerald's perception of the lack of support he received from his English publishers was the source of great consternation to him. According to one source: "On 15 June 1925, William Collins, Fitzgerald’s English publisher for *This Side of Paradise* and *The Beautiful and Damned*, turned down *The Great Gatsby*, declaring that “to publish *The Great Gatsby* would be to reduce the number of his readers rather than to increase them.” An attractive rebound copy of this rarity. *Connolly 100*. (Inventory #: 600255)