Lot 124
Fitzgerald (F. Scott) The Great Gatsby, first edition, New York, 1925.
Hammer Price: £3,500
Description
Fitzgerald (F. Scott) The Great Gatsby, first edition, first issue with 'northern' to p. 119, 'it's' to p. 165, 'chatter' to p. 60, 'sick in tired' to p. 205, and 'Union Street station' to p. 211, faint spotting to half-title, title and final page, with a few spots from fore-edge straying onto the odd internal page but largely very clean, original blind-stamped cloth, extremities bumped, spine a little faded but overall an excellent and very sharp copy, 8vo, New York, 1925.
Description
Fitzgerald (F. Scott) The Great Gatsby, first edition, first issue with 'northern' to p. 119, 'it's' to p. 165, 'chatter' to p. 60, 'sick in tired' to p. 205, and 'Union Street station' to p. 211, faint spotting to half-title, title and final page, with a few spots from fore-edge straying onto the odd internal page but largely very clean, original blind-stamped cloth, extremities bumped, spine a little faded but overall an excellent and very sharp copy, 8vo, New York, 1925.