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Lot #518
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Sought-after first edition of The Great Gatsby, with rare misprinted dust jacket text affixed inside

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Sought-after first edition of The Great Gatsby, with rare misprinted dust jacket text affixed inside

Highly desirable unsigned first edition book: The Great Gatsby. First edition with all correct points of issue, including “chatter” on page 60, line 16; “northern” on page 119, line 22; “sick in tired” on page 205, lines 9-10; and “Union Street station” on page 211, lines 7-8. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Hardcover, 5.75 x 7.75, 218 pages. The text from the rare first issue dust jacket, with an upper case "J" printed over the lower case "j" in "Jay Gatsby," has been clipped and affixed to the first free end page. Book condition: VG-/None, with a cocked spine, wear at spine ends, light mildew to extremities of boards, light toning to endpapers and half-title page, and a "Frank Sheridan" bookplate affixed to front pastedown.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
  • Dates: #585 - Ended June 10, 2020