Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald, First Edition, 1925 (6 results)

No Binding. Condition: Not A Book. Dust Jacket Condition: Clamshell As New. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Elegant Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, the case is finished inside & out in Rich Black & Moss-Grey Nuba® - a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph, that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather. The box is gilt-stamped on the spine & features a sculpted upper cover, after the famous dustwrapper's wispy illustrated portrait of Daisy. A unique & beautiful Hand-Made custom case. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for over 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available. Book definitely NOT included.

[Literature] FIRST EDITION, First Issue. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 218. The first state of the text shows "chatter" on page 60, line 16, "northern" page 119:22, "sick in tired" page 205:9-10, and "Union Street station" page 211:7-8. Elegantly bound in full dark green oasis morocco, gilt, with raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Contents clean, some minor dustiness/toning to rough edges of text block, covers are fine. An excellent copy in an attractive recent leather binding. An inexpensive copy of the true first edition. The author's defining novel and a high point of modern literature. Bruccoli [A11]. Listed in The Observer's All-Time 100 Best Novels [2003], also Time Magazine's 100 Best Modern Novels, also Modern Library's Top 100 Novels [1998].

No Binding. Condition: Clamshell As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Elegant Custom Leather Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, the case is elaborately gilt decorated at the spine & features a sculpted upper cover, after the famous dustwrapper's wispy illustrated portrait of Daisy. A unique & beautiful Hand-Made custom leather case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for over 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available. Book definitely NOT included.

First edition, first state. Fitzgerald's masterpiece has come to be regarded as one of the all-time great American novels, as well as one of the defining cultural artefacts of the Jazz Age. This copy has all the points of the first state: "chatter" (60.16); "northern" (119.22); "it's" (165.16); "away" (165.29); "sick in tired" (205.9-10); "Union Street station" (211.7-8). Bruccoli A11.I.a. Octavo. Original dark green linen-grain cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover lettered in blind, fore edge untrimmed. Housed in a custom black board box with design after jacket on front. Taft School library stamp on p. 101, residue and closed tear on front free endpaper from their removed label; contemporary faint ownership inscription on front free endpaper and title page. Small wear to ends and corners, inner hinges split but sound. A very good copy.

First edition. Fitzgerald's masterpiece has come to be regarded as one of the all-time great American novels, as well as one of the defining cultural artefacts of the Jazz Age. This copy has the relevant points for the first state: "chatter" on page 60, line 16; "northern" on page 119, line 22; "it's" on page 165, line 16; "away" on page 165, line 29; "sick in tired" on page 205, lines 9-10; and "Union Street station" on page 211, lines 7-8. Octavo (183 x 123 mm). Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in green morocco, spine lettered and decorated gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Some trivial spotting to half-title. An excellent copy, finely bound.

First edition, first printing, first state. Fitzgerald's masterpiece has come to be regarded as one of the all-time great American novels, as well as one of the defining cultural artefacts of the Jazz Age. This copy has the relevant points for the first state: "chatter" on page 60, line 16; "northern" on page 119, line 22; "it's" on page 165, line 16; "away" on page 165, line 29; "sick in tired" on page 205, lines 9-10; and "Union Street station" on page 211, lines 7-8. Bruccoli A11.I.a. Octavo. Original dark green linen-grain cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover lettered in blind, fore edge untrimmed. Gilt sharp and cloth fresh, with only some very faint marks, sound and clean within: a near-fine copy.