Search results for: 'FITZGERALD, F. Scott'
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Bodley Head Scott Fitzgerald.
London : 1958-63
First editions, first impressions, of the only collected edition of the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald ever printed. Learn More£600.00Stock Code: 134165
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Bodley Head Scott Fitzgerald.
London : 1958-63
First editions, first impressions, of the only collected edition of the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald ever printed. Learn More£850.00Stock Code: 138505
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Typed letter signed ("Scott" in ink) to Gilbert Seldes.
Baltimore : 1934
Seldes gave Tender Is the Night a rave review in the New York Evening Journal on the day of publication, 12 April 1934. Fitzgerald writes two weeks later to thank him: " I never had any doubt after the weeks and months of half-sleepless work on the thing that it had some special merit and value but it is so nice to see an appreciation of it so early... Learn More£8,750.00Stock Code: 124321
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. "I Didn't Get Over", two draft manuscripts and typescripts, with holograph corrections, for the short story.
[Asheville, NC : 1936]
Two original drafts, the first draft and the second and final draft, for Fitzgerald's short story "I Didn't Get Over", written in summer 1936 and published in Esquire magazine that October.
The most noticeable differences between the two drafts are at the beginning and end of the piece. The title is slightly changed: in the first draft, it is... Learn More£95,000.00Stock Code: 100917
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Typed letter signed ("Scott" in pencil) to Gilbert Seldes in New York.
1934
A fine and longish letter in which Fitzgerald discusses Seldes's edition of Ring Lardner, a possible evening of one-act plays, and reviews of Tender Is the Night: "Just read the Lardner collection First and Last. At first I was disappointed because I had expected there would be enough stuff for an omnibus and I still feel that it could have stood more... Learn More£10,000.00Stock Code: 44748
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise.
New York : 1920
The "Author's Apology" edition, signed by the author; first edition, third printing, prepared for distribution to American Booksellers Association, with a tipped-in leaf entitled "Author's Apology" signed by Fitzgerald, "Sincerely, Scott Fitzgerald". Issued the same month as the first, the third printing included an unknown number of copies prepared... Learn More£9,750.00Stock Code: 111821
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott - GURGANUS, Allan. Sacrificial Couples and the Splendor of our Failures: Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald.
Asheville, NC : 1999
Signed limited edition. Copy F of 26 lettered copies bound by the Campbell-Logan Bindery, from a total edition of 276 copies signed by the author. "When I was young, the Fitzgeralds seemed even younger. Did any couple ever start wilder or - by forty - end sadder?" Learn More£175.00Stock Code: 93486
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise.
New York : 1920
First edition, first printing, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Compliments & luck to Whitney Darrow from F Scott Fitzgerald April 2nd 1920 New York City". The inscription is in two parts, Fitzgerald having apparently signed and dated the copy first, before adding the salutation to the recipient above. The recipient... Learn More£27,500.00Stock Code: 124266
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Autograph letter signed, beginning "The check that fell out of my mail this morning...."
[Switzerland : c.1930-31]
Fitzgerald writes to Gilbert Seldes from Switzerland, where Zelda was being treated at a clinic. Fitzgerald thanks him for a cheque: "just emerging in company with Zelda from the biggest muddle we ever got into Zelda is so near well that its now a question of a few weeks - but she had a damn narrow escape from permanent neurasthenia or worse. We have... Learn More£8,000.00Stock Code: 44744
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Vegetable or from President to Postman.
New York : 1923
First edition, first printing. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 46291
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Vegetable or from President to Postman.
New York : 1923
First edition, first printing. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 43653
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. All the Sad Young Men.
1926
First edition, first printing. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 62672
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Tender is the Night.
Vermont : 1982
Signed limited edition, featuring Fred Meyer's art deco style illustrations. Number 642 of 2,000 copies signed by the artist. Learn More£375.00Stock Code: 143804
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby.
New York : 1925
First edition, first printing, first state of the text: with "chatter" on p. 60, line 16, "northern" on p. 119, line 22, "it's" on p. 165, line 16, "away" on p. 165, line 29, "sick in tired" on p. 205, lines 9-10, and "Union Street station" on p. 211, lines 7-8.
Learn More£3,500.00Stock Code: 133391
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. All The Sad Young Men.
1926
First edition, first printing. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 41770
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Tender is the Night.
New York : 1934
First edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, signed by the author on the front free endpaper. This is a superb copy of Fitzgerald's magnificent yet maligned follow-up to The Great Gatsby. It is one of 19 copies specially signed by the author for the booksellers Hochschild, Kohn & Co. of Baltimore, with their ticket on the rear pastedown.... Learn More£30,000.00Stock Code: 136034
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Tender is the Night.
New York : 1934
First edition, first printing, in the first issue dust jacket with the T. S. Eliot review to the front flap. Tender is the Night was Fitzgerald's fourth novel, appearing some nine years after The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald set out to write an important and in many ways revolutionary work of fiction. Structurally complex, topically dangerous and personally... Learn More£17,500.00Stock Code: 124269
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Vegetable or from President to Postman.
New York : 1923
First edition, first printing of Fitzgerald's only stage play, a political satire about a postman who dreams of becoming president of the United States and succeeds. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 36238
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. All the Sad Young Men.
New York : 1926
First edition, first printing. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 46292
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KENNEDY, John F. The David Powers collection of John F. Kennedy's speeches and manuscripts.
c.1945-63
The David Powers collection of John F. Kennedy's speeches and manuscripts spans the statesman's political career up to the presidency, from his first primary race in the 11th District in 1946 to the eve of nomination as president in the summer of 1960, encompassing three Congressional campaigns, two runs for the Senate, and a bid for the vice presidency.
David... Learn More£375,000.00Stock Code: 120955
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HAMMETT, Dashiell (contrib.); RASCOE, Burton, & Groff Conklin (eds.) The Smart Set Anthology of World Famous Authors.
New York : 1934
First edition, first printing, which contains the first appearance for two Dashiell Hammett short stories, "From the Memoirs of a Private Detective" and "Green Elephant". The anthology also includes pieces from F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, Jim Tully and many others. Learn More£285.00Stock Code: 105283
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[HOFF, Harry Summerfield.] COOPER, William. Scenes from a Provincial Life.
London : 1950
Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Arthur Mizener, author of the first biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, and his wife: "Love to Rosemary & Arthur. Harry, 7.iv.58." With their bookplate to the front pastedown. This is the third impression (issued the same year as the first). Learn More£175.00Stock Code: 112221
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GOURMONT, Remy de. Lettres à l'Amazone.
Paris : 30 March 1914
First edition, first printing, copy 112 of 112 copies on papier vergé chartreuse, from an edition of 1,075 copies in total. This copy, with the original chartreuse wrappers bound in, has been handsomely bound by Cochard. Gourmont's "Letters to the Amazon" are the result of the symbolist poet, who had been stricken and disfigured by lupus vulgaris,... Learn More£475.00Stock Code: 117966
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GOLL, Ivan. Lucifer Vieillissant.
Paris : 1934
First edition in French, first printing, presentation copy inscribed on the half-title to the Amazon of Paris, Natalie Clifford Barney, "à Miss Barney ce testament d'un 'individu' en grande admiration. Ivan Goll". This is a press review copy, with "S.P." (service de presse) on the spine. Lucifer Vieillissant was first published in German as Die Eurokokke... Learn More£675.00Stock Code: 146077
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GERSHWIN, George. Warm one-page typed letter signed to noted publisher and editor Donald S. Friede.
New York : 1927
An appealing, highly characteristic letter evoking Gershwin's easy-going sociability. Writing to the publisher Friede, Gershwin regrets having been unable to read Philip Barry's new play, but gives permission for his name to be appended to any suitable words of praise the publishers care to use, "as I shall no doubt make the comment you use after reading... Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 130229
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WARREN, Robert Penn. Flood.
New York : 1964
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Arthur and Rosemary, warmest regards, Robert. Fairfield, April 5, 1964." Arthur Mizener was renowned for writing the first biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Learn More£300.00Stock Code: 94333
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[HOFF, Harry Summerfield.] COOPER, William. Disquiet and Peace.
London : 1956
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With love to Rosemary & Arthur Mizener. London 1956 - come back again! William Cooper." Arthur Mizener was the author of the first biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Learn More£375.00Stock Code: 112186