FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
Rare books and manuscripts by F. Scott Fitzgerald, including first editions, signed copies, and finely bound books.
F. Scott Fitzgerald captured the essence of the jazz age, a term he coined himself during the 1920s. His works are considered a reflection of the social and cultural changes that took place in the United States during his lifetime. His novels, particularly The Great Gatsby, have become literary classics, not only for their intricate storytelling but also for their exploration of themes such as the American Dream, wealth, power, and societal decadence. Fitzgerald's writing is marked by a distinct lyrical style, and a tragicomic tone, which gives his stories a timeless quality that continues to resonate with readers today.
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Tender is the Night.New York : 1934
First edition, in the first issue dust jacket, with T. S. Eliot's review printed on the front flap. Fitzgerald considered it to be his masterpiece. The plot mirrors Fitzgerald's own struggles with alcohol and mental illness, which worsened as Fitzgerald worked on it.
It was originally serialized by Scribner's Magazine between January and...Learn More
FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Tender is the Night.New York : 1934
First edition, signed by the author on the front free endpaper, in the first issue dust jacket, with T. S. Eliot's review printed on the front flap.
Fitzgerald considered Tender is the Night to be his masterpiece. He began writing it shortly after the publication of The Great Gatsby. The plot mirrors the Fitzgeralds' own struggles with...Learn More
FITZGERALD, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise.New York : 1920
The "Author's Apology" edition, signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf as issued. Bound from sheets from the novel's third printing, it was prepared for distribution to American Booksellers Association.
Issued the same month as the first, the third printing included an unknown number of copies prepared with this tipped-in page printed...Learn More
FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Vegetable.New York : 1923
First edition, first printing, of the author's only play, a lovely copy in the rare jacket. Theatre was Fitzgerald's first love and he thought he would make his fortune with The Vegetable, which he considered the funniest play ever written.
The adolescent Fitzgerald was a fledgling actor and impresario. He was active in the Princeton...Learn More
FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Beautiful and Damned.New York : 1922
First edition, first printing, in the rare first issue dust jacket, with the title in outline on the front panel. That Fitzgerald's second novel was a thinly disguised portrait of his and Zelda's difficult marriage did not stop him taking offence that the jacket design resembled, as he wrote to his editor Max Perkins, "a debauched version of...Learn More
FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Tales of The Jazz Age.New York : 1922
First edition, first printing. Fitzgerald's second story collection includes "A Diamond as Big as the Ritz" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".Learn More
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...Learn More
FITZGERALD, F. Scott. "I Didn't Get Over": two draft typescripts, with holograph corrections, for the short story.[Asheville, North Carolina : 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...Learn More
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
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...Learn More
