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ALL THE SAD YOUNG MEN
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First Edition. First Printing, earliest state of the text, with clear, unbattered type on pages 38, 90, and 248. Octavo (19.5cm); hunter green cloth, with titling stamped in gilt on the spine and in blind on the front panel; dustjacket; [viii],267,[1]pp. Tiny tear at crown, thin crack to gutter at half-title page, with faint foxing to text edges; Near Fine, with the cloth clean and unspoiled, and the gilt titling bright and unrubbed. Later state of the dustjacket, with the lips battered on front panel; unclipped (priced $2.00), lightly edgeworn, with sunning to spine and panels, a few tiny nicks and small tears, and a few small, faint splash marks to lower spine and front panel; unrestored; Very Good+. Fitzgerald's well-received third collection of short fiction, gathering nine stories, and issued a year after Gatsby's release with a modest first printing of 10,100 copies. Bruccoli A13.I.a.
Synopsis
All the Sad Young Men is the third collection of short stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1926. It contains nine stories: "The Rich Boy" "Winter Dreams" "The Baby Party" "Absolution" "Rags Martin-Jones and the Pr-nce of W-les" "The Adjuster" "Hot and Cold Blood" ""The Sensible Thing"" "Gretchen's Forty Winks" As with his other collections, its release was timed to follow the completion of his most recent novel, which was The Great Gatsby.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6637
- Title
- ALL THE SAD YOUNG MEN
- Author
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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- Gutter
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Good+
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