THE PORTABLE FITZGERALD, (Viking Portable Library Series #14)
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (selected by Dorothy Parker, introduction by John O'Hara.)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in orange cloth (front edge slightly bumped) in good only example of the fragile dust jacket. (overall edgewear to dj/orange cloth (front edge slightly bumped) in good only example of the fragile
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About This Item
New York:: The Viking Press,, 1945.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in orange cloth (front edge slightly bumped) in good only example of the fragile dust jacket. (overall edgewear to dj, short tear to side of spine of dj, chipping to top of dj, price of 2.00 still present, lists through #15 on back cover). First printing (stated September 1945) Includes the complete text of 'The Great Gatsby' and 'Tender is the Night' and a selection of nine of his short stories. Compiled by his friend Dorothy Parker and with an introduction by John O'Hara. At the time this was published, Fitzgerald was once again just beginning to be recognized as a major American writer. Viking Portable Library #14. xix, 835 pp. Small format.
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- Title
- THE PORTABLE FITZGERALD, (Viking Portable Library Series #14)
- Author
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott (selected by Dorothy Parker, introduction by John O'Hara.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in orange cloth (front edge slightly bumped) in good only example of the fragile dust jacket. (overall edgewear to dj
- Jacket Condition
- orange cloth (front edge slightly bumped) in good only example of the fragile
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1945.
- Keywords
- southern writers,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics;
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