FITZGERALD, F. Scott "The Great Gatsby" [Scribners, 1925] 1st Edition Near Fine

"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald [New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925]. First edition, first issue. 8vo (19.5 x 12.5 cm). [8], 218 pp. Original publisher’s blue-green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Conforms to all first issue points (BAL 5746; Bruccoli A11.1). Lacking dust jacket. Condition: Near Fine, with only trivial rubbing to rear fore-edge cloth. Penciled price on FFEP corner. Gilt bright, text clean. A superb copy, lacking only the dust jacket (as usual). The best condition copy on the market.

A pinnacle of American literature, with first printings now rare in such condition. BAL documents only 20,870 copies printed. Ships via UPS Ground.