This Side of Paradise; The Beautiful and Damned; The Great Gatsby; Tender is the Night; The Last Tycoon.
Stock Code 106916
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920; 1922; 1925; 1934; 1941.
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Superb set of five first editions. A superb set of first editions by one of the leading authorial voices of the Jazz Age, uniformly bound in an attractive full green morocco binding.
These works have inspired numerous adaptations for both film and television, with the most recent being the Academy Award winning film adaptation of The Great Gatsby (2013) starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan.
First editions, first impressions, first issue of The Great Gatsby with 'sick in tired' on p205, 'chatter' on p60, 'northern' p119, and 'Union Street station' p211; 5 vols, 8vo; Scribner seal to copyright pages, page stock slightly toned (as often), very occasional minor spotting and smudging to margins, evidence of ownership signature to half-title of The Last Tycoon, else all vols clean and fresh; full dark green morocco gilt by Temple Bookbinders, gilt lettering to spines, red topstain to The Last Tycoon; an attractive set.
These works have inspired numerous adaptations for both film and television, with the most recent being the Academy Award winning film adaptation of The Great Gatsby (2013) starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan.
First editions, first impressions, first issue of The Great Gatsby with 'sick in tired' on p205, 'chatter' on p60, 'northern' p119, and 'Union Street station' p211; 5 vols, 8vo; Scribner seal to copyright pages, page stock slightly toned (as often), very occasional minor spotting and smudging to margins, evidence of ownership signature to half-title of The Last Tycoon, else all vols clean and fresh; full dark green morocco gilt by Temple Bookbinders, gilt lettering to spines, red topstain to The Last Tycoon; an attractive set.
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