The Great Gatsby : Manuscript

by F. Scott Fitzgerald - FACSIMILE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT 126/1800

$1,307 · Offered by Biblio

Editions des Saints P res, 2017 How would you feel as you look at the manuscript of one of the great novels of the Twentieth Century? The Great Gatsby enthralls the reader, and the actual manuscript of it is STUNNING. This gorgeous facsimile uses today s matchless ability to capture every mark the author made as it evolved. It is frankly deeply moving to hold this work in the hand. It is deservedly a substantial production, and it is so beautifully produced it made this bookseller gasp. Special paper, special care; and here is the nearest I shall ever get to handling an artistic priceless treasure. Number 126 of only 1800 copies. Most of it is written in pencil, and today s digital fidelity captures every silvery mark; heaven and hell in a cedar tunnel is how a pencil was once described, and here is an overwhelming work for any collector of Fitzgerald. It is a truly sumptuous oversize production, reproduced on Fedrigoni Avorio paper. This is almost overwhelmingly affecting. It is a large heavy book, gorgeously produced, and it is in a superb slipcase. It is heavy and substantial in every sense and I commend it to anyone seriously interested in this extraordinary and prescient work. Language: eng. Limited Edition.. Hardcover. New.

• Publisher: Editions des Saints Pères
• Year: 2017
• Edition: Limited Edition.
• Binding: hardcover

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