FITZGERALD, F. Scott.

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The Great Gatsby. First edition. This stunning example of the Chelsea Bindery's work does justice to the iconic jacket designed by Francis Cugat (1893-1981). Charles Scribner III argues that the jacket is the most eloquent in American literary history and that Cugat's artwork demonstrably influenced the evolution of Fitzgerald's literary masterpiece, as the author responded to sketches and artwork shown to him before the book was complete, a perhaps unique occurrence in literary history.This copy has the relevant points for the first state: "chatter" on page 60, line 16; "northern" on page 119, line 22; "it's" on page 165, line 16; "away" on page 165, line 29; "sick in tired" on page 205, lines 9-10; and "Union Street station" on page 211, lines 7-8.

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