FITZGERALD, F. Scott.

£9,500 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Tender is the Night. First edition, in the first issue dust jacket, with T. S. Eliot's review printed on the front flap. Fitzgerald considered it to be his masterpiece. The plot mirrors Fitzgerald's own struggles with alcohol and mental illness, which worsened as Fitzgerald worked on it. It was originally serialized by Scribner's Magazine between January and April 1934.

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