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FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT. The Great Gatsby. New York: Scribner's 1925. 8vo, original green cloth, spine dull and with a few small stains, light foxing to a few leaves. FIRST EDITION, Second Printing, INSCRIBED BY FITZGERALD on front free endpaper: "For Dorothy Bissell, April 1937, F. Scott Fitzgerald, in memory of hot arguments over the Supreme Court and the autonomy of Barcelona." Bruccoli A11.1.b; Connolly, The Modern Movement, 48. At the time this book was inscribed Fitzgerald was living at the Oak Hotel in Tyron, North Carolina, prior to going to Hollywood in June 1937.
Provenance: Anonymous owner (sale, Christie's New York, 17 December 1983, lot 415).
Provenance: Anonymous owner (sale, Christie's New York, 17 December 1983, lot 415).