Buy this book on-line F.SCOTT FITZGERALD : The Last Tycoon. An Unfinished Novel. Edited with a foreword by Edmund WilsonCharles Scribner's Sons, New York [1958].
The first separate edition of the author's final, unfinished novel (originally published in 1941 in a volume which also included 'The Great Gatsby' and five stories, this 1958 issue is the first separate American edition of 'The Last Tycoon', with no Gatsby or other short works included. It was issued separately in the UK in 1949). 8vo. x, 163pp. Red cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Spine ends lightly bruised. Embossed former owner stamp to the front endpaper. A very good copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, which is nicked, chafed, soiled and faded. Edmund Wilson's two-page forward (reproduced from the original edition of 1941) precedes the author's unfinished 131-page novel, plus thirty-pages of notes. With the inkstamp of the author's literary agency Harold Ober Associates to the front free endpaper, alongside that of literary agency Frank J.Horch Associated (Roslyn Targ worked at and later ran the Horch agency, and Scott Fitzgerald is one of the authors she produced translations of for the European market, suggesting that this copy was used as the basis of a translation). Occasional pencilled marginal ticks and marks. An interesting association copy of an uncommon edition. Bruccoli A18.1.e.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of F.SCOTT FITZGERALD : The Last Tycoon. An Unfinished Novel. Edited with a foreword by Edmund Wilson. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, livres rares, first editions, atlases and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |