FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.

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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.

8o. Half-title. (Some light spotting.) Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt (slightly leaned); quarter morocco slip-case. Provenance: Phil Lenhart (presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper and half-title).

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with "chatter" for "echolalia" on p. 60, "northern" for "southern" on p. 119, "it's" for "its" and "away" for "away." on p.165, "sick in tired" for "sickantired" on p. 205, and "Union Street station" for "Union Station" on p. 211.

AN OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Fitzgerald to Phil Lenhart, newspaper book critic and Harvard tennis star: "For Phil Lenhart from F. Scott Fitzgerald Let me make a comment -- this is an attempt at the 'tour de force' -- to promote myself momentarily, the Henry Esmond type of thing. If you like my stuff (over) I hope to God you'll read "Tender is the Night", which is a confession of faith." Bruccoli, Matthew J. and Judith S. Baughman, editors, F. Scott Fitzgerald. A Life in Letters. pp.251-252 (this copy); Bruccoli A11.1.b; Connolly, The Modern Movement 48.