Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Tender is the Night
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York: 1934
- $10,000
First Edition, First Printing with the Scribner's "A" and publisher's seal printed on the copyright page. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has the First Issue points with the earliest blurbs by T.S. Eliot, H.L. Mencken and Paul Rosenfeld printed on the front flap of the dustjacket. Later editions have blurbs by Mary Colum, Gilbert Seldes, and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings The book is in great shape with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy.
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