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The Last Tycoon
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
first edition (Scribners 1941) first printing (Scribners 'A' and colophon both present) hardcover in dust jacket; no prior owner marks; little age tone to text pages, offsetting (darkening) to end papers; sound binding; cloth cover has slight rub wear to corners and spine ends, shelf rub to panels; a faint stain to front panel; some rub wear to gilt titling, more so to spine titling than to front panel titling; dj worn: rubbing along folds, chipping to spine ends (larger chip at spine heel), small chips to front panel top and bottom edges, a small chip to top back corner; back panel author photo fully intact; flap price present B17ebi
Synopsis
The Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel about a Hollywood producer who finds himself not only struggling to find love and success in a world of cut-throats, but who is in the ultimate struggle for his own life. The Last Tycoon is Fitzgerald's final work, a novel he was working on at the time of his death.
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Details
- Bookseller
- DrPanglossBooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 918196
- Title
- The Last Tycoon
- Author
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Scribners
- Date Published
- 1941
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
DrPanglossBooks
Biblio member since 2008
Uncasville, Connecticut
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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