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TENDER IS THE NIGHT
by FITZGERALD, F. Scott
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Spine mildly sunned otherwise Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some sunning to the outer edges
- Seller
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About This Item
(New York): Limited Editions Club, (1982). Hardcover. Spine mildly sunned otherwise Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some sunning to the outer edges. Fred Meyer. Quarto (8-5/8" x 11") bound in a pretty ochre-on-jade Lotus Print fabric from the Lee/Jofa line. Introduction by Charles Scribner III. Copy #447 of 2000 illustrated with 8 color gouaches and an ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH by Fred Meyer. SIGNED by Scribner and the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
Synopsis
Tender is the Night was F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel in nine years (since The Great Gatsby in 1925) and his fourth and final to complete. The generally autobiographical work reflects events surrounding the hospitalization of Fitzgerald’s schizophrenic wife, Zelda, and his own unrelenting alcoholism. Tender is the Night was published in four issues of Scribner's Magazine (January — April) until Charles Scribner’s Sons produced the first novel edition in April 1934. The novel, whose title comes from John Keats’ “Ode to a Nightingale,” has two versions in print: the original, which uses flashbacks in the narrative, and the second, revised version, published posthumously by Malcolm Cowley, in which the storyline is restructured so that events take place chronologically. Some have suggested that this particular revision was in reaction to critics of the original. Tender is the Night sold only 12,000 copies in its first three months compared to Fitzgerald’s This Side of Paradise, which sold over 50,000 in a similar time period. Still, reception for Tender is the Night steadily grew over time. Today, it is ranked 28th on the Modern Library’s list of the “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century as well as 69th on NPR’s “100 Years, 100 Novels, One List.”
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018149
- Title
- TENDER IS THE NIGHT
- Author
- FITZGERALD, F. Scott
- Illustrator
- Fred Meyer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine mildly sunned otherwise Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some sunning to the outer edges
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- (New York)
- Date Published
- (1982)
- Keywords
- Signed, Illustrated Books, Original Lithograph, LEC, F. S. Fitzgerald, Modern Firsts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Press;
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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