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THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in very good plus jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. First edition. Fine in very good plus jacket.. Rare first printing of Fitzgerald's second novel, a sharply satirical portrait of a Jazz Age couple very like the Fitzgeralds. Fitzgerald's second semi-autobiographical novel, holding an outstanding place in the literature on what it is to be young, beautiful, gifted, drunk, and useless. A rich boy sent to Harvard because "there was no other logical thing to be done with him," the cheerful, pleasant Anthony Patch sees his inner foundations slowly corroded by the sure expectation of coming into great wealth; while Gloria Gilbert, who likes to talk about her legs "as though they were a sort of choice bric-à-brac," fulfills the prophecy given her before her birth: "You will find much that is bogus. Also, you will do much that is bogus." Anthony and Gloria find each other, fall in love, and stylishly fall apart as the Jazz Age dawns and the Great War looms. A beautiful copy in the uncommon dust jacket. 7.25'' x 5.25''. Original green cloth with gilt-lettered spine and blind-stamped front board. In original dust jacket, illustrated by W.E. Hill. Deckle edges. Stated publishing date March 1922. Leaves joining dedication page and table of contents still unopened. [1], 449, [1] pages. Very mild wear to boards at extremities. Faint crease to front paste-down. Shallow chips to jacket at spine ends and rear panel; light wear and several small closed tears to edges.
Synopsis
First published in 1922, The Beautiful and the Damned followed Fitzgerald's impeccable debut, This Side of Paradise , thus securing his place in the tradition of great American novelists. Embellished with the author's lyrical prose, here is the story of Harvard-educated, aspiring aesthete Anthony Patch and his beautiful wife, Gloria. As they await the inheritance of his grandfather's fortune, their reckless marriage sways under the influence of alcohol and avarice. A devastating look at the nouveau riche, and the New York nightlife, as well as the ruinous effects of wild ambition, The Beautiful and the Damned achieved stature as one of Fitzgerald's most accomplished novels. Its distinction as a classic endures to this day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39937
- Title
- THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED
- Author
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in very good plus jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- 20th century,Jazz Age,American
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Fine
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- Unopened
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- Cloth
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- Leaves
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- 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....
- Paste-down
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