Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional Third paperback edition, early printing hardcover copy of The Crack-Up by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Third Paperback Edition described, 2009 New Directions. Fifth Printing stated and a $17.95 rear cover price.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Very Good condition, with lightly soiled covers with no creases, mild surface wear, strong title on a square spine, clean page blocks, a tight binding with no spine cracks, rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and heavy corner wear. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.
The Crack-Up tells the story of Fitzgerald’s sudden descent at the age of thirty-nine from glamorous success to empty despair, and his determined recovery. Compiled and edited by Edmund Wilson shortly after F. Scott Fitzgerald’s death, this revealing collection of his essays―as well as letters to and from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, John Dos Passos―tells of a man with charm and talent to burn, whose gaiety and genius made him a living symbol of the Jazz Age, and whose recklessness brought him grief and loss.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
