Dear Scott / Dear Max – F. Scott Fitzgerald
NF/VG

Description

For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Dear Scott/Dear Max: The Fitzgerald-Perkins Correspondence by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Max Perkins. First Edition unstated, 1971 Scribner. First Printing with A – 10.71 (H) print line.

The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, lightly faded boards, strong title ink on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and one lightly bumped corner. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the second page. No other marks, inscriptions or signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.

The dust jacket is in Very Good+ condition with mild surface and edge wear, a sunned spine and the $7.95 price on the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.

The collected letters between F. Scott Fitzgerald and his editor, Maxwell Perkins, illuminates their friendship as well as the collaborative and complex nature of the editor/author relationship.

Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.