Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, second printing hardcover copy of Trimalchio: An Early Version of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald in a new archival wrap.
The exterior of the book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine and the front facsimile signature. Also with, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with with the brief gift inscription of the previous owner on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other 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 Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, and no price on the front flap, as issued. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
This is the first edition ever published of Trimalchio, an early and complete version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald wrote the novel as Trimalchio and submitted it to Maxwell Perkins, his editor at Scribner’s, who had the novel set in type and sent the galleys to Fitzgerald in France. Fitzgerald then virtually rewrote the novel in galleys, producing the book we know as The Great Gatsby.
