The Crack Up in Esquire Magazine

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

Published by Esquire, Inc., Chicago, 1936

Entire issue, February, 1936, in original colorful pictorial wraps, light general wear, short closed tear at front wrap neatly repaired on verso with archival tape, occasional fine creases along spine edge, text was apparently loosed from wraps, but has been neatly and discretely reattached along inside spine edge. a nice copy overall; please see pictures. The first appearance of this classic essay. Issue also includes the Ernest Hemingway story, The Tradesman's Return, that revised would become Part II of To Have And Have Not, published by Scribner's, 1937. From the opening paragraph, "Of course all life is a process of breaking down, but the blows that do the dramatic side of the work -- the big sudden blows that come, or seem to come, from the outside -- the ones you remember and blame things on and, in moments of weakness, tell your friends about, don't show their effect all at once. There is another sort of blow that comes from within -- that you don't feel until it's too late to do anything about it, until you realize with finality that in some regard you will never be as good a man again.". Seller Inventory # 023530

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Crack Up in Esquire Magazine
Publisher: Esquire, Inc., Chicago
Publication Date: 1936
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good