Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald, Signed (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near fine in slipcase. Illus. Number 1583 of a limited edition of 2,000 copies, signed by Fred Meyer. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition Thus Hardcover SIGNED on rear limitation page by illustrator Fred Meyer, #1074 of a limited edition of 2000; fine in very good slipcase; minor scuffing to slipcase with some rubbing to slipcase corners else a crisp square unmarked copy in publisher's custom slipcase; book is clean and bright, appears unread; glassine book jacket not present; first edition thus.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Introduction by Charles Scriber III. Illustrated by Fred Meyer. This copy is number 1,121 of a limited edition of 2,000 copies. SIGNED by the illustrator. Fine in a very good (edge worn with two small chips, age toning along the spine) glassine dust cover and housed in a near fine (areas of fading) slipcase.; 171 pages.

Condition: Near Fine. Hbk royal 8vo in slipcase, edition limited to 2000 signed copies, SIGNED by the illustrator Fred Meyer on the limitation page, also INSCRIBED by the founder of the Stinehour Press Roderick (ÔRockyĠ) Stinehour on the half-title page, illustrated, fine gray cloth boards with silver-gilt titles and ornament, lacks its original glassine wrapper, slipcase very faintly sunned at the spine and just over onto the trailing edge of the front and rear panels, otherwise fine and square with no rubbing or wear, volume itself is a fine, unread copy of this beautiful collaboration between author, artist, and printer.

4to, with original slipcase, decorative cloth. Limited, numbered edition printed for the Limited Editions club, signed by illustrator Fred Meyer. A nice copy with mild wear to slipcase, lacking glassine jacket.

4to, with original slipcase, decorative cloth, with Limited Editions club ephemera laid in. Limited, numbered edition printed for the Limited Editions club, signed by illustrator Fred Meyer. An excellent copy, lacking glassine jacket, bit of toning and wear to slipcase, tiny smudge to upper text block edge.

First edition, first printing of Fitzgerald's masterpiece, inscribed by Fitzgerald to Zelda's sister and her husband Newman Smith in the year of publication and in the exceptionally rare first issue dust jacket. Octavo, original dark green cloth with gilt titles to the spine. First printing with "chatter" on p. 60, line 16; "northern" on p. 119, line 22; "itâs" on p. 165, line 16; "away" on p. 165, line 29; "sick in tired" on p. 205, lines 9-10; and "Union Street station" on p. 211, lines 7-8. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Rosalind and Capitan with affection from Scott and Zelda June (May) 1925." The Fitzgeralds, on their European stay, were at Capri when The Great Gatsby was published (on 10 April 1925), moving to Paris later that month; they stayed in Paris until August, when they left for the Riviera. While on Capri Fitzgerald sent Scribner's a number of inscriptions on slips of paper to be pasted in presentation copies sent to fellow writers: Sinclair Lewis, H.L. Mencken, Carl Van Doren, Van Wyck Brooks, etc. (see Letters, ed. Bruccoli, pp. 156-158). By the time of this inscription to Rosalind and Capitan, Fitzgerald had access to an actual copy of the first edition. Bruccoli A11.1.a; Connolly, The Modern Movement 48. Near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket, with the lowercase "j" in "jay Gatsby" on the back panel, corrected in ink. Jacket art by Francis Cugat. Housed in a custom clamshell box. An outstanding association copy, exceedingly rare with a contemporary presentation inscription and in the scarce first issue dust jacket; perhaps the most iconic dust jacket of the 20th century. In 1922, Fitzgerald announced his decision to write "something new--something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned." That extraordinary, beautiful, intricately patterned, and above all, simple novel became The Great Gatsby, arguably Fitzgerald's finest work and certainly the book for which he is best known. A portrait of the Jazz Age in all of its decadence and excess, Gatsby captured the spirit of the author's generation and earned itself a permanent place in American mythology. Cyril Connolly called The Great Gatsby one of the half dozen best American novels: "Gatsby remains a prose poem of delight and sadness which has by now introduced two generations to the romance of America, as Huckleberry Finn and Leaves of Grass introduced those before it" (Modern Movement 48). Consistently gaining popularity after World War II, the novel became an important part of American high school curricula. Today it is widely considered to be a literary classic and a contender for the title "Great American Novel". In 1998, the Modern Library editorial board voted it the 20th century's best American novel and second best English-language novel of the same time period. It was the basis for numerous stage and film adaptations. Gatsby had four film adaptations, with two exceptionally big-budget versions: the 1974 version starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, as well as Baz Luhrmannâs 2013 version starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carrie Mulligan. Fitzgeraldâs granddaughter praised Lurhmannâs adaptation, stating âScott would be proud.â.

Hardcover. Condition: F. Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11; 179 pages; Signed by Illustrator. Fine. The XV publication by The Arion Press, limited to 400 signed copies, signed by the illustrator Michael Graves. Half cloth over illustrated boards with a paper spine label and slipcase. A beautiful copy, Fine with just the slightest of fading to the spine. Internally in pristine condition. Provenance - Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio.

First edition, second issue of Fitzgerald's masterpiece with all six second issue points present, including: âecholaliaâ on page 60, âsouthernâ on page 119, âsickantiredâ on page 205, and âUnion Stationâ on page 211. Octavo, original dark green cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Theodore L. Liedemedt in memory of that week we went rowing in a bull-fiddle through the lovely lakes of Central Park, from Stravinski (Alias F. Scott Fitzgerald) May 1885 'Stuttgart.'" The recipient, Theodore L. Liedemedt, was a German-born musician and close personal friend of Fitzgerald's. Kept in Liedemedtâs family for over ninety years, family lore has it that the two first met on board a transatlantic ship crossing in the 1920s (Fitzgerald traveled to Europe in 1921, 1924, 1928, and 1929). Liedemedt was a working musician who performed on some of those crossings. He died in 1929, just making it to 30. Fitzgerald, older only by three years, just outlived his friend, dying in 1940 at 44. A South New Jerseyian in the later part of his short life, Liedemedt arrived on American shores in 1915 during the First World War. He worked first on the crew of a German merchantman, interned in the Delaware River, then from June 1916 at a day job in Philadelphia. When the United States entered the First World War officially on April 6, 1917, Liedemedt was detained by the FBI on April 7. He was released a few days later when they found that he did not hare the political convictions of his home country and was, therefore, not a threat to the United States. Fitzgerald took up residence in New Jersey in in 1911 when he attended the Newman School, a Catholic prep school in Hackensack. After graduating he attending Princeton University, only a few miles from Liedemedtâs stomping grounds, where Fitzgerald abruptly left in 1917 to join the American Army. Having avoided active service in Europe he moved to New York City where he would begin his career as a writer. Fitzgerald and Liedemedt were never more than roughly 80 miles from each other, from Liedemedtâs landing in 1915 to his early death 14 years later. The nature of the inscriptionâ"knowing, familiar, full of inside referencesâ"points to an intimacy not documented in an other sources in Fitzgeraldâs archives. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional inscription from Fitzgerald. In 1922, Fitzgerald announced his decision to write "something new--something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned." That extraordinary, beautiful, intricately patterned, and above all, simple novel became The Great Gatsby, arguably Fitzgerald's finest work and certainly the book for which he is best known. A portrait of the Jazz Age in all of its decadence and excess, Gatsby captured the spirit of the author's generation and earned itself a permanent place in American mythology. Cyril Connolly called The Great Gatsby one of the half dozen best American novels: "Gatsby remains a prose poem of delight and sadness which has by now introduced two generations to the romance of America, as Huckleberry Finn and Leaves of Grass introduced those before it" (Modern Movement 48). Consistently gaining popularity after World War II, the novel became an important part of American high school curricula. Today it is widely considered to be a literary classic and a contender for the title "Great American Novel". In 1998, the Modern Library editorial board voted it the 20th century's best American novel and second best English-language novel of the same time period. It was the basis for numerous stage and film adaptations. Gatsby had four film adaptations, with two exceptionally big-budget versions: the 1974 version starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, as well as Baz Luhrmannâs 2013 version starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carrie Mulligan. Fitzgeraldâs granddaughter praised Lurhmannâs adaptation, stating âScott would be proud.â Second printing, with âecholaliaâ on p. 60, ânorthernâ for âsouthernâ on p. 119, âsickantiredâ on p. 205, and âUnion Street stationâ for âUnion Stationâ on p. 211.

Octavo, original dark green cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, âWith the Pleasant memories of La Paix behind me alas and alack! Souvenir of 1932â"1933 for M.T. from her â" at least from one who was almost made to feel like â" a guest. F. Scott Fitzgerald.â The recipient, Margaret Turnbull, who with her husband Bayard owned La Paix, a 28â"acre estate with a large Victorian house near Towson, Maryland. The Fitzgeralds rented La Paix from the Turnbulls in 1932 and 1933 because of its proximity to the Phipps Clinic, the psychiatric branch of Johns Hopkins, where Zelda was being treated. This is also where Fitzgerald finished work on his second masterpiece, Tender is the Night. The Turnbulls lived nearby in another house on the estate; while Bayard Turnbull disapproved of Fitzgerald, his wife Martha shared an interest in literature with him and became a good friend of him. According to her son, at their first dinner together âFitzgerald grew heated on the subject of Thomas Wolfe and left the table to get his copy of âLook Homeward, Angelâ, which he insisted my mother take with her and read at onceâĤ Out of such treads their friendship was woven. Each time they met here was a carryâ"over from the previous meeting â" something to discuss that seemed of vital importanceâĤ He was constantly lending my mother books: Proust, D.H. Lawrence, Hemingway, Rilke, the diary of Otto BraunâĤ My mother became for a brief season a listener to and therefore a sharer of his thoughtsâ (Turnbull, Scott Fitzgerald, pp. 221â"240). It was Margaret Turnbull who introduced Fitzgerald to T.S. Eliot when the poet was staying with her family while lecturing at Johns Hopkins on the Metaphysical Poets. Bruccoli A11.1.b; Connolly, The Modern Movement 48. In near fine condition with the spine gilt exceptionally bright. First edition, second printing with "sickantired" on page 205, most inscribed copies are second printings. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional association, most rare and desirable. In 1922, Fitzgerald announced his decision to write "something new--something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned." That extraordinary, beautiful, intricately patterned, and above all, simple novel became The Great Gatsby, arguably Fitzgerald's finest work and certainly the book for which he is best known. A portrait of the Jazz Age in all of its decadence and excess, Gatsby captured the spirit of the author's generation and earned itself a permanent place in American mythology. Cyril Connolly called The Great Gatsby one of the half dozen best American novels: "Gatsby remains a prose poem of delight and sadness which has by now introduced two generations to the romance of America, as Huckleberry Finn and Leaves of Grass introduced those before it" (Modern Movement 48). Consistently gaining popularity after World War II, the novel became an important part of American high school curricula. Today it is widely considered to be a literary classic and a contender for the title "Great American Novel". In 1998, the Modern Library editorial board voted it the 20th century's best American novel and second best English-language novel of the same time period. It was the basis for numerous stage and film adaptations. Gatsby had four film adaptations, with two exceptionally big-budget versions: the 1974 version starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, as well as Baz Luhrmannâs 2013 version starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carrie Mulligan. Fitzgeraldâs granddaughter praised Lurhmannâs adaptation, stating âScott would be proud.â Second printing, with âecholaliaâ on p. 60, ânorthernâ for âsouthernâ on p. 119, âsickantiredâ on p. 205, and âUnion Street stationâ for âUnion Stationâ on p. 211.

First edition with the "A" and the publisherâs seal on the copyright page. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Harold Pinter, who wrote the screenplay to the 1976 film The Last Tycoon, directed by Elia Kazan and starring Robert DeNiro, Tony Curtis and Jack Nicholson. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Edmund Wilson. A unique example. Unfinished at the time of his death, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon is a story of doomed love set against the extravagance of America's booming film industry. The studio lot looks like 'thirty acres of fairyland' the night that a mysterious woman stands and smiles at Monroe Stahr, the last of the great Hollywood princes. Enchanted by one another, they begin a passionate but hopeless love affair, starting with a fast-moving seduction as slick as a scene from one of Stahr's pictures. The romance unfolds, frame by frame, watched by Cecilia, a thoroughly modern girl who has taken her lessons in sentiment and cynicism from all the movies she has seen. Her buoyant humour and satirical eye perfectly complement Fitzgerald's panorama of Hollywood at its most lavish and bewitching. F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) has acquired a mythical status in American literary history, and his masterwork The Great Gatsby is considered by many to be the 'great American novel'. In 1920 he married Zelda Sayre, dubbed 'the first American Flapper', and their traumatic marriage and Zelda's gradual descent into insanity became the leading influence on his writing. As well as many short stories, Fitzgerald wrote five novels This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, The Beautiful and the Damned, Tender is the Night and, incomplete at the time of his death, The Last Tycoon. After his death The New York Times said of him that 'in fact and in the literary sense he created a "generation" '. It is the basis for the 1976 film directed by Elia Kazan and produced by Sam Spiegel, based on Harold Pinter's screenplay, starring Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jack Nicholson, Donald Pleasence, Jeanne Moreau, Theresa Russell and Ingrid Boulting.

Custom-made 3x5-inch card signed by Warner Baxter, the first actor to portray Jay Gatsby in Herbert Brenon's 1926 film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." The back of the card features an image from the Paramount Picture silent film. Blue borders were selected as a tribute to the original first edition dust jacket design by Francis Cugat.

Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Limited edition. One of 400 copies, signed by the illustrator Michael Graves. Bound in publisher's grey pictorial boards over green cloth spine with grey paper spine label. Housed in a green cloth slipcase with gray paper onlays depicting the front and back entrances of Gatsby's mansion with paper spine label. Includes the prospectus, which is tanned on the rear cover. Fine. The refined Arion Press edition of the enduring Jazz Age 20's classic. Illustrated by the famed Memphis Group architect Michael Graves. "Hoyem told Graves to imagine himself as Gatsby's architect and draw the buildings and grounds, the furniture and fixtures, the landscaping, automobiles, and cocktail glasses of East and West Egg and New York City, and the gas station and pool where characters meet their ends, but none of the characters themselves, who are left to the reader's imagination." The Arion Press Bibliography 15.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition, Second Printing. First edition, second printing, one of 3,000 copies, with all six textual errors from the first printing corrected. Signed by F. Scott Fitzgerald and inscribed "For Dorothy Bissell, April 1937, F. Scott Fitzgerald, in memory of hot arguments over the Supreme Court and the autonomy of Barcelona." Bound in publisher's original dark green cloth with spine lettered in gilt and upper board in blind; lacking the scarce dust jacket; housed in a custom chemise case. Very Good with a few abrasions to the cloth most notably at the spine, a patch of slight discoloration along the top edge of the rear cover, light occasional foxing throughout. Signed copies of the author's best-known work are scarce and desirable. This copy was auctioned by Christie's in 1983, and again in 1994. In 1983 it was sold alongside copies of This Side of Paradise and The Beautiful and the Damned, also inscribed by Fitzgerald to Dorothy Bissell in a rather playful manner and dated April, 1937. During April, 1937, Fitzgerald was living at the Oak Hall Hotel in Tyron, North Carolina while Zelda was in Highland Hospital in nearby Asheville. He was heavily in debt, often drunk, and his career was at a standstill; he would embark for Hollywood in June. Brucolli A 11.1.b.