F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Crack-Up

New York; London, A New Directions Book, 1945. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of essays by F. Scott Fitzgerald, including letters and poems. The first edition, first impression, second state, with black text to the title page. This is one of the copies produced for distribution throughout the British Empire.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Crack-Up' is a posthumous collection of essays by F. Scott Fitzgerald, three of which had originally been published in 'Esquire' in 1936; these essays are titled 'The Crack-Up', 'Handle With Care', and 'Pasting it Together&apos.This volume also includes a selection of letters to Fitzgerald from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, and T. S. Eliot, in which they praise 'The Great Gatsby&apos. Bookplate of W. B. Sharland to the recto of the front endpaper. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Bookplate to the recto of the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is a little edge worn, with a couple of closed tears, larger tear to the head of the rear joint. Spine is sunned. Light handling marks to the wraps. Torn label to the front fly leaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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