Author: Zelda Fitzgerald
Title: Save Me the Waltz
Description: London, The Grey Walls Press, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of Zelda Fitzgerald's only novel, a smart copy in the original dust wrapper, an exploration of the Jazz Age. The first U.K. edition, first impression. This novel was originally published in the United States in 1932.In the original publisher's cloth binding.'Save Me the Waltz' is a semi-autobiographical novel, recounting the lives of Jazz Age hedonists Alabama Beggs and David Knight, thinly veiled portrayals of Zelda and her husband. A vivid novel, set in Europe during the post-war boom, and in the Deep South during the Jim Crow era.Zelda wrote this novel whilst a voluntary patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital's Phipps Clinic in Baltimore. Though the publisher was unimpressed with the novel, he was urged to publish it by her husband. Though F. Scott praised the writing, it was a critical and commercial failure, selling around 1,300 copies. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Fading to the head and tail of the spine. A couple of small marks to the boards. Dust wrapper is edge worn, with chips to the head and tail of the spine, and a large tear to the front fly leaf. Spine is sunned. Light handling marks and spots to the wraps, including spots to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.
Keywords: Save Me the Waltz zelda fitzgerald deep south jim crow zelda fitzgerald None
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Title: Save Me the Waltz
Description: London, The Grey Walls Press, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of Zelda Fitzgerald's only novel, a smart copy in the original dust wrapper, an exploration of the Jazz Age. The first U.K. edition, first impression. This novel was originally published in the United States in 1932.In the original publisher's cloth binding.'Save Me the Waltz' is a semi-autobiographical novel, recounting the lives of Jazz Age hedonists Alabama Beggs and David Knight, thinly veiled portrayals of Zelda and her husband. A vivid novel, set in Europe during the post-war boom, and in the Deep South during the Jim Crow era.Zelda wrote this novel whilst a voluntary patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital's Phipps Clinic in Baltimore. Though the publisher was unimpressed with the novel, he was urged to publish it by her husband. Though F. Scott praised the writing, it was a critical and commercial failure, selling around 1,300 copies. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Fading to the head and tail of the spine. A couple of small marks to the boards. Dust wrapper is edge worn, with chips to the head and tail of the spine, and a large tear to the front fly leaf. Spine is sunned. Light handling marks and spots to the wraps, including spots to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.
Keywords: Save Me the Waltz zelda fitzgerald deep south jim crow zelda fitzgerald None
Price: GBP 150.00 = appr. US$ 214.20 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 942P29
- Book number: 942P29
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