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The great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald ; illustrated by Chuck Wilkinson
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott) (1896-1940)
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- Hardcover
- first
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1980. 1st edition - The Franklin Library Limited edition. Hardback. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked genuine brown leather. Gilt decorated tooling to front and rear boards. Raised bands. Classic Franklin Library design. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Silk endpapers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. All-edges-gilt. An exceptional copy that includes Franklin Library editor's Great Gatsby notes. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 220 pages; Description: 220 p., [1] leaf of plates : col. ill. ; 21 cm.Subjects: Traffic accidents --Fiction. Married women --Fiction. First loves --Fiction. Rich people --Fiction. Mistresses --Fiction. Revenge --Fiction. Long Island (N.Y.) --Fiction. Series: The 100 greatest masterpieces of American literature.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 214245
- Title
- The great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald ; illustrated by Chuck Wilkinson
- Author
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott) (1896-1940)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition - The Franklin Library Limited edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania: Franklin Library
- Date Published
- 1980
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- Tight
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