Tales of the Jazz Age
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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London (Birr), Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Copp, Clark Co., Limited, 1922. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The first Canadian edition, printed from Scribner's (probably 3rd state), but with integral title-page. Dark green cloth hard covers. Titles in blind to front, with (still bright) gilt stamped titling to spine. Fore-edge untrimmed. Title-page shows 1922, while copyright page bears the erroneous date 1902. Slightest bumping/shelf-wear to edges of covers. Edges toned, with the two leaves at the Table of Contents a little roughly opened. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- as sound, bright and really handsome a copy as you might hope to find. ii[blank]+xii,317+5[blank]pp..
Synopsis
Tales of the Jazz Age is an anthology of nineteen short stories by renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald, including "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," "Dice, Brassknuckles and Guitar," and "Love in the Night."
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- Bookseller
- CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69344h
- Title
- Tales of the Jazz Age
- Author
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Copp, Clark Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- literature fiction modern first editions F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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London (Birr), Ontario
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Leaves
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- Copyright page
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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