The Vegetable: Or, From President To Postman.
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
The Vegetable: Or, From President To Postman.
First Edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Vegetable; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923.
$3,800.00
In Stock
Item Number: 147548
* Custom Clamshell Boxes are hand made by the Harcourt Bindery upon request and take approximately 90 days to complete
First edition of what Fitzgerald called, “undoubtedly the best thing I have ever written.” Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket illustration by John Held, Jr. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Fitzgerald’s original title for this absurdist romantic farce had been Gabriel’s Trombone. He told editor Max Perkins it was “the best piece of American comedy to date, and undoubtedly the best thing I have ever written.” His next book was The Great Gatsby (Berg, Max Perkins, Editor of Genius, 50). Bruccoli A10.1.a.
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