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; Inscribed by Him to Fellow Author and Friend Charley Towne
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923.
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First edition of what Fitzgerald called, “undoubtedly the best thing I have ever written.” Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Charley Towne from his admiringly Scott Fitzgerald.” The recipient, Charles Towne was an author, poet and editor, who wrote The Harvest of the Sea about the RMS Titanic. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket illustration by John Held, Jr. Uncommon signed and inscribed, especially in the original dust jacket.
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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