Offered here is a scarce first edition, first printing of The Last Tycoon. An Unfinished Novel...Together with The Great Gatsby and Selected Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published by Scribner’s, New York, in 1941. This important posthumous collection features Scribner’s seal and the letter “A” on the copyright page, denoting a true first printing.
 
A pivotal volume in American literary history, The Last Tycoon played a major role in the mid-20th-century revival of Fitzgerald’s reputation, which had waned after his death. Included alongside The Great Gatsby and several selected stories, this collection offers a unique window into the evolution of a modern master. Cited in Bruccoli A19.I.a.
Later adapted into the 1976 film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Robert De Niro, this edition holds both literary and cinematic significance.
 
Physical Details:
Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering (gilt now mostly rubbed off)
Top edge stained red (faded)
Protected in a new Facsimile Dust Jacket.
Octavo~ 476 pages
 
Condition: A very good copy lacking the scarce original dust jacket. Topstain faded a bit; gilt titles mostly worn away. Lacking front free endpaper. Despite a few cosmetic flaws, the book remains sound, quite scarce and historically significant.
 
Collector’s Note: An essential addition to any Fitzgerald collection and a vital artifact from the resurgence of interest in one of America’s literary titans.