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 stamped gilt lettering (gilt still bright)
Top edge stained red (a bit faded)
Original publisher’s dust jacket present with the $2.75 price.
Octavo~ 476 pages
 
Condition: An outstanding copy in a very good jacket. Dust jacket is chipped along the top edge with light staining and shows wear to extremities and spine. Topstain faded a bit; titles stamped in gilt and still bright. Lacking front free endpaper. Front lower corner bumped and spine ends softened with toning to endpapers. 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.