Fitzgerald scott larry phillips editor (5 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : New. 1st Edition. First printing. Features: Price on Product. Physical Info: 0.4" H x 8.3" L x 5.5" W (0.25 lbs) 128 pages. Price covers secure ship in padded w/proof polymer w/track #. As F. Scott Fitzgerald famously decreed, "An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever after." Fitzgerald's own work has gone on to be reviewed and discussed for over one hundred years. His masterpiece The Great Gatsby brims with the passion and opulence that characterized the Jazz Age--a term Fitzgerald himself coined. These themes also characterized his life: Fitzgerald enlisted in the US army during World War I, leading him to meet his future wife, Zelda, while stationed in Alabama. Later, along with Ernest Hemingway and other American artist expats, he became part of the "Lost Generation" in Europe. Fitzgerald wrote books "to satisfy [his] own craving for a certain type of novel," leading to modern American classics including Tender Is the Night, This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned. In this collection of excerpts from his books, articles, and personal letters to friends and peers, Fitzgerald illustrates the life of the writer in a timeless way.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First edition. 136 pages. Small book of quotes on the nature of writing from Fitzgerald's letters and from some of his works. Review copy with PR sheet from Scribner's and review slip.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Fine/Fine. AS NEW FIRST EDITION IN DJ.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Fine/Fine. AS NEW FIRST EDITION IN DJ.

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. 105 pages. A clean very near fine copy in red printed wrappers. Uncommon in this format.