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Flappers And Philosophers
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Carlisle, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Collins, London, 1922 (1st U.K.). vii + 271pp + 8p ads. Blue cloth boards with red lettering. Boards little scuffed and rubbed, more so at hinges. Corners little bumped. Outer pages little foxed. End papers little browned. Inner hinge of front cover split (1cm). Bookplate inside front cover. Small name penned to corner inside front cover. 19x13cms.
Synopsis
Flappers and Philosophers was published in 1920 on the heels of Fitzgerald’s sensational debut, This Side of Paradise, and anticipated themes in The Great Gatsby. This iconic collection marks the writer’s entry into short fiction, and contains some of his most famous early stories, including “Bernice Bobs Her Hair,” “The Ice Palace,” “Head and Shoulders,” and “The Offshore Pirate.” In these pages we meet Fitzgerald’s trademark characters: the beautiful, headstrong young women and the dissolute, wandering young men who comprised what came to be called the Lost Generation. With their bobbed hair and dangling cigarettes, his characters are sophisticated, witty, and, above all, modern: the spoiled heiress who falls for her kidnapper, the intellectual student whose life is turned upside-down by a chorus girl, the feuding debutantes whose weapons are cutting words and a pair of scissors. An instant classic in its time, a confirmed part of the canon today, this collection evokes 1920s America through the eyes of a writer indelibly linked to that singular era. (Publisher Summary - Random House )
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jane & John Kinnaird
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1019
- Title
- Flappers And Philosophers
- Author
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins, London, 1922 (1st U.K.).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- 1st Edition;
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About the Seller
Jane & John Kinnaird
Biblio member since 2006
Carlisle
About Jane & John Kinnaird
Keswick Bookshop: We have a bookshop in Keswick in the English Lake District with antiquarian and secondhand books on most subjects and a selection of maps and prints.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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