The Great Gatsby by FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT - 1989

New York: First Edition Library, 1989. This facsimile copy of the first edition copy has a terrific full page handwritten inscription and signed from actress Karen Black who co-starred in the 1974 film version opposite Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. Inscribed: “In this great book, when the character that I play in the movie version, Myrtle Wilson, dies, her spirit is described by Fitzgerald as being so huge it rips her mouth when it escapes in death. I went to the director, Jack Clayton, and asked that my mouth be made-up to include the tears. He agreed. I won the Golden Globe for this film. Karen Black.” The scene in the book to which Ms. Black is referring is where Fitzgerald remarks: “the mouth was wide open and ripped a little at the corners, as though she had choked a little in giving up the tremendous vitality she had stored so long.” The book, itself, is an exact facsimile edition reproducing the first edition as published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in 1925 including the colorful dust jacket. As new in dust jacket. Enclosed in the publisher’s cloth slipcase. Karen Black is among America’s most accomplished actors, an Academy Award nominee, a Golden Globe winner, and has received many other awards for her performances. Three of her films have been chosen by the Library of Congress for the National Film Registry declaring them national treasures. Among her films are Five Easy Pieces, Easy Rider, Nashville, The Day of the Locust, Family Plot, Burnt Offerings, Portnoy’s Complaint, etc.