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The Last Tycoon: an unfinished novel.
by Fitzgerald, F Scott
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: red cloth; bookplate, one corner is badly rubbed; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the jacket is faded a
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941.. 3rd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: red cloth; bookplate, one corner is badly rubbed; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the jacket is faded at the spine.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: An unfinished novel, edited and with a foreword by Edmund Wilson. The publisher's blurb reads: ''Unfinished though it is, The Last Tycoon proves without a doubt that Fitzgerald was one of the great novelists. In addition to providing an illuminating Foreword, Edmund Wilson has assembled a tentative outline of the rest of the story as Fitzgerald intended to develop it, and has appended passages from the author's notes dealing with the characters and scenes.'' Note: the only printed date is the 1941 copyright. Publisher's code from the copyright page: C-6.60 shows this to be a third printing from June of 1960.
Synopsis
The Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel about a Hollywood producer who finds himself not only struggling to find love and success in a world of cut-throats, but who is in the ultimate struggle for his own life. The Last Tycoon is Fitzgerald's final work, a novel he was working on at the time of his death.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Bookworm
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 067528
- Title
- The Last Tycoon: an unfinished novel.
- Author
- Fitzgerald, F Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: red cloth; bookplate, one corner is badly rubbed; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the jacket is faded a
- Edition
- 3rd Printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1941.
- Pages
- 163 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (8.25 inches tall)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Bookworm
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Oroville, California
About The Bookworm
We are a small town bookstore, in the same location for over fifteen years. We strive to maintain a wide selection of books in lower price ranges.
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