[ModLib] NOT SUCH A GREAT GATSBY

[Michael Watson]

Agreed. And Fitzgerald was keenly aware of the editions of his work.

-Michael

Quoting JOSEPH HILL <goodbooks at webtv.net>:

> If I were a writer of such merit and had great love for my wife, I   
> should not present her a 95 cent reprint but rather a fine first   
> edition of said work.
>
> SPECIALIZE IN MODERN LIBRARY
> FOLIO SOCIETY OF LONDON
> LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY
> EVERYMAN'S  LIBRARY
> The whole duty of art is listening for the voice of God
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TheBookScene.com
> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 5:21 PM
> To: For collectors of Modern Library books
> Subject: Re: [ModLib] NOT SUCH A GREAT GATSBY
>
> None of those facts, singularly or as a group, seem enough for a compelling
> doubt, to me.
>
> In fact, reason number 3 may tend to support the authenticity of the
> signature. I can see an author presenting a signed copy to his wife of his
> very 1st work at the time of first publication. Or a copy of a later work
> that she had a connection or made a contribution to. Any other work signed
> in this fashion would possibly indicate a separation?
>
> Neal
> TheBookScene.com
>
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 5:27 PM, JOSEPH HILL <goodbooks at webtv.net> wrote:
>
>>  Last week I sold a Modern Library Price Guide to a collector of first
>> editions who specializes in Fitzgerald; why he wanted a copy of the Guide, I
>> have no idea.
>> He stated that he has three inscribed Modern Library editions of the
>> Gatsby.
>> I then told him of the inscribed copy to his wife that I had seen at a San
>> Francisco book show with my eldest daughter some thirty years ago.
>> He then gave me the following reasons why that copy may well be a fake.
>> 1,) No major Fitzgerald collector  knows of its existence.
>> 2.) Even thirty years ago, the price of $1,600 would be  low.
>> 3.) At the time the Modern Library edition was published (1934), Zelda was
>> already institutionalized.
>>
>
>



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