F. Scott Fitzgerald — The Crack-Up

New York , New Directions, 1945. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's posthumously published collection of essays. The first UK edition of this posthumous collection of essays by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. The second state, with black text to the title page.In the publisher's original cloth boards. With a tipped in printed label stating British distribution "throughout the British Empire" to the verso of the half title page. 'The Crack-Up', compiled and edited by American literary critic and journalist Edmund Wilson, includes three essays Fitzgerald originally wrote for Esquire (first published in 1936). The work also comprises letters from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T. S. Eliot and others, as well as poems by Edmund Wilson, Paul Rosenfeld and more. In the publisher's original cloth boards. Externally, very smart. With moderate rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Marks and slight dulling to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. With a small contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .