F. Scott Fitzgerald — Tender Is the Night

London, The Grey Walls Press, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of the revised text of 'Tender Is the Night', the final novel completed by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, this revision favoured by him. The first UK edition of the revised text, with the author's final revisions and a preface by Malcom Cowley.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. The text of this edition is based on Fitzgerald's own annotated copy, of which he stated, "This is the final version of the book as I would like it" - The "final revisions" refer to Fitzgerald's attempts to improve the novel after its initial publication. Malcolm Cowley, a literary critic and friend of Fitzgerald, often wrote prefaces for editions of Fitzgerald's work.'Tender Is the Night' chronicles the rise and fall of Dick Diver, a promising young psychiatrist, and his wife, Nicole, who is one of his patients. Set in the French Riviera, the story mirrors events in the lives of that of Fitzgerald and his own wife, Zelda. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with only minor shelf wear. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine, with chips to the head and tail. General edge wear to the wrap, with minor losses to the heads and tails of the folds. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with only minor offsetting to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.