FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). All the Sad Young Men. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.

8vo. Original green cloth lettered in blind and gilt (rear hinge cracked, slight wear to extremities, very light staining); in unclipped dust jacket (spine panel and flap folds reinforced, some restoration and recoloring along folds and extremities); morocco-backed folding case.

FIRST EDITION of Fitzgerald's third collection of short stories. Of the nine stories, one of the best received, "Absolution," was originally planned to explain the background of The Great Gatsby. Bruccoli A13.1.a.