First editions of The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby (New York: Scribners, 1925). The first printing of the first edition.
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A. First printing of the dust jacket, with the lower-case "j" in "Jay" hand-corrected.
B. Second printing of the dust jacket, with "Jay."
C. Third printing of the dust jacket, with review comments.
First British editions
The Great Gatsby (London: Chatto & Windus, 1926). The first British printing of the first edition, showingthree states of the dust jacket:
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A. In earliest state of the dust jacket; on front flap: '7 S. NET'..
B. Remainder dust jacket with price altered to 2/6. Author's inscribed presentation copy to Edwin Barret.
C. Remainder dust jacket with price altered to 2/-.
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