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

8vo. Half-title. (Some minor toning, slight creasing to a few leaves.) Original dark green cloth stamped in blind and gold (slight wear to extremities, minor staining, front endpapers refreshed with upper hinge reinforced, lower hinge separating); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (slight soiling and staining, some chipping with a few short tears primarily to spine ends and panel folds, some adhesive remnants on the front flap); folding case.

FIRST EDITION of Fitzgerald's third collection of short stories, published shortly after The Great Gatsby, and includes the story "Absolution," which "is a penetrating and profound effort to articulate life in primal and dark conflict. It is simple and stripped of all artifice" (The New York Times, 7 March 1926). Bruccoli A13.1.a.
Property from the Estate of David Green Jr.