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FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT. Pat Hobby Stories. Introduction by Arnold Gingrich. 8vo, blue cloth, edges ligh...

FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT. The Pat Hobby Stories. Introduction by Arnold Gingrich. 8vo, blue cloth, edges lightly rubbed; dust jacket, only minor rubbing to spine ends and tips. New York, (1962)

  • Notes: first edition. inscribed and signed by gingrich to New York advertising executive H. Paul Warwick. Fitzgerald was in desperate financial condition while trying to make it as a Hollywood screenwriter in the late 1930s and `40s. Gingrich proved his salvation by agreeing to publish any story sent to him, albeit for a meager fee. Despite its print run of 8,000, a scarce title Signed.
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