The Vegetable: Or, From President To Postman.
First Edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Vegetable
The Vegetable: Or, From President To Postman.
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
$600.00
Item Number: 125443
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923.
First edition of what Fitzgerald called, “undoubtedly the best thing I have ever written.” Octavo, original cloth. In fine condition.
Fitzgerald’s original title for this absurdist romantic farce had been Gabriel’s Trombone. He told editor Max Perkins it was “the best piece of American comedy to date, and undoubtedly the best thing I have ever written.” His next book was The Great Gatsby (Berg, Max Perkins, Editor of Genius, 50). Bruccoli A10.1.a.
