"Flashes of Genius by and Expert in Self-Destruction"
Tender is the Night.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.
Price: $9,000.00
About the item
First Edition, first printing in second state jacket with blurbs by Clum, Seldes and Rawlings on front flap. Very good with some wear at extremities and paper repairs on verso. Scarce in jacket. 408 pp. With decorations by Edward Shenton. 1 vols. 8vo. "Flashes of Genius by and Expert in Self-Destruction" Original dark bluish green cloth (linen-like grain). Bruccoli A14.I.a.
Item #320844
Fitzgerald began Tender is the Night in 1925, the same year The Great Gatsby was published. He know he had written an important book with Gatsby, but thought that his success hinged at the follow-up. By the time he had finished Tender in 1933, however, his life had taken several torturous turns: Zelda's breakdown and the onset of the Great Depression darkened Fitzgerald's sensibilities, a shigt which became evident in portions of the book.
