The Beautiful and the Damned

A near fine copy in green cloth with the gilt spine lettering relatively bright, lacking the dustjacket. Second state with Scibner's seal present and advertising at book end. Hinges square and tight. Lovely copy in proptective mylar covering. The Beautiful and the Damned followed Fitzgerald's impeccable debut, This Side of Paradise, thus securing his place in the tradition of great American novelists. Embellished with the author's lyrical prose, here is the story of Harvard-educated, aspiring aesthete Anthony Patch and his beautiful wife, Gloria. As they await the inheritance of his grandfather's fortune, their reckless marriage sways under the influence of alcohol and avarice. A devastating look at the nouveau riche, and the New York nightlife, as well as the ruinous effects of wild ambition. Lovely copy in proptective mylar covering.