The Great Gatsby (Rare WW II Armed Services Edition)

New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc / Charles Scribner's Sons, n.d. 1st Thus. 24mo. Very Good. Item #16029

A very scarce WW II Edition of Fitzgerald's 1925 masterpiece, published in a small format designed to fit in the uniform pockets of American G.I.s fighting overseas.

222pp + 2, with a listing of other A.S.E. titles on the verso of the rear wrap. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for a few short linear pen marks along to lower outer edges of a handful of pages.

Wraps with mild rubbing, edge wear and a few short creases, mainly at corners. a few creases to spine. Pages lightly tanned.

Overall a desirable copy of this scarce piece of literary WW II history!

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