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Grey Walls Press Limited, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First UK edition, First published in England in 1949 stated on copyright page. Rare in dust jacket. Front and rear free end paper missing. Some tape on inside of dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate attached to front paste-down; handwritten name on half-title page. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

The Last Tycoon, edited by the preeminent Fitzgerald scholar Matthew J. Bruccoli, is a restoration of the author's phrases, words, and images that were excised from the 1940 edition, giving new luster to an unfinished literary masterpiece. It is the story of Hollywood's Golden Boy, Monroe Stahr, as he battles father figures, corporate giants, and true heartache.

Identification can be made by looking for the publisher's name, Charles Scribner's Sons, along with the absence of later editing notes or mentions of a posthumous publication. The first UK edition was published in 1949.