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"Taps at Reveille" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First edition, first state, with pages 349-352 uncancelled and the text unrevised on pages 350 and 351. One of only 5,100 copies printed. Octavo (7.5 x 5.125 inches; 190 x 130 mm.). [12], 407, [1, blank] pages. Original dark bluish green cloth linen-grain cloth with blind single-rule border on front cover and with spine ruled and lettered in gilt; top and bottom edges trimmed; original illustrated dust jacket by Doris Spiegel, priced at $2.50. A beautiful copy with vibrant, unmarked boards with little sign of wear. Contents lightly toned, as usual; offsetting to the front pastedown and front free endpaper. Jacket with moderate wear and soiling mostly to edges and folds; spine faded and rubbed, with a few small chips at extremities. Near fine book in a very good jacket. An attractive, unrestored example. Bruccoli, Fitzgerald, A17.1.a1 ("First edition, only printing, first state").

Taps at Reveille is a collection of 18 short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1935. It was the fourth and final collection of short stories published by Fitzgerald.