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1935 First Edition
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. The fourth and final book of short stories published during Fitzgerald's lifetime, with a single printing of 5,100 copies. Among the 18 stories collected are some of Fitzgerald's finest short fiction, including "The Freshest Boy," "Crazy Sunday," "First Blood," and "Babylon Revisited." Bruccoli A17.1.a(2). First (only) Printing, second state, with pages 349-352 cancelled, introducing three revisions in "One Interne." Octavo (19.5cm); hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xii],407,[1]pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, with $2.50 price measuring 3/16" high at upper front flap; pinpoint wear to extremities, with some trivial dustiness to the white portions of the spine panel, but with the orange still bright and unfaded - a superlative example.

About Taps at Reveille

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.

Identifying the First Edition of Taps at Reveille

The first edition of 'Taps at Reveille' has 'A' printed on the copyright page.