Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Vegetable. New York: Scribner's, 1923

8vo. Publisher's green linen cloth, stamped in gilt and white. Original pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by John Held, Jr.; some minor chips, edge tears and fold splitting. Quarter-morocco folding case.

Brucolli A10.1.a

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First edition, signed by Fitzgerald on the front endpaper. The author’s only drama and a flop from its 19 November 1923 opening, with patrons fleeing up the aisles during the second act from boredom or offense (the latter being Zelda’s suggestion).