#23: First Edition of The Great Gatsby
We all have old books boxed somewhere in the attic, right? Well, The Jones Brothers, a prestigious rare-book seller in the UK, have made waves by auctioning a first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby for a hefty sum, complete with its original 1920s dust jacket.
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The allure of this first edition lies in its rarity, stunning cover art, and captivating narrative. A distinctive typo on the dust jacket spelled ‘jay Gatsby’ with a lowercase ‘j’. Despite correction attempts with a stamp, its uniqueness only increased.