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FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896?1940).?Tales of the Jazz Age.?New York: Charles Scribner?s Sons, 1922. 8vo. (Few leaves with small brown spot near fore?edge, remnants of bookseller?s label on rear pastedown). Original blue?green cloth, gilt?lettered spine (few tiny spots of dust smudging to upper cover, two tiny spots to lower cover); facsimile dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with ?and? instead of ?an? on p. 232. Fitzgerald's second book of short stories, including the well?known ?May Day,? ?The Diamond as Big as the Ritz,? and ?The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.? Fitzgerald is credited with coining the phrase ?The Jazz Age? to describe the Roaring 20's. Bruccoli A9.1.a.