F Scott Fitzgerald TENDER IS THE NIGHT 1982 Signed Limited Edition Decorative Binding Color Illustrations Fred Meyer Slipcase American Author Final Novel Mental Health Alcoholism Fiction Psychiatry The Limited Editions Club Charles Scribner III Prospectus

Title: Tender is the Night
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald - Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s. He finished four novels: "This Side of Paradise," "The Beautiful and Damned," "Tender is the Night" and his most famous, "The Great Gatsby." A fifth, unfinished novel, "The Love of the Last Tycoon," was published posthumously. Fitzgerald also wrote many short stories that treat themes of youth and promise along with despair and age.

Novels such as "The Great Gatsby" and "Tender is the Night" were made into films, and in 1958 his life from 1937–1940 was dramatized in "Beloved Infidel."
Publisher: The Limited Editions Club
City: New York
Year: 1982
Printing Information: Limited Edition
Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 319 pages
Width: 9" Height: 11.25"
Book Details: Decoratively bound in a pale blue, cream and tan floral-patterned cloth, this out-of-sequence limited edition from The Limited Editions Club is signed by illustrator Fred Meyer and Charles Scribner III. Presented in a black slipcase with gilt lettering, this volume contains full-page color illustrations from gouaches by Fred Meyer.

Tender Is the Night is the fourth and final novel completed by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was first published in Scribner's Magazine between January and April 1934 in four issues. The title is taken from the poem "Ode to a Nightingale" by John Keats.

In 1932, Fitzgerald's wife Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald was hospitalized for schizophrenia in Baltimore, Maryland. The author rented the La Paix estate in the suburb of Towson to write this story of the rise and fall of Dick Diver, a promising young psychiatrist, and his wife, Nicole, who is also one of his patients. It was Fitzgerald's first novel in nine years and the last that he would complete. The early 1930s, when Fitzgerald conceived the book, were the darkest years of his life, and the novel's bleakness reflects his own experiences. The novel almost mirrors the events of Fitzgerald and Zelda's lives, as characters are pulled and put back into mental care, and the male figure, Dick Diver, starts his descent into alcoholism. While working on the book, Fitzgerald was beset with financial difficulties. He borrowed money from both his editor and his agent and wrote short stories for commercial magazines.

Fitzgerald considered Tender Is the Night to be his greatest work. Although it received a tepid response upon release, it has grown in acclaim over the years and is widely regarded as among Fitzgerald's best books. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked the novel 28th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
Condition / Notes: This beautifully bound book shows well, with minimal indications of age and wear. The binding and text block are sound. Text and illustrations are clear and crisp on clean pages. The slipcase displays very mild shelfwear.

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