The Crack-Up

New York: James Laughlin (A New Directions Book), 1945. 347 pages; 24 cm. Near fine in well-worn fair jacket with several chips and closed tears, now in archival mylar. Hardcover.

Contents: Echoes of the Jazz Age -- My Lost City -- Ring -- "Show Mr. And Mrs. F. To Number -- " -- Auction: Model 1934 -- Sleeping and Waking -- the Crack-Up -- Early Success -- the Note-Books. Anecdotes; Bright Clippings; Conversation and Things Overheard; Descriptions of Things and Atmosphere; Epigrams, Wisecracks and Jokes; Feelings and Emotions (Without Girls); Descriptions of Girls; Descriptions of Humanity (Physical); Ideas; Jingles and Songs; Karacters; Literary; Moments (What People Do); Nonsense and Stray Phrases; Observations; Rought Stuff; Scenes and Situations; Titles; Unclassified; Vernacular; Youth and Army -- Letters to Friends -- Letters to Frances Scott Fitzgerald -- Three Letters About "The Great Gatsby" From Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, and T.S. Eliot -- a Letter From John Dos Passos -- a Letter From Thomas Wolfe -- F. Scott Fitzgerald / by Paul Rosenfeld -- the Moral of Scott Fitzgerald / by Glenway Wescott -- a Note on Fitzgerald / by John Dos Passos -- the Hours / by John Peale Bishop. ¶ 

American fiction. Écrivains américains -- 20e siècle -- Correspondance. Roman américain. American fiction. Authors, American. Named Person: Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 -- Correspondence. Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. Poetry essays. poetry. Poetry. Literature. Essays. Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. Personal correspondence. Essays. Personal correspondence. Poetry. Literature. Essais. Correspondance privée. Poésie.