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| "... My whole theory of
writing I can sum up in one sentence: An author ought to write for the
youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the
schoolmasters of ever afterward ...." from The Author's
Apology, THIS SIDE OF PARADISE, 1st edition, 3rd printing,
1920. |
TENDER
IS THE NIGHT, inscribed by
F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1934
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First edition, third printing,
inscribed by F. Scott Fitzgerald, September
1940
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Book is
inscribed by F. Scott Fitzgerald to Walter L. Bruington, September 1940, three
months before Fitzgerald died. Walter L. Bruington was an assistant
City Attorney of City of Los Angeles, California. He was also a legal
associate of Jesse L. Lasky. Jesse
L. Lasky (1880-1958) was a Hollywood pioneer and founder of Paramount Studios.
By 1939, Lasky had become an independent producer whose main interest was
biographies of great Americans. The
life of Mark Twain was a natural, and Lasky negotiated a purchase for the movie
rights, the percentages divided between the Twain Estate and Sherman, as Lasky
was obliged to include Sherman’s play in the deal. In addition, Lasky hired
Sherman to write the preliminary movie treatment for shopping the film around to
major studios.
Walter L. Bruington, lived
at 6399 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California. Major
Walter L. Bruington was an Executive
Officer, Patent
Royalty Adjustment
Board, AAF
Materiel Command,
Wright Field, O. List
of prmotions in the JUDGE
ADVOCATE GENERAL'S
DEPARTMENT, 1 January to
15 May
1944. In 1952, Walter L. Bruington listed as living in Sherman
Oaks, California.
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Book condition: covers show some
wear; gold print on spine present, but dulled; head of spine slightly
frayed; internal pages bright and clean. Original first edition,
first printing dust jacket, supplied, yet lovingly matches book
condition: very good plus with some light chipping to head and toe and
sunning to spine.
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