The Great Gatsby

Published in 1925, this novel is narrated by Nick Carraway, who rents a house on Long Island next to the mansion of Jay Gatsby, a man who gives vast parties for people he does not know. Nick's cousin Daisy Buchanan lives across the bay with her husband Tom; Gatsby wants Nick to reopen his old love for Daisy, while Tom keeps a mistress in the city, Myrtle Wilson. The action moves among West Egg, East Egg, Manhattan flats, and a valley of ashes under an oculist's sign. Money, rumours of Gatsby's business, and a death on the road bring the summer to a crisis. The book is a novel of the American rich in the Jazz Age.

All edges. Green ribbon page marker. Bound in blue/green goatskin leather, blocked in 2 foils with a design by the artist. Printed and bound by Graphicom, Italy. Blue/green clamshell box covered in cloth which is screen-printed and foil blocked with a design. Display Box lettering commissioned from Atelier Olschnsky Grafik und Design OG, Vienna. Sold out in 2h15m.