(FITZGERALD F SCOTT) The Princeton Bric A Brac Volume XLIII

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(FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT.) The Princeton Bric-A-Brac. Volume XLIII: Yearbook for 1919. Illustrations, most photographic. Oblong 8vo, gilt-stamped black faux leather, some rubbing, slightly cocked; large bookplate on front pastedown. Princeton, 1917-18

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f. scott fitzgerald's college yearbook. He entered Princeton in 1913 as a member of the class of 1917-18. While there, he became friends with future critics and writers John Peale Bishop (class of 1917) and Edmund Wilson (class of 1916). He wrote for the Triangle Club and was a member of the University Cottage Club (which still displays his desk and writing materials in its library). His name and/or picture appear in 7 places: as Class of 1918 on pg. 36; as member of the Triangle Club with photo on pg. 131; name on 132; as author of play "Safety First" on pages 134 and 137; as member of the Tiger Board on pg. 154; name listed as a member of the University Cottage Club, but marked as absent with an asterisk; on page 295 as a member of the Frenau Club, and in the Directory on pg. 356 as a resident of Campbell Hall. A photographic illustration of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and President Hibben appears on page xxxiii of the advertising section.