That cover: How a strip of paper made The Great Gatsby one of the most collectible novels in history

The cover of the first edition of The Great Gatsby (1925) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

April 10 marked the 90th anniversary of the publication of The Great Gatsby. As we prepare to offer our first edition Gatsby for sale, Henry Bemis plans offering our friends some perspectives on the book, its significance, and its value to collectors.

Here, from Lapham's Quarterly, London book dealer Peter Harrington explains how the book's iconic cover came to be:

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