This Side of Paradise
$1,245 · Offered by Biblio
First edition
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1920. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 305 pages; 1920 Charles Scribner's Sons. HC 1st edition, 1st printing of Fitzgerald's breakout 1st novel. Soundly bound and clean in original thatch pattern green cloth lettered in gilt at spine and in blind to the front. Gilt at spine generally solid and still bright with mild rubbing to the T in This and the first A in Paradise. Cloth a little crimped and pulled at spine ends. Corners lightly shelf bumped and a little softened. It appears the front free endpage has been glued down to the front pastedown, possibly to reinforce a partial split in the hinge or to obscure prior ownership, unknown. Superficial shelf soiling to the rear board. Solid and attractive copy of the 1st printing, published initially by Scribner's in 3000 copies. VG .
- Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
- Year: 1920
- Edition: First Edition
- Printing: first
- Binding: hardcover
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