This Side of Paradise
$250 · Offered by Biblio
In dust jacket
New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, 1920. 5th Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. 1920 5th printing, printed in the same year as the first edition, all 3000 copies of which sold within three days of publication. Lacks jacket. An excellent copy with just a few minor cosmetic blemishes to boards. Binding tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. 305 pp., 6-page terminal publisher ad. Original light blue cloth, dark blue titles. Author s first novel. Fitzgerald s fictional debut and first published work, This Side of Paradise is about post-World War I youth, and features Amory Blaine, a student at Princeton University. It resulted in overnight fame for Fitzgerald, who was praised by the likes of H.L. Mencken for the work s genius.
- Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons
- Year: 1920
- Edition: 5th Printing
- Binding: hardcover
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