This Side of Paradise (The First Edition Library)
Shelton, Connecticut: The First Edition Library, 1990. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #2205375
Includes publisher's slipcase and jacket. A couple minor blemishes to slipcase, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
305 pp. 8vo. High quality facsimile reprint of original first edition - an affordable alternative to the scarce original. Original black cloth hardcover binding, blind-stamped titles on front cover, gilt spine titles, original jacket replicated with matching image on slipcase. 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. The first print run of 3,000 copies sold out in three days.
Price: $75.00