This Side of Paradise
New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1923. Reissue. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Item #2346337
1923 printing (Bruccoli A5.I.n). Lacks jacket. Spine and edges toned, ink name on front endpaper, 1 inch closed tear on rear endpaper.
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. The first print run of 3,000 copies sold out in three days.
Price: $150.00