Description
First edition, first printing of This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Octavo, [8], 305pp. Publisher’s green cloth, title in gilt on spine. First printing with Scribner’s Seal on copyright page and “Published April, 1920” statement. Free of any marks, notations or ownership inscriptions. Light wear from handling, some rubbing to gilt title on spine, slight lean to text block. Bumped lower corners. Lacking the exceptionally rare dust jacket. (Bruccoli A5.1.a) A very good example.
This is the first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first book, one of only 3000 copies printed.
