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Fitzgerald, F. Scott [cover painting by Paul Bacon]. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$11.80 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1920.reprint Mass Market Paperback. 0684174685 . 282 pages. Some tanning of the paper including the spine else a Near Fine copy. .bx246

Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 282pp.; HB blue w/silver; some rub w/dj wrap glued to pastedwns.; library marks,pkt.,etc.,otherwise clean,tight pgs. DJ white w/blue&blk.; rubbed w/library id,bttm.spine. novel.

Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Eighth printing, issued September of 1920. Bound in green cloth. Edges rubbed with some fraying to the cloth and spots on the cover.

Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920.

Price: US$32.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES : good hard cover. No dust jacket. Book club edition. Deckle edges. Bracketing and underlining on some pages. A crease on page 97/98. 159 pp. 8vo

Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1920.

Price: US$36.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Green cloth binding with blind stamped front cover and gilt stamped spine. 305pp. Private bookplate on front endpaper. light general wear, gold on spine clear. Photos on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Valley Books, AMHERST, MA, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$49.99 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Facsimile first edition, with slipcase. Minor edge wear and handling soil to slipcase. Light edge wear and handling soil to boards and jacket. Pages clean and crisp. In very good shape overall.

Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.

F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920.

Price: US$90.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: This 1920 Printing is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a hardcover book with 305 pages. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The title page shows 1920 as the published date and the copyright page states Reprinted May, June and July of 1920. The green cloth covers show some light edgewear and light soiling. This old book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!

Seller: THIS OLD BOOK, Brookfield, IL, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Tight binding, solid black boards with blind stamped lettering and rubbing to corners and spine ends, 1/2 tear to head of spine, small book seller's stamp to front paste down, otherwise unmarked pages throughout. In mylar cover. As is.

Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1920.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Grosset & Dunlap. New York. 1920. 305 pages. First Edition thus. First printing of the Grosset & Dunlap edition; printed after the Charles Scribner edition. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are sound. Rubbing to cloth along panel edges. One corner tip is barely pushed. 3 small faint spots on pastedowns; clipped corner on front free endpaper. Original DJ with 100100 price intact on flap. DJ ha a large open chip at base of spine; smaller open chip at crown with a small piece of DJ disjointed on spine. Light fading to DJ spine. Shelf-rubbing and wrinkles along DJ edge. VG/G with noted flaws.

Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1920.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 305pp. 2nd Printing. Original cloth, lettering stamped in gilt. Author's first book. Corners bumped, two corners rubbed through. The lettering on the front cover is completely flaked away. The spine lettering is a little dull. Pastedowns and endpapers browned and a little foxed. A sound copy of a scarce book in an early printing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Seller: Jon Speed: The Book Scout, Azle, TX, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 305 pages. The September 1920 reprint. Light soil to upper board; textblock top edge toned; foxing to endpapers. Four consecutive leaves with outer corner slightly proud and creased [binder's error: pp. 39-46]. No inscriptions; binding sound. 7.75 x 5.4 inches.

Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1920.

Price: US$210.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Ninth (October 1920) printing. Very good or better with light wear. Gilt spine lettering bright. No markings, tears, stains or other major flaws.

Seller: Bruce Davidson Books, Arlington, MA, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald F. Scott. THIS SIDE OF PARADISE. Custom Clamshell Case. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, [1920, Book Date], 1920.

Price: US$210.00 + shipping

Description: 1st Edition Clamshell Collecor's Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Elegant Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, the case is finished in fine black Nuba® & goldenrod cloth gilt stamped spine title piece, 'Sculpted' 'couple' design on the side. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph, that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for over 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available. Book definitely NOT included.

Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Second printing, hardcover, binding is a little loose with sligh lean to spine and a very light pull at page 120-1, faint sunning to spine, very light bumps to spine ends and corners, and some rubbing with a few faint, light smudges, otherwise a solid VG copy.

Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920.

Price: US$281.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 6th printing (July 1920). Early review tipped in on front endpaper and half-title page, ink name (Stella B. Forbes) on front endpaper. 305 pp. 7 3/4 x 5 1/2. 8vo. 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.

Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.

FITZGERALD, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Fourth printing (published a month after the first). Owner's name (Alison Heminway of Brooklyn), spine lettering a little dull but easily readable, very good lacking the dustwrapper One of 5000 copies printed of the fourth printing.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side Of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons,, New York:, 1920.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: Very near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with very faded gilt text on the spine and blind embossed text on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 5 inches with only touches of light wear to the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards. Without it issued dust jacket. 305 pages of text. A very clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. As noted by Bruccoli in his bibliography of Fitzgerald's works, the numerous mispellings and typos which appeared in the first edition and early reprints were not corrected in the plates until the fourth printing. Only 5,000 copies of this, the third printing, were produced. (Bruccoli 5.I.a)

Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.

F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A handsome, well-preserved copy of the April 1920 2nd printing of F. Scott Fitzgerald's first published novel. Solid and VG+ in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-titling at the spine. Tasteful bookplate to the front pastedown, light offsetting at the endpapers and very slight cocking to the binding. Still though, clean and very presentable.

Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.

F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Second printing, April 1920. Very good in original black cloth, embossed title to front board and gilt lettering at spine. Endpapers show some rubbing and toning; faint dampstain to lower edge of textblock. Lower corners are bumped at both spine and page edges; showing very slight fraying. Binding tight though slightly off from square condition, else contents crisp and clean. Scarce.

Seller: Heaven Haven Books, Bellevue, KY, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner?s Sons, 1920.

Price: US$381.50 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 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.

Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. THIS SIDE OF PARADISE. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, 305 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in navy cloth with gilt text on spine. "Reprinted Twice April 1920" and Scribner's Seal on title page. Boards have mild edgewear and shelfwear. Textblock has glue staining to front endpaper and pastedown along hinge, slight tearing to gutter between pages 6 and 7, slight age toning, and page 305 uncut. Shelved Case 13. 1370761. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

F. Scott Fitzgerald.. This Side of Paradise. First edition, second printing 1920 original cloth. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1920.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Second printing, April 1920, crown 8vo (7.5 x 5.25 inches), pp. (8), (1-2), 3-305, (1). Bruccoli A5.1.b 3025 copies after 3000 first printing copies also in April,1920. Original gilt and blind lettered green cloth. Near fine clean copy with faint ring on cloth upper side, gilt lettering a bit dull. A few pages opened roughly with minor lower margin only tears without loss. Neat old signature J. Arthur Kitson on front free endpaper. Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. H10644 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.

Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner and Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$675.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: This Side of Paradise, is Fitzgerald's first novel, published by Charles Scribner and Sons, New York, 1920, is a first edition, 7th printing. Book is in good condition (some bumping and wear), with no DJ. Digital pictures available upon request.

Seller: Merchant Means, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Flappers and Philosophers. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920.

Price: US$800.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, first printing. One of 5,000 copies. Publisher's green T cloth (no priority), lettered in blind to front board and lettered in gilt to spine. Very good or better, with a spot of staining to rear board, a hint of soiling to front board, very light wear to spine ends, a couple of tiny nicks to gilt on spine, otherwise bright, and light bump to bottom rear corner. Overall, a sturdy copy. Bruccoli A 6.I.a. Flappers and Philosophers, the author's first collection of short stories, followed Fitzgerald's debut novel This Side of Paradise, which brought the twenty-four-year-old author much critical and commercial fame. As per Scribner's sales tactics, each collection of short stories was scheduled to follow the publication of a novel, with the goal of the short story collection feeding off the popularity of its companion novel. Flappers and Philosophers contains eight of the author's best early stories: "The Offshore Pirate," "The Ice Palace," "Head and Shoulders," "The Cut-Glass Bowl," "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," "Benediction," "Dalyrimple Goes Wrong," and "The Four Fists." In these pieces, Fitzgerald introduces his archetypal Jazz Age characters that would come to be collectively known as the Lost Generation: attractive, impulsive young women (flappers) and licentious, nomadic young men (philosophers).

Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$900.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; former owner's inscription and a date are in black ink on the ffep; spine is a little faded; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used first edition / eighth printing! Author's first book! Embossed lettering on the front board and faded gilt lettering on the spine. Deckle page edges. Wonderfully well-preserved for its 90+ year age! From the copyright page: "Published April, 1920. Reprinted twice in April, 1920. Reprinted May, June, July, August, September, 1920." 305 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "Armory Blaine inherited from his mother every trait, except the stray inexpressible few, that made him worth while. His father, an ineffectual, inarticulate man with a taste for Byron and a habit of drowsing over the Encyclopedia Britannica, grew wealthy at thirty through the death of two elder brothers, successful Chicago brokers, and in the first flush of feeling that the world was his, went to Bar Harbor and met Beatrice O'Hara." ---- from Chapter 1 (Amory, Son of Beatrice). Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Seller: Conover Books, Martinsville, VA, U.S.A.

F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition. First edition, first printing, with no additional dates and Scribner's seal on the copyright page. Facsimile Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic (Brodart) protector. Cover shows minor wear, hinges starting to crack, some minor staining on the edges, pages are tanned and clean. A very nice copy in facsimile dj.

Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$1200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches (190 x 130 mm); pp. vi +305; printed in 11 pt Old Style type on wove paper. Dark blue cloth binding, title dry stamped on front cover, and goldstamped on spine, top and bottom edges trimmed; no dust jacket. Hathaway armorial bookplate pasted down inside front cover, paper cracked at inside front cover and in two other places inside the book but binding is square and solid; paper evenly toned, small chip at bottom of back cover. Faded ink inscription on front endpaper. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with the year 1920 on both the title and copyright pages and "Published April, 1920" and the Scribner's Seal on the copyright page, with no indication of later editions printed, and uncorrected mistakes that were edited in 4th and 7th printings (see Bruccoli, Matthew J. F. Scott Fitzgerald: a Bibliography. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1987). [Bruccoli A 15.I.a]. Fitzgerald's debut novel examines the lives and morality of carefree American youth at the dawn of the Jazz Age, a generation largely untouched by the psychological and material horrors of World War I, and turned to hedonistic pursuits. Its protagonist, Amory Blaine, is an attractive middle-class student at Princeton University who dabbles in literature and engages in a series of romances with flappers. The novel explores the theme of love warped by greed and status-seeking, and it sparked a societal debate over their perceived immorality. This Side of Paradise was published on March 26, 1920, with a first printing of 3,000 copies. The initial printing sold out in three days. Within months of its publication, the 23-year-old author's debut novel became a cultural sensation in the United States, and F. Scott Fitzgerald became a household name. The book went through twelve printings in 1920 and 1921 for a total of 49,075 copies. This COPY is from the FIRST PRINTING.

Seller: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC, Middletown, NY, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$1245.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 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

Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.

F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A tight, very presentable copy of the April 1920 1st edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's immensely successful 1st published book, limited to 3,000 copies in the 1st edition. Solid and VG in its dark-green cloth, with especially bright gilt-titling along the spine. Light spotting and offsetting at the pastedowns and endsheets, a touch of very mild spotting at the front panel. The dizzying success of this maiden effort was soon followed (in September 1920) by his first short story collection, "Flappers and Philosophers"

Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. THIS SIDE OF PARADISE. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$1600.00 + shipping

Description: First Printing, one of 3,000 copies. Octavo (19.75cm); full hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and in blind to front cover; [viii],305,[7]pp. Light external wear, corners gently bumped (though still sharp), faint foxing to endpapers, a few small whitish spots to spine, and shallow dampstaining along left edge of rear cover; Very Good, with the spine gilt slightly dulled, but still quite legible. Fitzgerald's first novel, an examination of the lives of well-to-do youth before and after World War I, showing "sensitive and intelligent young people reacting to new sex customs, new literary ideas, and prosperity" (Coan, America in Fiction, p.115). Bruccoli A5.1.a.

Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920.

Price: US$1800.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition, first printing (April 1920 publishing date and no subsequent lines). Binding a little weak, with webbing showing at front hinge, and some separation elsewhere. Pages unmarked, uncreased and unstained, but slightly tanned. Small tears at the bottom of pp. 193-196 (bad cutting, probably). Dark cloth cover has some wear to corners and spine tips. Spine title clean. No dustjacket.

Seller: Eat My Words Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

FITZGERALD, F. Scott.. This Side of Paradise.. New York Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920.

Price: US$1815.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, sixth printing; 8vo; light age-toning to text block, else unmarked internally; publisher's dark green cloth, titles to spine gilt, titles to upper cover in blind, slight bumping to spine ends and corners, bookseller's label to rear pastedown, fore-edge uncut, with the stated 'tenth large printing' pictorial dustjacket, loss to spine affecting titles, spine toned, light soiling and edge-wear, else a very good example overall. The sixth printing of the author's landmark debut novel, which examines the lives and morality of carefree American youth at the dawn of the Jazz Age.

Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom

FITZGERALD, F. Scott.. This Side of Paradise.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Description: 305 pp. 8vo, publisher's green cloth supplied with a printed facsimile dust jacket. First edition. Very slightly cocked; else an unworn copy with good gold on the spine. Author's first book.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: A very sharp, well-preserved copy of the April, 1920 true 1st edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's first published book. Tight and Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with bright, very lightly-dimmed gilt-titling along the spine. Internally, clean as could be, with no writing or markings to speak of. Firmly-bound, clean, crisp boards. Only 3,000 copies of the 1st edition were printed and, as legend has it, these were sold out in 3 days, prompting a 2nd and even a 3rd printing to come out in the same month, April of 1920. (Facsimile dustjacket included).

Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, 1920.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo., dark bluish green grained cloth, front cover blindstamped and spine gilt-lettered; slightly soiled, First edition, first printing. Bruccoli A5.1.a. A lovely copy of Fitzgerald's first book.

Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing. 305 pp. Printing flaw affecting pages 186-187 and 190-191, with these pages not printed. 1 vols. 8vo. Fitzgerald's First Book. Fitzgerald's first book, printed in 3,000 copies and released at the end of March 1920. The first printing sold out within days, and a second printing was issued in April. Bruccoli A5.1.a Original green cloth lettered in gilt on spine 305 pp. Printing flaw affecting pages 186-187 and 190-191, with these pages not printed. 1 vols. 8vo

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. [vi], 305 pp. Publisher's dark navy cloth, front stamped in blind, spine in gilt. A Near Fine copy with a little rubbing to gilt, bottom tips worn, hinges a little free. An attractive copy of the American author's debut novel.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner and Sons, 1920.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Sixth Printing. Dark blueish green cloth, front cover blindstamped and spine gilt-lettered. Prior owners name on inside front cover. In archival cover.

Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, 1920.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Octavo, dark bluish green grained cloth, front cover blind-stamped and spine gilt-lettered; slightly soiled. First edition, first printing. Bruccoli A5.1.a. From the library of Frank P. Robinson (1906-1983), with the educational psychologist's ownership signature on the front endpaper. A longtime professor at Ohio State University, Robinson authored a dozen textbooks on the science of counseling psychology. A striking copy of Fitzgerald's first book with a distinguished provenance.

Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920.

Price: US$2750.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, first printing. One of 3,000 copies. Publisher's original blue-green cloth binding, front board lettering stamped in blind, spine lettering stamped in gilt. About near fine, with some faint soiling to boards, bright gilt, light offsetting to endpapers, and previous owner's stamp to half-title page. Overall, a very bright and attractive copy. Bruccoli A5.1.a. This Side of Paradise is Fitzgerald's first novel, based on the author's undergraduate experience at Princeton University and courting of his future wife Zelda Sayre. In this novel, Fitzgerald explores the theme of the "Lost Generation," or the generation whose adolescence coincided with World War I and who faced the radically different post-war world with feelings of dejection and a jaded sense of morality. He would continue to explore this theme in later novels, including The Beautiful and Damned (1922) and The Great Gatsby (1925). The layout of the text, which is divided into three sections: "Book One: The Romantic Egoist," "May, 1917 - January, 1919," and "Book Two: The Education of a Personage," emphasizes the major cultural shift that occurred after WWI. The story features Amory Blaine, a young Princeton student with a penchant for literature and weakness for beautiful debutantes, who leaves his Midwestern home to study at Princeton and travels overseas during the war after being recruited for the American armed services. The novel leaves Blaine feeling rather depressed, rejected by both women he was interested in and crestfallen at the death of his mentor, which he expresses with the notable last line: "I know myself, but that is all." While the events and characters of the novel are based on Fitzgerald's own life, the plot is also an allegory for the Lost Generation's worldview in the wake of WWI.

Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$3500.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing - in a rare original ninth printing dust jacket (as stated at the top of the front panel). Book measures approximately 7.75" x 5.25", with 305 numbered pages. This book is in very good condition. Moderate staining and surface wear to the boards. Previous owner's signature on the front endpaper. The original dust jacket is in very good minus condition. Moderate chipping and paper loss to head of spine- extending to the top of the front panel. Minor edgewear to the extremities. White areas of jacket evenly darkened. This novel explores the lives and mortality of carefree American youth at the dawn of the Jazz Age. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory# (N3-92).

Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$4500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing. A spectacular copy. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with slight wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION with publisher's seal printed on the copyright page with NO indication of later editions printed.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$7500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "Published April, 1920" printed on the copyright page with NO indication of later editions printed. A stunning copy bound in the publisher's green cloth. The book appears UNREAD and is in amazing shape. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy with a beautiful facsimile dustjacket from the original.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

FITZGERALD, F. Scott.. This Side of Paradise.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$12500.00 + shipping

Description: 305 pp. 8vo, publisher's green cloth; preserved in a custom quarter morocco folding box. First edition. Front free endpaper lacking with a tiny loss to the upper corner of the front pastedown; rear (inner) hinge split but underlying structure sound; top edge of the text block darkened; else a very good copy with most of the gold lettering on the spine present. There is some minor scuffing to the extremities of the spine, mostly at the bottom. Author's first book. Signed and inscribed by F. Scott Fitzgerald for "My Dear Friend Chad Davis" on the half-title page.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$17500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Edition, third printing SIGNED by F. Scott Fitzgerald on the apology page. A wonderful copy. The book is bound in the publisher's green cloth with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy SIGNED by the author. We buy Fitzgerald First Editions.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

FITZGERALD, F. Scott.. This Side of Paradise; The Beautiful and Damned; The Great Gatsby; Tender is the Night; The Last Tycoon.. New York Charles Scribner's Sons ; 1922; 1925; 1934; 1941, 1920.

Price: US$23595.00 + shipping

Description: First editions, first impressions, first issue of The Great Gatsby with 'sick in tired' on p205, 'chatter' on p60, 'northern' p119, and 'Union Street station' p211; 5 vols, 8vo; Scribner seal to copyright pages, page stock slightly toned (as often), very occasional minor spotting and smudging to margins, evidence of ownership signature to half-title of The Last Tycoon, else all vols clean and fresh; full dark green morocco gilt by Temple Bookbinders, gilt lettering to spines, red topstain to The Last Tycoon; an attractive set. A superb set of first editions by one of the leading authorial voices of the Jazz Age, uniformly bound in an attractive full green morocco binding. These works have inspired numerous adaptations for both film and television, with the most recent being the Academy Award winning film adaptation of The Great Gatsby (2013) starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan.

Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom

FITZGERALD, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$27500.00 + shipping

Description: Full Description: FITZGERALD, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First edition, first printing. Only 3,000 copies printed (compared to just under 21,000 copies of The Great Gatsby) of which only a handful survive in the original dust jacket. Copyright page states "Published April, 1920" with the Scribner's Seal and no statements of reprinting. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches; 193 x 132mm). [8], 305, [7, blank] pp. This copy has a previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper which is dated April 11, 1920 and reads "To Dear Old 1786, From Cuzzled." This book was published on March 26th, 1920, so this had to have been one of the earliest printed copies. Original dark bluish green linen-like grain cloth lettered in blind on front cover and ruled and lettered in gilt on spine. Top edge dyed brown, others uncut. Some very minor shelfwear to the head and tail of the spine and corners. Inner hinges with hairline cracks, but holding firm. Pages lightly toned, but still a very good copy. In the scarce original pictorial dust jacket. Jacket has been expertly restored with a the front flap in facsimile. Also restored it the top 1/8 -inch of the upper edge and left corner of the front panel, with the "TH" of "THIS" in facsimile, the top of the spine with "This Side of" and most of "Paradise" in facsimile. The bottom of the spine with the "BNERS" of Scribners in facsimile. The back panel has restoration to top and bottom edge, and "IBNER FI" of "Scribner Fiction" in facsimile. The back flap also has restoration along edges. The whole jacket has been backed. Even with all of the restoration, this is still a scarce item. Any jacket for this book is a rare find, even with heavy restoration. Overall a very good set. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell. Fitzgerald had previously written lyrics to musical comedies that were privately published by Princeton University. This is his first literary work. "Immature though it seems today, [This Side of Paradise] when it was first published was considered a revelation of new morality of the young in the early Jazz Age; and it made Fitzgerald famous. The novel's hero, Amory Blaine, is a handsome, spoiled young man who attends Princeton, becomes involved in literary activities and has several ill-fated romances. A portrait of the Lost Generation, the novel addresses Fitzgerald's later theme of love distorted by social climbing and greed" (Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature). "Fitzgerald was still at university when he submitted the manuscript, then titled The Romantic Egoist, to Charles Scribner, whom he had known at Princeton. It was published on 26 March 1920, was an immediate success, and launched Fitzgerald's literary career." (Sotheby's). Bruccoli, Fitzgerald, A5.1.a HBS 68907. $27,500.

Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.

FITZGERALD, F. Scott.. This Side of Paradise.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$30000.00 + shipping

Description: 305 pp. 8vo, publisher's green cloth. Early edition; sixth printing, July, 1920. Very good or better, with light use to extremities of the spine. The gold is quite bright and completely legible. Author's first book. Signed by F. Scott Fitzgerald for Edward Everett Horton, with a full-page inscription, including "the later Ring Lardner once said of Irwin Cobb that he was 'very fond of books, of which he has a complete set'." Edward Everett Horton, a Hollywood actor, was Fitzgerald's landlord in the late 1930s in Encino, California.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920.

Price: US$30000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, third printing SIGNED by F. Scott Fitzgerald on the glossy leaf bearing "The Author's Apology." A beautiful copy. According to the Fitzgerald Bibliography by Bruccoli, "500 copies of the third printing have a special tipped-in glossy leaf bearing "The Author's Apology" each signed by Fitzgerald. These copies were prepared for a meeting of the American Booksellers Association." The book is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's cloth and is in amazing shape. The gold lettering on the spine is present, and the boards are crisp with slight wear to the edges. The binding is tight and square with NO cocking. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy SIGNED by the author. We buy F. Scott Fitzgerald First Editions.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.