F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise. W. Collins Sons & Co., London, England, 1921.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The cover has dark blue cloth with red lettering and rule lines. The copyright page only has "Copyright 1921." Four pages of the publisher's ads are in the back. The cover's edges have intermittent places of color loss from shelf wear rubbing. The spine strip's top and bottom edges are frayed, and a third of the back edge is split. The pages are tanned, and the text block ends are even more so. The front endpaper has an owner's name. Three page margins have light stains. One page has multiple stains on the margins and two, small light ones on the text. The upper ends of three of the ads and the back free endpaper have foxing. Scans e-mailed upon request.
Seller: Books from the Past, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise. W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd, London UK, 1921.
Price: US$571.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A UK first edition of This Side of Paradise. Original blue cloth boards with red borders and lettering. Light bumping of the edges with a few marks on the boards. Wear to the spine and fold ends. Browned end pages and contents. 8vo 292pp with 4 pages of publishers advertisements at the end of the book.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.. This Side of Paradise.. W. Collins, London., 1921.
Price: US$844.70 + shipping
Description: First U.K. edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 292, [4] adverts. Original blue cloth lettered in orange. The author's first novel.Head and tail of spine slightly scuffed. Very good indeed. No dustwrapper.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
F Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise. W Collins Sons & Co Ltd, London UK, 1921.
Price: US$844.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original blue cloth boards with red rules and lettering. Light bumping to the spine ends. Light markings. Front/rear pages are lightly foxed. Clean contents within. 292 pp with publishers advertisements.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
FITZGERALD, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. W. Collins & Sons, London, 1921.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First English edition. Neat contemporary owner name on the front fly, a little foxing to the foredge and endpapers, and a couple small spots on the boards, near fine lacking the dustwrapper. Fitzgerald's first book, altered considerably from the American edition.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
FITZGERALD, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. W. Collins & Sons, London, 1921.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First English edition. Neat contemporary owner name on the front pastedown, and a little soiling on the page edges, a near fine copy lacking the dustwrapper. Fitzgerald's first book, altered considerably from the American edition.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.