This Side Of Paradise

by Fitzgerald, F Scott

This Side of Paradise is the debut novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Published in 1920, and taking its title from a line of the Rupert Brooke poem Tiare Tahiti, the book examines the lives and morality of post-World War I youth. Its protagonist, Amory Blaine, is an attractive Princeton University student who dabbles in literature and has the book's theme of love warped by greed and status-seeking.

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Charles Scribner’s Sons published a First Edition, First Printing in New York, 1920. 

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W. Collins Sons & Co. published a Second Edition in London, 1923. 

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by F Scott Fitzgerald

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1920, 1948
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Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920,1948. Condition: Fine. Original ¼ black and blue cloth covers, blind-stamped, flat spine with gilt title. , 255 pp.
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Charles Scribner’s Sons, NY, 1967; 8vo, 282 pages; reprinted from plates reset in 1960. Fine, in full calf boards with raised bands, gilt rules, red morocco spine labels, gilt titles, silk headbands, and decorative fleur-de-lis end papers. Original owner name debossed in gilt on lower right corner of the front board. Clean, crisp, bright,sharp, no signatures or any… Read more about this item
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1920
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Cloth. Near Fine. 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,… Read more about this item
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London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, 1923. Early UK printing of Fitzgerald's first novel, centered around the lives of young socialites in post-World War I New York. Both the first and second UK printings of This Side of Paradise vary "unauthoritatively from the first Scribner's printing of the novel in some 850 readings. This figure does not include… Read more about this item
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This Side Of Paradise

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1920
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Third Printing. 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… Read more about this item
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This Side of Paradise

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1920
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920 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… Read more about this item
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This Side of Paradise.

This Side of Paradise.

by FITZGERALD, F. Scott.

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1947
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NY:: Grosset & Dunlap,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1947. Hardcover. B01LXS3DR7 . First edition thus. Light spotting on top edge, previous owner's name and date (1950) on front free endpaper, else very good in a very good (moderate edge wear, sun faded along the spine) dust jacket.; 305 pages .
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by F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

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1948
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This Side of Paradise was the first novel (1920) of the American writer F Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940). It is about the morality of American youth in the aftermath of World War I; it explores the theme of love warped by greed and status-seeking. Scribner's was always Fitzgerald's publisher; after his death, in 1948, Scribner's reprinted all of… Read more about this item
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This Side of Paradise; The Beautiful and Damned; The Great Gatsby; Tender is the Night; The Last Tycoon.
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by FITZGERALD, F. Scott.

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New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920; 1922; 1925; 1934; 1941. . 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,… Read more about this item
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by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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1920
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First Edition, First Printing. 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… Read more about this item
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THIS SIDE OF PARADISE

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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1920
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First Edition, Third Printing. Hardcover. 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… Read more about this item
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1920
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Scribners, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. A very good first edition in a fine facsimile dust jacket. Published April, 1920 stated on the copyright page. Housed in a slipcase decorated with the dust jacket of the book.
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This Side of Paradise

This Side of Paradise

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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First Edition
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1920
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Charles Scribner's Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. 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,… Read more about this item
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This Side of Paradise

This Side of Paradise

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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1920
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Later printing. Cloth. Near Fine. 7-3/4" x 5-1/2". [10], 305, [5, blank] pp. Seventh printing, issued in August, 1920, four months after the book's initial publication. Original green cloth. Corners of boards lightly bumped, very faint water spots to front cover. Otherwise a nearly fine copy, clean and sound.
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This Side of Paradise   [In Pictorial Slipcase]
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This Side of Paradise [In Pictorial Slipcase]

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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First Edition
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2000
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Hardcover
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Shelton, Connecticut - New York: First Edition Library - Charles Scribner's Sons, 2000. First edition thus. Fine facsimile of Charles Scribner's first edition in pictorial slipcase. No date; circa 2000 printing. Stated at copyright: "Published April, 1920"; original Scribner colophon below this. Navy full-cloth boards, blind-stamped cover titles, crisp gilt spine titles, fine. Deckled… Read more about this item
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THIS SIDE OF PARADISE

THIS SIDE OF PARADISE

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1923. 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.n. Fifteenth Printing, and the first published by Burt. Octavo (19.5cm); light blue cloth,… Read more about this item
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This Side of Paradise

This Side of Paradise

by FITZGERALD, F. Scott

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1921
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London: W. Collins & Sons, 1921. Hardcover. Near Fine. 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.
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This Side of Paradise

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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First Edition, First Printing
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1920
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First Edition, First Printing. Very good. 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.… Read more about this item
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THIS SIDE OF PARADISE (1ST FEL )

THIS SIDE OF PARADISE (1ST FEL )

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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1920c
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Scribners: NY 1920c. Fine in Very Good dust jacket; New. 1920c. Hardcover. Facsimile-replica by The First Edition Library of the 1920 first ed, first printing by Scribners. Book is in fine condition, just has a former owner name stamp on title page that seems to blend in with publisher's black type. Vg, dust jacket. Modest wear to… Read more about this item
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This Side Of Paradise

This Side Of Paradise

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Published
1920-01-01
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non applicable, 1920-01-01. Hardcover. Good//Good. . 5x8x2. *FACSIMILE REPRINTS*GOOD/GOOD. White jacket spine with orange illustrated front jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector, approx. 5.5'' x 7.5'', 305pp., small chips and creases to spine edges, edges and corners of covers, some light to moderate rub wear to edges, spine hinges and folds of jacket, few small and… Read more about this item
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