Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first definitive paperback edition, later printing hardcover copy of This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Scribner Trade Paperback Edition stated, 2003 Scribner. 17th Printing with partial number line 17 19 20 18 and a $15.00 rear cover price.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, illustrated covers with no creases, mild surface wear, strong title on a square spine, clean page blocks, a tight binding with no spine cracks, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.
This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s romantic and witty first novel, was written when the author was only twenty-three years old. This semiautobiographical story of the handsome, indulged, and idealistic Princeton student Amory Blaine received critical raves and catapulted Fitzgerald to instant fame. Now, readers can enjoy the newly edited, authorized version of this early classic of the Jazz Age, based on Fitzgerald’s original manuscript. In this definitive text, This Side of Paradise captures the rhythms and romance of Fitzgerald’s youth and offers a poignant portrait of the “Lost Generation.”
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
