New York: Scribners, 1920 2nd printing. "Published April 1920 Reprinted April 1920" on copyright page. Dark green cloth blindstamped in front and stamped in gilt on spine. 8vo. 305pp. Page foredges uncut. Endpages without the usually browning. Lacks jacket. Clean - no marks. Tight. An unusually very nice copy. Fine condition..

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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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Bookseller: Cultural Connection (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 11834
Title: This Side of Paradise
Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribners
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1920
Keywords: Literature
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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Copyright page: The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...