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Lot Number
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59
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Author
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FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT.
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Title
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THIS SIDE OF PARADISE.
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Year Published
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1920
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Place Printed
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NEW YORK SCRIBNER'S
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Description
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8vo (190 x 133mm.), first edition, first printing, publisher's dark green linen-like cloth, spine gilt-lettered, upper cover lettered in blind, original dust-jacket with illustration by W.E. Hill, full green morocco gilt folding-case with green buckram chemise, jacket expertly restored at edges and on the flap folds, not affecting text, and with a few other small repairs, also not affecting text paper
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Lot Note
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Bruccoli A5.1.a Fitzgerald's first novel, one of only 3000 copies, of which only a handful survive in the original dust-jacket. The present jacket has all of Bruccoli's first issue points. "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.
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Estimated Price
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USD 50,000.00 - 60,000.00
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Actual Price
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USD 61,250.00
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