This Side of Paradise

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1920. 6th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. 6th printing (July 1920). Strong gilt titles on spine. Early review tipped in on front endpaper and half-title page, ink name (Stella B. Forbes) on front endpaper. 305 pp. Original dark green cloth, gilt and blind-stamped titles. Author's first novel. Fitzgerald's fictional debut and first published work, This Side of Paradise is about post-World War I youth, and features Amory Blaine, a student at Princeton University. It resulted in overnight fame for Fitzgerald, who was praised by the likes of H.L. Mencken for the work's genius.