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FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896?1940). This Side of Paradise. Ne...

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FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896?1940). This Side of Paradise. New York: Charles Scribner?s Sons, 1920. 8vo. FIRST EDITION, second printing (printed same month as the first edition) with Scribner?s shield. Publisher?s dark blue-green cloth, upper cover titles stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt (original ownership signature in pencil of William Rose Ben?t to ffep). A SUPERB COPY OF THE AUTHOR?S FIRST WORK. Bruccoli A5. I. b. Provenance: from the library of William Rose Ben?t; the 1942 Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry.