New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First Edition. First Printing, earliest state of the text, with clear, unbattered type on pages 38, 90, and 248. Octavo (19.5cm); hunter green cloth, with titling stamped in gilt on the spine and in blind on the front panel; dustjacket; [viii],267,[1]pp. Tiny tear at..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. First Edition. Fitzgerald's second novel, first serialized in Metropolitan Magazine (1921-22), set in the heyday of Jazz Age New York and centered around the hedonistic activities of a young artist and his flapper wife. Bruccoli A8.1.a. First Printing (without Scribner's logo on copyright page)..... More
London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1922. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); navy blue cloth, with titling, ruled border, and publisher's logo stamped in orange on spine and front cover; viii,271,[1] + [8]pp publisher's ads. Light wear to extremities, a few corners gently bumped (though still sharp)..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First Edition. Fitzgerald's second book and first collection of short fiction, collecting eight stories, most of which were first published in the pages of The Saturday Evening Post and Scribner's Magazine. Bruccoli A6.1.a. First Printing, one of 5,000 copies. Octavo (19.5cm); full hunter green..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1926. First U.K. Edition. The first English edition of Fitzgerald's third novel and most enduring work, the story of a flamboyant racketeer's attempt to recapture the upper-class girl he fell in love with during the waning years of World War I. While hailed for many decades..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. The fourth and final book of short stories published during Fitzgerald's lifetime, with a single printing of 5,100 copies. Among the 18 stories collected are some of Fitzgerald's finest short fiction, including "The Freshest Boy," "Crazy Sunday," "First Blood," and "Babylon Revisited."..... More
London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1923. Early UK printing of Fitzgerald's first novel, centered around the lives of young socialites in post-World War I New York. Both the first and second UK printings of This Side of Paradise vary "unauthoritatively from the first Scribner's printing of the novel..... More
New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1920 [but 1923]. Fifteenth Printing, and the first published by Burt. Octavo (19.5cm); light blue cloth, with titles stamped in navy blue on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [viii],305,[1] + [6]pp ads. Light wear to extremities, sunning to spine ends and upper board edges, with..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. First Edition. First Printing, one of 7,650 copies. Octavo (19.5cm); full hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and in blind to front cover; [viii],145,[1]+[2]pp ads. Spine ends gently nudged, hint of offsetting from jacket flaps onto endpapers, else a fresh..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959. Second American Edition. First Printing, with "A-6.59" code on copyright page. Octavo (20.75cm); teal cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-189,[3]pp. A single, faint adhesive shadow on front and rear endpaper, some rubbing along the center of the front joint; contents..... More