Here are the books in the History category. Click on a thumbnail to see first edition criteria (and photos).

Year

Title

Author

Publisher

1918


 

Genseric
Copyright year matches the year on the title page (1918) with no statement of  (more...)

Last: Bigelow
First: Poultney

Putnam
Original Price: $1.50
Pages: 207

1934


 

On Our Way
COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT on the top of the copyright page  (more...)

Last: Roosevelt
First: Franklin D.

John Day Company
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 300

1946


 

Hiroshima
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page with no references to  (more...)

Last: Hersey
First: John

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $1.75
Pages: 118

1948


 

Crusade in Europe
The true first is a signed edition limited to one thousand four hundred and  (more...)

Last: Eisenhower
First: Dwight D.

Doubleday and Company
Original Price: $5.00
Pages: 559

1952


 

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
The true first edition was printed in Amsterdam in 1947.

Below is the  (more...)

Last: Frank
First: Anne

Doubleday and Company
Original Price: $3.00
Pages: 281

1953


 

The Spirit of St. Louis
The first edition was a signed and numbered presentation edition. Below is  (more...)

Last: Lindbergh
First: Charles

Pulitzer Prize

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $5.00
Pages: 562

1955


 

Profiles In Courage
The true first edition carries FIRST EDITION and the printing code M-E  (more...)

Last: Kennedy
First: John F.

Pulitzer Prize

Harper & Brothers
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 266

1956-58


 

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
This is a set of four books, published between 1956 and 1958 by Cassell &  (more...)

Last: Churchill
First: Winston S.

Cassell

1960


 

Mr. Citizen
The true first was a signed limited edition housed in publisher slipcase.  (more...)

Last: Truman
First: Harry S.

Bernard Geis Associates
Original Price: $5.00

1962


 

Six Crises
First Edition is stated on the bottom of the copyright page. Presidential  (more...)

Last: Nixon
First: Richard M.

Doubleday and Company
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 459

1969


 

Thirteen Days
"First Edition January 20, 1969" is stated on the copyright page with full  (more...)

Last: Kennedy
First: Robert F.

Norton & Company, Inc.
Original Price: $5.50
Pages: 224

1979


 

The Right Stuff
"First printing, 1979" is stated on the copyright page. Gray boards. (more...)

Last: Wolfe
First: Tom

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $12.95
Pages: 436

1983


 

On Wings of Eagles
While we have no evidence to say this definitively, we believe the true first  (more...)

Last: Follett
First: Ken

Collins
Original Price: £9.95
Pages: 447

1996


 

Between Hope and History
FIRST EDITION is stated below 2 4 6 8 7 5 3 number line on the copyright  (more...)

Last: Clinton
First: William

Times Books
Pages: 178

1996


 

Into the Wild
Villard is a division of Random House which denotes a First Edition/1st  (more...)

Last: Krakauer
First: Jon

Villard
Original Price: $22.00
Pages: 207

2000


 

In the Heart of the Sea
"First published in 2000 by Viking Penguin," is stated on the copyright page  (more...)

Last: Philbrick
First: Nathaniel

National Book Award

Viking Penguin
Original Price: $24.95
Pages: 302

2000


 

Flags Of Our Fathers
Copyright page has full number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". Boards are blue  (more...)

Last: Bradley
First: James

Bantam
Original Price: $24.95
Pages: 376

2001


 

Seabiscuit
First Edition is stated below 24689753 number line on the copyright page.  (more...)

Last: Hillenbrand
First: Laura

Random House
Original Price: $24.95
Pages: 399

2003


 

Jarhead
Copyright page has full number line "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2". Boards are gray  (more...)

Last: Swofford
First: Anthony

Scribners
Original Price: $24.00
Pages: 260