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Year

Title

Author

Publisher

1922


 

One of Ours
The first edition consists of 345 "de luxe" copies offered via mail order.  (more...)

Last: Cather
First: Willa

Pulitzer Prize

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 459

1923


 

A Lost Lady
The first edition consisted of 20 copies on "Borzoi all rag paper signed by  (more...)

Last: Cather
First: Willa

Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 174

1936


 

How to Win Friends and Influence People
Date on the bottom of title page matches the 1936 copyright page date. The  (more...)

Last: Carnegie
First: Dale

Simon and Schuster
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 337

1948


 

Guard of Honor
"first edition" is stated. (more...)

Last: Cozzens
First: James Gould

Pulitzer Prize

Harcourt Brace and Company
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 631

1948


 

Other Voices, Other Rooms
FIRST PRINTING is stated on the top of the copyright page. Binding is beige  (more...)

Last: Capote
First: Truman

Random House
Original Price: $2.75
Pages: 231

1950


 

Episode in Palmetto
First edition is stated on the copyright page with no references to  (more...)

Last: Caldwell
First: Erskine

Duell, Sloan and Pearce
Original Price: $2.75
Pages: 252

1953


 

The Enormous Radio
Contains "I" on copyright page. Blue-green cloth stamped in gilt on spine.  (more...)

Last: Cheever
First: John

Funk & Wagnalls Company
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 237

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

1957


 

The Wapshot Chronicle
The true first edition carries FIRST EDITION and B-G (February 1957) on  (more...)

Last: Cheever
First: John

National Book Award

Harper & Brothers
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 307

1958


 

Breakfast at Tiffany's
First Printing is stated on the copyright page. Yellow cloth boards with  (more...)

Last: Capote
First: Truman

Random House
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 179

1959


 

The Manchurian Candidate
First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket has price of  (more...)

Last: Condon
First: Richard

McGraw-Hill Book Company
Original Price: $4.50
Pages: 311

1962


 

Silent Spring
FIRST PRINTING is stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket carries a price  (more...)

Last: Carson
First: Rachel

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $5.00
Pages: 368

1965


 

In Cold Blood
There were 500 copies of the first edition that were specially bound and  (more...)

Last: Capote
First: Truman

Random House
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 343

1969


 

The Andromeda Strain
FIRST EDITION is stated on copyright page. (more...)

Last: Crichton
First: Michael

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 295

1972


 

The Terminal Man
FIRST EDITION is stated on copyright page. 1972 is stated on title page.  (more...)

Last: Crichton
First: Michael

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 247

1975


 

The Great Train Robbery
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. Boards are olive with maroon  (more...)

Last: Crichton
First: Michael

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $7.95
Pages: 266

1977


 

The Falconer
First Edition is stated on the copyright page. (more...)

Last: Cheever
First: John

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $7.95
Pages: 213

1978


 

The Stories of John Cheever
"First Edition" is stated on copyright page. (more...)

Last: Cheever
First: John

Pulitzer Prize

National Book Award

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $15.00
Pages: 693

1980


 

The Lords of Discipline
Copyright page has full number line "P 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1", with 1980 on  (more...)

Last: Conroy
First: Pat

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $12.95
Pages: 499

1984


 

The Hunt for Red October
The copyright page has exactly 18 lines of text, including a Library of  (more...)

Last: Clancy
First: Tom

Naval Institute Press
Original Price: None
Pages: 387

1985


 

Ender's Game
Copyright page states First TOR Printing: January 1985. Boards are blue with  (more...)

Last: Card
First: Orson Scott

TOR
Original Price: $13.95
Pages: 357

1986


 

The Prince of Tides
Copyright page has full number line "S 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". (more...)

Last: Conroy
First: Pat

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $19.95
Pages: 567

1986


 

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

Last: Clancy
First: Tom

Putnam
Original Price: $19.95
Pages: 652

1987


 

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

Last: Clancy
First: Tom

Putnam
Original Price: $19.95
Pages: 540

1988


 

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
First Edition is stated above full number line "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10" on the  (more...)

Last: Chabon
First: Michael

Morrow
Original Price: $16.95
Pages: 297

1989


 

Spartina
First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Quarter bound with teal paper  (more...)

Last: Casey
First: John

National Book Award

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $18.95
Pages: 375

1990


 

Jurassic Park
The true first edition was published by the Franklin Library as a signed  (more...)

Last: Crichton
First: Michael

Franklin Library
Original Price: None
Pages: 400

1991


 

Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
First Edition is stated on copyright page below Random House number line  (more...)

Last: Cisneros
First: Sandra

Random House
Original Price: $18.00
Pages: 165

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

1998


 

The Hours
"First Edition" is stated with no references to other printings. Boards are  (more...)

Last: Cunningham
First: Michael

Pulitzer Prize

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $22.00
Pages: 229

2000


 

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Copyright page states "2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3" and "FIRST EDITION". Back of dust  (more...)

Last: Chabon
First: Michael

Pulitzer Prize

Random House
Original Price: $26.95
Pages: 639

2002


 

The Emperor of Ocean Park
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. The boards are red with a  (more...)

Last: Carter
First: Stephen L.

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $26.95
Pages: 657

2002


 

Summerland
First Edition is stated on the copyright page above number line "10 9 8 7 6 5  (more...)

Last: Chabon
First: Michael

Hyperion
Original Price: $22.95
Pages: 500

2006


 

Brothers
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page below full number line "10 9 8  (more...)

Last: Chen
First: Da

Shaye Areheart Books
Original Price: $25.00
Pages: 421

2008


 

The Hunger Games
Copyright page states First Edition, October 2008 below full number line 10 9  (more...)

Last: Collins
First: Suzanne

Scholastic Press
Original Price: $17.99
Pages: 374

2009


 

American Salvage
The copyright page has full number line "13 12 11 10 09     5 4 3 2  (more...)

Last: Campbell
First: Bonnie Jo

Wayne State University Press
Pages: 170

2011


 

Open City
First Edition is stated below full number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the  (more...)

Last: Cole
First: Teju

Random House
Original Price: $25.00
Pages: 259