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Year

Title

Author

Publisher

1917


 

His Family
Date on title page and copyright page are both 1917. No other printing  (more...)

Last: Poole
First: Ernest

Pulitzer Prize

Macmillan
Original Price: $1.50
Pages: 320

1928


 

Scarlet Sister Mary
"First Edition" is stated on the copyright page. Book has red paper labeled  (more...)

Last: Peterkin
First: Julia

Pulitzer Prize

Bobbs-Merrill
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 345

1958


 

Doctor Zhivago (UK)
Doctor Zhivago was first published (in Italian) by Giangiacomo Feltrinelli  (more...)

Last: Pasternak
First: Boris

Collins and Harvill Press
Original Price: 21s. net
Pages: 510

1961


 

The Moviegoer
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. Boards are slate blue with  (more...)

Last: Percy
First: Walker

National Book Award

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $3.95
Pages: 242

1962


 

Ship of Fools
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. Boards are yellow cloth. (more...)

Last: Porter
First: Katherine Anne

Little Brown
Original Price: $6.50
Pages: 497

1962


 

Morte D'Urban
"First Edition" is stated on the bottom of the copyright page and 1962 is  (more...)

Last: Powers
First: J.F.

National Book Award

Doubleday
Original Price: $4.50
Pages: 336

1963


 

V.
Copyright page has no mention of additional impressions. The copyright text  (more...)

Last: Pynchon
First: Thomas

Lippincott
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 492

1964


 

The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter (UK)
There is some debate over whether the true first edition was the American or  (more...)

Last: Porter
First: Katherine Anne

Jonathan Cape
Original Price: 35s net
Pages: 487

1965


 

The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter (U.S.)
There is some debate over whether the true first edition was the American or  (more...)

Last: Porter
First: Katherine Anne

Pulitzer Prize

National Book Award

Harcourt, Brace & World
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 495

1965


 

The Fortunate Pilgrim
First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Boards are maroon with brown  (more...)

Last: Puzo
First: Mario

Atheneum
Original Price: $5.75
Pages: 301

1973


 

Gravity's Rainbow
Copyright page states "First published in 1973 in a hardbound and paperbound  (more...)

Last: Pynchon
First: Thomas

National Book Award

Viking
Original Price: $15.00
Pages: 760

1977


 

Lancelot
"First printing, 1977" is stated on the copyright page with no mention of  (more...)

Last: Percy
First: Walker

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $8.95
Pages: 257

1981


 

Paragon Walk
First Edition is stated below full number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on  (more...)

Last: Perry
First: Anne

St. Martin's Press
Original Price: $9.95
Pages: 204

1984


 

Slow Learner
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. Boards are white cloth with  (more...)

Last: Pynchon
First: Thomas

Little, Brown and Company
Original Price: $14.95
Pages: 193

1990


 

Vineland
"First Edition" is stated on the copyright page and full number line "10 9 8  (more...)

Last: Pynchon
First: Thomas

Little, Brown and Company
Original Price: $19.95
Pages: 385

1992


 

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

Last: Proulx
First: Annie

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $22.95
Pages: 308

1992


 

The Patron Saint of Liars
Copyright page has full number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". Boards are brown  (more...)

Last: Patchett
First: Ann

Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Original Price: $21.00
Pages: 336

1992


 

Songs of the Humpback Whale
Below is what we believe to be the first edition of Songs of the Humpback  (more...)

Last: Picoult
First: Jodi

Faber & Faber
Original Price: $22.95
Pages: 343

1993


 

The Shipping News
Copyright page has number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". (more...)

Last: Proulx
First: Annie

Pulitzer Prize

National Book Award

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $20.00
Pages: 337

1994


 

The Hot Zone
First Edition is stated below Random House number line "9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2".  (more...)

Last: Preston
First: Richard

Random House
Original Price: $23.00
Pages: 300

1997


 

Mason & Dixon
"First Edition - 1997" is stated on copyright page above full number line "1  (more...)

Last: Pynchon
First: Thomas

Henry Holt and Company
Original Price: $27.50
Pages: 773

1999


 

Close Range Wyoming Stories
There was a numbered first edition, limited to 150 copies, and signed by the  (more...)

Last: Proulx
First: Annie

Scribner
Original Price: $25.00
Pages: 283

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

2001


 

Bel Canto
Copyright pages has full number line "01 02 03 04 05 RRD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2  (more...)

Last: Patchett
First: Ann

Harper Collins
Original Price: $25.00
Pages: 318

2002


 

The Dive From Clausen's Pier
First Edition is stated on the bottom of the copyright page with no mention  (more...)

Last: Packer
First: Ann

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $24.00
Pages: 370

2002


 

That Old Ace in the Hole
Copyright page has full number line "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2". Light blue  (more...)

Last: Proulx
First: Annie

Scribner
Original Price: $26.00
Pages: 361

2006


 

The Echo Maker
First edition, 2006 is stated in the middle of the copyright page. Full  (more...)

Last: Powers
First: Richard

National Book Award

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $25.00
Pages: 451

2006


 

Against the Day
"First published in 2006 by Viking Penguin," is stated on the copyright page,  (more...)

Last: Pynchon
First: Thomas

Viking Penguin
Original Price: $35.00
Pages: 1085

2006


 

Special Topics in Calamity Physics
"First published in 2006 by Viking Penguin," is stated on the copyright page  (more...)

Last: Pessl
First: Marisha

Viking
Original Price: $25.95
Pages: 514

2007


 

Run
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page with full number line "10 9 8 7  (more...)

Last: Patchett
First: Ann

Harper Collins
Original Price: $25.95
Pages: 295

2009


 

Lark and Termite
First Edition is stated on copyright page with no references to subsequent  (more...)

Last: Phillips
First: Jayne Anne

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $24.00
Pages: 254