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Year

Title

Author

Publisher



His Family

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

Scarlet Sister Mary

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

The Moviegoer

1961


 

The Moviegoer
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket has "0561" on the  (more...)

Last: Percy
First: Walker

National Book Award

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

Ship of Fools

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

V.

1963


 

V.
Copyright page is justified in a V pattern. It begins with "COPYRIGHT © 1961, 1963 by Thomas Pynchon", and the bottom six lines say "Manufactured in the United States of America by H. Wolf, N.Y. Designed by Marshall Lee." There is no explicit statement of edition nor of printing. Dust jacket has chapter headings on the back and no reviews. $5.95 price is on the bottom right corner of the front flap. Boards are purple cloth with blindstamp "V"s on front with silver lettering and a large V on the spine. Top stain is blue.

Last: Pynchon
First: Thomas

 

Lippincott
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 492



The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter

1965


 

The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
"First American edition 1965" is stated on the copyright page. (more...)

Last: Porter
First: Katherine Anne

Pulitzer Prize

National Book Award

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

Gravity's Rainbow

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

Lancelot

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

Slow Learner

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

Vineland

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

Postcards

1992


 

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

Last: Proulx
First: E. Annie

 

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

The Patron Saint of Liars

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

The Shipping News

1993


 

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

Last: Proulx
First: Annie E.

Pulitzer Prize

National Book Award

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

The Hot Zone

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

Mason & Dixon

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

Close Range Wyoming Stories

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

In the Heart of the Sea

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

The Dive From Clausen's Pier

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

That Old Ace in the Hole

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

The Echo Maker

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

Against the Day

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

Special Topics in Calamity Physics

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

Run

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


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