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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

Cry, the Beloved Country (US)

1948


 

Cry, the Beloved Country (US)
The first edition states 1948 on the title page, and an "A" below the rights  (more...)

Last: Paton
First: Alan

 

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $3.00
Pages: 278

Cry, the Beloved County (UK)

1948


 

Cry, the Beloved County (UK)
The first UK edition states FIRST PUBLISHED 1948 on the copyright page.  (more...)

Last: Paton
First: Alan

 

Jonathan Cape
Original Price: 9s. 6d. net
Pages: 269

Doctor Zhivago (UK)

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

The Moviegoer

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

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

Morte D'Urban

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

V.

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

The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter (UK)

1964


 

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

Last: Porter
First: Katherine Anne

 

Jonathan Cape
Original Price: 35s net
Pages: 487

The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter (U.S.)

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

The Fortunate Pilgrim

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

The Peter Principle

1969


 

The Peter Principle
There are no dots underneath the Library of Congress Catalog Card Number on  (more...)

Last: Peter
First: Laurence J.

 

William Morrow and Company
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 179

The Godfather

1969


 

The Godfather
Copyright page states Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 69-11465 on the  (more...)

Last: Puzo
First: Mario

 

Putnam
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 446

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

Paragon Walk

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

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: 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

Songs of the Humpback Whale

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

The Shipping News

1993


 

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

Last: Proulx
First: Annie

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

The Legend of Bagger Vance

1995


 

The Legend of Bagger Vance
First Edition is stated on the copyright page above full number line 1 2 3 4  (more...)

Last: Pressfield
First: Steven

 

William Morrow and Company
Original Price: $20.00
Pages: 252

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

Bel Canto

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

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

Lark and Termite

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

Binocular Vision

2011


 

Binocular Vision
The first edition is paperback with wrappers flaps (aka French Flaps) on the  (more...)

Last: Pearlman
First: Edith

 

Lookout Books
Original Price: $18.95
Pages: 375

The Yellow Birds

2012


 

The Yellow Birds
First Edition: September 2012 is stated on the copyright page with full  (more...)

Last: Powers
First: Kevin

 

Little, Brown and Company
Original Price: $24.99
Pages: 230


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