Here are the books for W. Click on a thumbnail to see first edition points (and photos).

Year

Title

Author

Publisher

1903


 

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms
1903 is stated on the bottom of the title page and "Published October 1903"  (more...)

Last: Wiggin
First: Kate Douglas

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $1.25
Pages: 327

1920


 

The Age of Innocence
Title page and copyright page both say 1920 with no statements of subsequent  (more...)

Last: Wharton
First: Edith

Pulitzer Prize

Appleton and Company
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 365

1923


 

The Able McLaughlins
The true first edition carries "First Edition" and H-X (August 1923) on  (more...)

Last: Wilson
First: Margaret

Pulitzer Prize

Harper & Brothers
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 263

1927


 

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The first U.S. edition was published in November, 1927. There were between  (more...)

Last: Wilder
First: Thornton

Pulitzer Prize

Albert & Charles Boni
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 235

1935


 

Heaven's My Destination
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. (more...)

Last: Wilder
First: Thornton

Harper and Brothers
Pages: 304

1946


 

All the King's Men
"first edition" is stated on copyright page. 1st state dustjacket has  (more...)

Last: Warren
First: Robert Penn

Pulitzer Prize

Harcourt Brace and Company
Original Price: $3.00
Pages: 464

1946


 

Delta Wedding
"first edition" is stated on the copyright page.  (more...)

Last: Welty
First: Eudora

Harcourt, Brace and Company
Original Price: $2.75
Pages: 247

1951


 

The Caine Mutiny
22,500 copies of the first printing were produced. Very few of them had a  (more...)

Last: Wouk
First: Herman

Pulitzer Prize

Doubleday & Company
Original Price: $3.95
Pages: 494

1960


 

The View from the Fortieth Floor
The 1960 date matches on both the copyright page and the title page. There  (more...)

Last: White
First: Theodore

William Sloane Associates
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 468

1964


 

The Professional: Lyndon B. Johnson
Fourth printings of The Professional were personally autographed by Lyndon B.  (more...)

Last: White
First: William S.

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $5.00
Pages: 273

1966


 

The Birds Fall Down
"First published in 1966 by The Viking Press, Inc." is stated on the  (more...)

Last: West
First: Rebecca

Viking
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 435

1967


 

The Eighth Day
"First Edition" is stated on the copyright page. Boards are light blue cloth  (more...)

Last: Wilder
First: Thornton

National Book Award

Harper and Row
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 435

1968


 

The Double Helix
First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Dust Jacket back has photo of  (more...)

Last: Watson
First: James

Atheneum
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 226

1970


 

The New Centurions
The first edition points are as follows: FIRST EDITION is stated on the  (more...)

Last: Wambaugh
First: Joseph

Little, Brown and Company
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 376

1972


 

The Optimist's Daughter
The true first is a limited edition of no more than 300 numbered copies  (more...)

Last: Welty
First: Eudora

Pulitzer Prize

Random House
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 180

1972


 

Augustus
"First published in 1972 by The Viking Press, Inc." is stated on the  (more...)

Last: Williams
First: John

National Book Award

Viking
Original Price: $7.95
Pages: 305

1973


 

The Onion Field
"First printing 1973" is stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket has a  (more...)

Last: Wambaugh
First: Joseph

Delacorte Press
Original Price: $8.95
Pages: 427

1974


 

The Hair of Harold Roux
FIRST EDITION is stated both on the top of the copyright page, and on the  (more...)

Last: Williams
First: Thomas

National Book Award

Random House
Original Price: $7.95
Pages: 373

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

1981


 

In the Garden of the North American Martyrs
FIRST EDITION is stated on copyright page with no references to subsequent  (more...)

Last: Wolff
First: Tobias

Ecco Press
Original Price: $14.95
Pages: 175

1982


 

The Color Purple
First edition states "First Edition" and the letter code "BCDE" on copyright  (more...)

Last: Walker
First: Alice

Pulitzer Prize

National Book Award

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Original Price: $11.95
Pages: 245

1984


 

The Barracks Thief
FIRST EDITION is stated on copyright page with no references to subsequent  (more...)

Last: Wolff
First: Tobias

Ecco Press
Original Price: $12.50
Pages: 101

1987


 

The Bonfire of the Vanities
The true first edition was a limited edition published by the Franklin  (more...)

Last: Wolfe
First: Tom

Franklin Library
Pages: 659

2002


 

A New Kind of Science
"First edition. First printing" is stated on the bottom of the copyright  (more...)

Last: Wolfram
First: Stephen

Wolfram Media
Original Price: 44.95
Pages: 1197

2003


 

The Devil Wears Prada
"FIRST EDITION" is stated above "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" number line on the  (more...)

Last: Weisberger
First: Lauren

Doubleday
Original Price: $32.95
Pages: 360

2003


 

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
"First Edition" is stated on the copyright page above number line "1 3 5 7 9  (more...)

Last: Willems
First: Mo

Hyperion
Original Price: $12.99

2003


 

Old School
First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Back of dust jacket has two  (more...)

Last: Wolff
First: Tobias

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $22.00
Pages: 195

2004


 

The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!
"First Edition" is stated on the copyright page above number line "1 3 5 7 9  (more...)

Last: Willems
First: Mo

Hyperion
Original Price: $12.99

2006


 

Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!
"First Edition" is stated on the copyright page above number line "1 3 5 7 9  (more...)

Last: Willems
First: Mo

Hyperion
Original Price: $12.99

2008


 

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Copyright page has ISBN 978-0-06-137422-7 and full number line "10 9 8 7 6 5  (more...)

Last: Wroblewski
First: David

Ecco Press
Original Price: $25.95
Pages: 566