Here are the books for Houghton.... Click on a thumbnail to see first edition criteria (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

1929


 

Laughing Boy
The title page date must match the copyright date (1929). First printing  (more...)

Last: La Farge
First: Oliver

Pulitzer Prize

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 302

1930


 

Years of Grace
The title page date must match the copyright date (1930). No statement of  (more...)

Last: Barnes
First: Margaret Ayer

Pulitzer Prize

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 581

1940


 

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
1940 is stated on both the title page and the copyright page. Binding is  (more...)

Last: McCullers
First: Carson

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 356

1948


 

Raintree County
1948 is stated on the title page. Binding is green cloth with no  (more...)

Last: Lockridge
First: Ross

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $3.95
Pages: 1066

1958


 

The Winthrop Woman
First Printing is stated on the copyright page with no references to  (more...)

Last: Seton
First: Anya

Houghton Mifflin
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 586

1959


 

Goodbye, Columbus
First Printing is stated on the copyright page and 1959 stated on the title  (more...)

Last: Roth
First: Philip

National Book Award

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $3.75
Pages: 298

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

1962


 

Devil Water
FIRST PRINTING is stated on copyright page. (more...)

Last: Seton
First: Anya

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 526

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

1965


 

Avalon
"FIRST PRINTING R" is stated on copyright page. (more...)

Last: Seton
First: Anya

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 440

1971


 

Americana
"First Printing" is stated on the copyright page with not references to  (more...)

Last: DeLillo
First: Don

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 388

1972


 

End Zone
First Printing is stated on the copyright page with no references to  (more...)

Last: DeLillo
First: Don

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 242

1973


 

Green Darkness
FIRST PRINTING is stated on the copyright page with no references to  (more...)

Last: Seton
First: Anya

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $8.95
Pages: 591

1974


 

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

Last: Stone
First: Robert

National Book Award

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $8.95
Pages: 342

1977


 

Blood Tie
Copyright page has full number line "S 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". Back of dust  (more...)

Last: Settle
First: Mary Lee

National Book Award

Houghton Mifflin
Original Price: $10.95
Pages: 386

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

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

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

1995


 

Sabbath's Theatre
Copyright page has number line "MP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". Dust jacket has  (more...)

Last: Roth
First: Philip

National Book Award

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $24.95
Pages: 451

1999


 

Interpreter of Maladies
The true first edition is a paperback. It precedes the hardcover edition.  (more...)

Last: Lahiri
First: Jhumpa

Pulitzer Prize

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $12.00
Pages: 198

2003


 

The Namesake
Copyright page has full number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". Boards are white  (more...)

Last: Lahiri
First: Jhumpa

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $24.00
Pages: 291

2004


 

The Plot Against America
Copyright page has full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. (more...)

Last: Roth
First: Philip

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $26.00
Pages: 391

2007


 

Exit Ghost
Copyright page has full number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". Boards are black  (more...)

Last: Roth
First: Philip

Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Original Price: $26.00
Pages: 292

2008


 

Indignation
Copyright pages has full number line "MP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". Boards are  (more...)

Last: Roth
First: Philip

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $26.00
Pages: 233