Here are the books for the 1920's. Click on a thumbnail to see first edition criteria (and photos).

Year

Title

Author

Publisher



The Age of Innocence

1920


 

The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence first appeared as installments in the Pictorial Review  (more...)

Last: Wharton
First: Edith

Pulitzer Prize

Appleton and Company
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 365

Half Portions

1920


 

Half Portions
Title page and copyright page should both say 1920 with no other statement of  (more...)

Last: Ferber
First: Edna

 

Doubleday, Page
Original Price: $1.75
Pages: 315

This Side of Paradise

1920


 

This Side of Paradise
Copyright page states "Published April, 1920" with the Scribner's Seal and no  (more...)

Last: Fitzgerald
First: F. Scott

 

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $1.75
Pages: 305

Alice Adams

1921


 

Alice Adams
First edition has 1921 on both the title page and the copyright page with no  (more...)

Last: Tarkington
First: Booth

Pulitzer Prize

Doubleday, Page
Original Price: $1.75
Pages: 434

One of Ours

1922


 

One of Ours
The first edition consists of 345 "de luxe" copies offered via mail order.  (more...)

Last: Cather
First: Willa

Pulitzer Prize

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 459

Babbitt

1922


 

Babbitt
Copyright page states "Copyright, 1922, by Harcourt, Brace, and Company,  (more...)

Last: Lewis
First: Sinclair

 

Harcourt, Brace and Company
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 401

The Able McLaughlins

1923


 

The Able McLaughlins
"First Edition" and "H-X" (the code for August 1923) is stated on the  (more...)

Last: Wilson
First: Margaret

Pulitzer Prize

Harper & Brothers
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 263

A Lost Lady

1923


 

A Lost Lady
The first edition consisted of 20 copies on "Borzoi all rag paper signed by  (more...)

Last: Cather
First: Willa

 

Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 174

So Big

1924


 

So Big
"First Edition" is stated by itself, on its own line, on the very bottom of  (more...)

Last: Ferber
First: Edna

Pulitzer Prize

Doubleday, Page
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 360

Arrowsmith

1925


 

Arrowsmith
The true first edition was a limited edition signed by Lewis. It was  (more...)

Last: Lewis
First: Sinclair

Pulitzer Prize

Harcourt Brace and Company
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 448

The Great Gatsby

1925


 

The Great Gatsby
Title page says 1925. Copyright page has Charles Scribner's Sons logo (SEAL)  (more...)

Last: Fitzgerald
First: F. Scott

 

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 218

The Kenworthys

1925


 

The Kenworthys
"First Edition" and "F-Z" (the code for June 1925) is stated on the copyright  (more...)

Last: Wilson
First: Margaret

 

Harper & Brothers
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 385

Early Autumn

1926


 

Early Autumn
Both title page and copyright page say 1926. first edition is NOT stated,  (more...)

Last: Bromfield
First: Louis

Pulitzer Prize

Stokes
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 307

The Sun Also Rises

1926


 

The Sun Also Rises
The title page matches the 1926 on the copyright page. Copyright pages has  (more...)

Last: Hemingway
First: Ernest

 

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 259

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

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

Men Without Women

1927


 

Men Without Women
Title page states 1927 on the bottom. The copyright page has a Scribner's  (more...)

Last: Hemingway
First: Ernest

 

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 232

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

Coming of Age in Samoa

1928


 

Coming of Age in Samoa
Title page states MCMXXVIII (1928), and copyright page states copyright 1928  (more...)

Last: Mead
First: Margaret

 

William Morrow & Company
Original Price: $3.00
Pages: 297

Laughing Boy

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

All Quiet on the Western Front

1929


 

All Quiet on the Western Front
The true first edition was published in germany. Below is the first American  (more...)

Last: Remarque
First: Erich Maria

 

Little Brown and Company
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 291

A Farewell to Arms

1929


 

A Farewell to Arms
The first edition was limited to 510 signed copies issued in a slipcase. The  (more...)

Last: Hemingway
First: Ernest

 

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 355


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