Here are the books for the 1930's. Click on a thumbnail to see first edition criteria (and photos).

Year

Title

Author

Publisher

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

1930


 

Moby Dick (Illustrated by Rockwell Kent)
This is not the 1851 true first edition. Rather, this is the 1930 edition  (more...)

Last: Melville
First: Herman

Random House
Pages: 822

1931


 

The Good Earth
The copyright page states "COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY PEARL S. BUCK" and there is no  (more...)

Last: Buck
First: Pearl S.

Pulitzer Prize

John Day Company
Pages: 375

1932


 

The Store
"FIRST EDITION" is stated on bottom of copyright page. Title page states  (more...)

Last: Stribling
First: Thomas

Pulitzer Prize

Doubleday Doran
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 571

1932


 

Death in the Afternoon
Copyright page has "A" and Scribner's Seal printed on the copyright page with  (more...)

Last: Hemingway
First: Ernest

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 517

1932


 

The Fountain
The true first edition was published in the UK. 1932 is stated on the bottom  (more...)

Last: Morgan
First: Charles

MacMillan and Company
Original Price: 7/6 NET
Pages: 434

1933


 

Lamb in his Bosom
The true first edition carries "First Edition" and H-H (August 1933) on  (more...)

Last: Miller
First: Caroline

Pulitzer Prize

Harper & Brothers
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 345

1933


 

Airways of America
Title page and copyright page both say 1933 with no mention of subsequent  (more...)

Last: Lobeck
First: A.K.

GeographicalPress
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 207

1934


 

Now in November
Both title page and copyright page should say 1934. No printing statement  (more...)

Last: Johnson
First: Josephine

Pulitzer Prize

Simon & Schuster
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 231

1934


 

On Our Way
COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT on the top of the copyright page  (more...)

Last: Roosevelt
First: Franklin D.

John Day Company
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 300

1934


 

A Challenge to Liberty
The first edition has an "A" and the Scribner colophon (seal) on the  (more...)

Last: Hoover
First: Herbert

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $1.75
Pages: 212

1934


 

Ulysses (American Edition)
The true first edition of Ulysses was published in 1922 by Shakespeare and  (more...)

Last: Joyce
First: James

Random House
Original Price: 3.50
Pages: 768

1935


 

Honey in the Horn
"First Edition" is stated on the first printing. Printing statements are  (more...)

Last: Davis
First: Harold Lenoir

Pulitzer Prize

Harper & Brothers
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 380

1935


 

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

Last: Wilder
First: Thornton

Harper and Brothers
Pages: 304

1935


 

Winter Orchard
Both title page and copyright page should say 1935. No printing statement  (more...)

Last: Johnson
First: Josephine

Simon and Schuster
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 308

1935


 

Tortilla Flat
Copyright date states 1935 with no other years or subsequent printings  (more...)

Last: Steinbeck
First: John

Covici Friede
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 317

1936


 

Gone with the Wind
The copyright page states "Published May, 1936" with no other printing  (more...)

Last: Mitchell
First: Margaret

Pulitzer Prize

Macmillan
Original Price: $3.00
Pages: 1037

1936


 

Absalom, Absalom!
The true first was a signed edition limited to 300 copies. The book has half  (more...)

Last: Faulkner
First: William

Random House
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 384

1936


 

How to Win Friends and Influence People
Date on the bottom of title page matches the 1936 copyright page date. The  (more...)

Last: Carnegie
First: Dale

Simon and Schuster
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 337

1937


 

The Late George Apley
"Published January, 1937" is stated on the copyright page with no other  (more...)

Last: Marquand
First: John Phillips

Pulitzer Prize

Little, Brown
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 354

1937


 

Of Mice And Men
The first Issue of the first printing has the word "and only moved because  (more...)

Last: Steinbeck
First: John

Covici Friede
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 186

1937


 

The Hobbit
FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1937 is stated on the copyright page with no references to  (more...)

Last: Tolkien
First: J.R.R.

George Allen & Unwin
Pages: 310

1937


 

Christ in Concrete
The true first edition was printed in book form in 1937 by Esquire Inc. after  (more...)

Last: Di Donato
First: Pietro

Esquire Inc.
Pages: 41

1937


 

To Have and Have Not
The first edition has an "A" and the Scribner's seal on the copyright page.  (more...)

Last: Hemingway
First: Ernest

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $250
Pages: 262

1938


 

The Yearling
The first printing has the letter "A" and Scribner's seal on the copyright  (more...)

Last: Rawlings
First: Marjorie Kinnan

Pulitzer Prize

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 428

1938


 

Out of Africa
Below is the first American edition. It states "First Edition" on the  (more...)

Last: Dinesen
First: Isak

Random House
Original Price: $2.75
Pages: 389

1938


 

Hollywood with Bugs Baer and Henry Major
The first edition was limited to 800 signed and numbered copies. Many (but  (more...)

Last: Major
First: Henry

Major and Baer
Pages: 248

1938


 

The Evolution of Physics (U.S.)
This book was published simultaneously in the U.S. (by Simon and Schuster),  (more...)

Last: Einstein
First: Albert

Simon and Schuster
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 319

1938


 

The Long Valley
FIRST PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 1938 is stated on the copyright page with no  (more...)

Last: Steinbeck
First: John

Viking
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 303

1939


 

The Grapes of Wrath
First printings have a single statement on the copyright page that says  (more...)

Last: Steinbeck
First: John

Pulitzer Prize

Viking
Original Price: $2.75
Pages: 619