Here are the books for 1938. Click on a thumbnail to see first edition criteria (and photos).

Year

Title

Author

Publisher

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