Here are the books for the 1950's. Click on a thumbnail to see first edition criteria (and photos).

Year

Title

Author

Publisher



The Town

1950


 

The Town
"FIRST EDITION" is stated on the copyright page. Boards are red with design  (more...)

Last: Richter
First: Conrad

Pulitzer Prize

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 433

Across the River and into the Trees

1950


 

Across the River and into the Trees
The first American edition has an A and the Scribner colophon on the  (more...)

Last: Hemingway
First: Ernest

 

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $3.00
Pages: 308

Collected Stories of William Faulkner

1950


 

Collected Stories of William Faulkner
FIRST PRINTING is stated on the copyright page. The title page has blue  (more...)

Last: Faulkner
First: William

National Book Award

Random House
Original Price: $4.75
Pages: 900

Episode in Palmetto

1950


 

Episode in Palmetto
First edition is stated on the copyright page with no references to  (more...)

Last: Caldwell
First: Erskine

 

Duell, Sloan and Pearce
Original Price: $2.75
Pages: 252

The Caine Mutiny

1951


 

The Caine Mutiny
"First Edition" is stated on the bottom left corner of the copyright page.  (more...)

Last: Wouk
First: Herman

Pulitzer Prize

Doubleday & Company
Original Price: $3.95
Pages: 494

From Here to Eternity

1951


 

From Here to Eternity
The first edition was a limited edition with an extra page for the signature.  (more...)

Last: Jones
First: James

National Book Award

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $4.50
Pages: 861

The Catcher in the Rye

1951


 

The Catcher in the Rye
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. Black cloth decoratively  (more...)

Last: Salinger
First: J.D.

 

Little, Brown and Company
Original Price: $3.00
Pages: 277

Requiem for a Nun

1951


 

Requiem for a Nun
The true first was a signed numbered edition limited to 750 copies. The  (more...)

Last: Faulkner
First: William

 

Random House
Original Price: $3.00
Pages: 286

Lie Down in Darkness

1951


 

Lie Down in Darkness
First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Dust Jacket has price of  (more...)

Last: Styron
First: William

 

Bobbs-Merrill
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 400

The Cruel Sea

1951


 

The Cruel Sea
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page with no references to  (more...)

Last: Monsarrat
First: Nicholas

 

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $4.00
Pages: 508

God and Man at Yale

1951


 

God and Man at Yale
Title and copyright pages both state 1951 with no statements of subsequent  (more...)

Last: Buckley Jr.
First: William F.

 

Henry Regnery Company
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 240

The Old Man and the Sea

1952


 

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

Last: Hemingway
First: Ernest

Pulitzer Prize

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $3.00
Pages: 140

The Natural

1952


 

The Natural
first edition is stated on the copyright page. Issued with red, blue, and  (more...)

Last: Malamud
First: Bernard

 

Harcourt, Brace and Company
Original Price: $3.00
Pages: 237

Invisible Man

1952


 

Invisible Man
FIRST PRINTING is stated on the copyright page. binding is beige and black  (more...)

Last: Ellison
First: Ralph

National Book Award

Random House
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 439

East of Eden

1952


 

East of Eden
The true first is a signed limited first edition of only 1500 copies signed  (more...)

Last: Steinbeck
First: John

 

Viking
Original Price: $4.50
Pages: 602

Giant

1952


 

Giant
First Edition is stated on the copyright page. (more...)

Last: Ferber
First: Edna

 

Doubleday and Company
Original Price: $3.95
Pages: 447

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

1952


 

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
The true first edition was printed in Amsterdam in 1947.

Below is the  (more...)

Last: Frank
First: Anne

 

Doubleday and Company
Original Price: $3.00
Pages: 281

The Enormous Radio

1953


 

The Enormous Radio
Contains "I" on copyright page. Blue-green cloth stamped in gilt on spine.  (more...)

Last: Cheever
First: John

 

Funk & Wagnalls Company
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 237

Go Tell it on the Mountain

1953


 

Go Tell it on the Mountain
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. (more...)

Last: Baldwin
First: James

 

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 303

The Spirit of St. Louis

1953


 

The Spirit of St. Louis
The first edition was a signed and numbered presentation edition. Below is  (more...)

Last: Lindbergh
First: Charles

Pulitzer Prize

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $5.00
Pages: 562

The Adventures of Augie March

1953


 

The Adventures of Augie March
"Published by The Viking Press in September 1953" is stated on the copyright  (more...)

Last: Bellow
First: Saul

National Book Award

Viking Press
Original Price: $4.50
Pages: 536

A Fable

1954


 

A Fable
The true first edition was a numbered and signed limited edition of 1,000  (more...)

Last: Faulkner
First: William

Pulitzer Prize

National Book Award

Random House
Original Price: $4.75
Pages: 437

Sweet Thursday

1954


 

Sweet Thursday
"First Published by the Viking Press in June, 1954" is stated on the  (more...)

Last: Steinbeck
First: John

 

Viking
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 273

The Huge Season

1954


 

The Huge Season
"FIRST PUBLISHED BY THE VIKING PRESS IN OCTOBER 1954" is stated on the  (more...)

Last: Morris
First: Wright

 

Viking Press
Original Price: $3.75
Pages: 306

Andersonville

1955


 

Andersonville
There was an autographed first edition that was "limited to one thousand  (more...)

Last: Kantor
First: MacKinlay

Pulitzer Prize

World Publishing Company
Original Price: $5.00
Pages: 767

Profiles In Courage

1955


 

Profiles In Courage
The true first edition carries FIRST EDITION and the printing code M-E  (more...)

Last: Kennedy
First: John F.

Pulitzer Prize

Harper & Brothers
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 266

Lolita

1955


 

Lolita
The true first edition was published as a two book soft cover set by the  (more...)

Last: Nabokov
First: Vladimir

 

Olympia Press
Original Price: 900 Francs
Pages: 188,223

Ten North Frederick

1955


 

Ten North Frederick
FIRST PRINTING is stated on the copyright page. (more...)

Last: O'Hara
First: John

National Book Award

Random House
Original Price: $3.95
Pages: 408

Gift from the Sea

1955


 

Gift from the Sea
Copyright pages states "Copyright 1955 by Anne Morrow Lindbergh" with no  (more...)

Last: Lindbergh
First: Anne Morrow

 

Pantheon
Original Price: $2.75
Pages: 128

The Black Prince

1955


 

The Black Prince
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page, and 1955 is stated on the  (more...)

Last: Grau
First: Shirley Ann

 

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 294

The Field of Vision

1956


 

The Field of Vision
"first edition" is stated on the copyright page. Boards are dark gray cloth  (more...)

Last: Morris
First: Wright

National Book Award

Harcourt, Brace and Company
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 251

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

1956-58


 

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
This is a set of four books, published between 1956 and 1958 by Cassell &  (more...)

Last: Churchill
First: Winston S.

 

Cassell

On the Road

1957


 

On the Road
"PUBLISHED IN 1957 BY THE VIKING PRESS, INC." is stated on the copyright page  (more...)

Last: Kerouac
First: Jack

 

Viking
Original Price: $3.95
Pages: 310

A Death in the Family

1957


 

A Death in the Family
Agee died before he finished the book, so his manuscript was edited and  (more...)

Last: Agee
First: James

Pulitzer Prize

McDowell Oblensky
Original Price: $3.95
Pages: 339

The Wapshot Chronicle

1957


 

The Wapshot Chronicle
The true first edition carries FIRST EDITION and B-G (February 1957) on  (more...)

Last: Cheever
First: John

National Book Award

Harper & Brothers
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 307

Life at Happy Knoll

1957


 

Life at Happy Knoll
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. (more...)

Last: Marquand
First: John Phillips

 

Little, Brown and Company
Original Price: $3.75
Pages: 167

The Assistant

1957


 

The Assistant
"First Printing, 1957" is stated on the copyright page. Boards are brown  (more...)

Last: Malamud
First: Bernard

 

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 246

The Short Reign of Pippin IV

1957


 

The Short Reign of Pippin IV
Copyright page states "FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1957" and printed "BY AMERICAN  (more...)

Last: Steinbeck
First: John

 

Viking Press
Original Price: $3.00
Pages: 188

Love Among the Cannibals

1957


 

Love Among the Cannibals
First edition is stated on the copyright page. Boards are marbled blue with  (more...)

Last: Morris
First: Wright

 

Harcourt, Brace, and Company
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 253

Atlas Shrugged

1957


 

Atlas Shrugged
First Printing is stated on the copyright page. Boards are green cloth with  (more...)

Last: Rand
First: Ayn

 

Random House
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 1168

The Travels of Jaimie Mcpheeters

1958


 

The Travels of Jaimie Mcpheeters
"First Edition" is stated on the copyright page. Back of dust jacket has a  (more...)

Last: Taylor
First: Robert Lewis

Pulitzer Prize

Doubleday & Company
Original Price: $4.50
Pages: 544

The Magic Barrel

1958


 

The Magic Barrel
Co-published with The (JPS) Jewish Publication Society of America. Both  (more...)

Last: Malamud
First: Bernard

National Book Award

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
Original Price: $3.75
Pages: 214

The Winthrop Woman

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

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1958


 

Breakfast at Tiffany's
First Printing is stated on the copyright page. Yellow cloth boards with  (more...)

Last: Capote
First: Truman

 

Random House
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 179

The Hard Blue Sky

1958


 

The Hard Blue Sky
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. Boards are red cloth with tan  (more...)

Last: Grau
First: Shirley Ann

 

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $5.00
Pages: 466

Doctor Zhivago (UK)

1958


 

Doctor Zhivago (UK)
Doctor Zhivago was first published (in Italian) by Giangiacomo Feltrinelli  (more...)

Last: Pasternak
First: Boris

 

Collins and Harvill Press
Original Price: 21s. net
Pages: 510

Advise and Consent

1959


 

Advise and Consent
"First Edition" is stated on bottom of copyright page. Price on dust jacket  (more...)

Last: Drury
First: Allen

Pulitzer Prize

Doubleday & Company
Original Price: $5.75
Pages: 616

The Manchurian Candidate

1959


 

The Manchurian Candidate
First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket has price of  (more...)

Last: Condon
First: Richard

 

McGraw-Hill Book Company
Original Price: $4.50
Pages: 311

Happy Families are All Alike

1959


 

Happy Families are All Alike
FIRST PRINTING is stated on the copyright page. (more...)

Last: Taylor
First: Peter

 

McDowell Oblensky
Original Price: $3.95
Pages: 305

Goodbye, Columbus

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

The Mansion

1959


 

The Mansion
There was a limited first edition that was numbered and signed by the author.  (more...)

Last: Faulkner
First: William

 

Random House
Original Price: $4.75
Pages: 436

The Longest Day

1959


 

The Longest Day
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. Boards are dark gray with  (more...)

Last: Ryan
First: Cornelius

 

Simon and Schuster
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 350


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