Here are the books for 1959. Click on a thumbnail to see first edition criteria (and photos).

Year

Title

Author

Publisher

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

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

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

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

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

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