Here are the books for the 1960's. Click on a thumbnail to see first edition criteria (and photos).

Year

Title

Author

Publisher



To Kill a Mockingbird

1960


 

To Kill a Mockingbird
This book is in high demand. Approximately 5,000 first printings were  (more...)

Last: Lee
First: Harper

Pulitzer Prize

Lippincott
Original Price: $3.95
Pages: 296

Set This House On Fire

1960


 

Set This House On Fire
First Printing is stated on the copyright page. The book title on title page  (more...)

Last: Styron
First: William

 

Random House
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 507

Mr. Citizen

1960


 

Mr. Citizen
The true first was a signed limited edition housed in publisher slipcase.  (more...)

Last: Truman
First: Harry S.

 

Bernard Geis Associates
Original Price: $5.00

The Enemy Within

1960


 

The Enemy Within
FIRST EDITION is stated above A-K on the copyright page. (more...)

Last: Kennedy
First: Robert F.

 

Harper and Brothers
Original Price: $3.95
Pages: 338

A Separate Peace (U.S.)

1960


 

A Separate Peace (U.S.)
The true first edition was published in the UK by Secker and Warburg. Below  (more...)

Last: Knowles
First: John

 

Macmillan
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 186

The Waters of Kronos

1960


 

The Waters of Kronos
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. (more...)

Last: Richter
First: Conrad

National Book Award

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 176

The View from the Fortieth Floor

1960


 

The View from the Fortieth Floor
The 1960 date matches on both the copyright page and the title page. There  (more...)

Last: White
First: Theodore

 

William Sloane Associates
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 468

Rabbit, Run

1960


 

Rabbit, Run
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page, and 1960 is stated on the  (more...)

Last: Updike
First: John

 

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $4.00
Pages: 307

The Edge of Sadness

1961


 

The Edge of Sadness
"FIRST EDITION" is stated on copyright page and no blind stamp on the back  (more...)

Last: O'Connor
First: Edwin

Pulitzer Prize

Little, Brown and Company
Original Price: $5.00
Pages: 460

Catch-22

1961


 

Catch-22
FIRST PRINTING is stated on the copyright page. Book is blue cloth with  (more...)

Last: Heller
First: Joseph

 

Simon and Schuster
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 443

The Winter of Our Discontent

1961


 

The Winter of Our Discontent
The true first is a signed edition limited to 500 copies specially printed  (more...)

Last: Steinbeck
First: John

 

Viking
Original Price: $4.50
Pages: 311

The Moviegoer

1961


 

The Moviegoer
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. Boards are slate blue with  (more...)

Last: Percy
First: Walker

National Book Award

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $3.95
Pages: 242

A New Life

1961


 

A New Life
"FIRST PRINTING, 1961" is stated on the copyright page. Green boards with  (more...)

Last: Malamud
First: Bernard

 

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 367

The House on Coliseum Street

1961


 

The House on Coliseum Street
FIRST EDITION is stated on copyright page with no references to subsequent  (more...)

Last: Grau
First: Shirley Ann

 

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 242

Franny and Zooey

1961


 

Franny and Zooey
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. Boards are Dark Gray cloth.  (more...)

Last: Salinger
First: J.D.

 

Little, Brown and Company
Original Price: $4.00
Pages: 201

The Ungrateful Garden

1961


 

The Ungrateful Garden
Copyright says 1961 with no statement of subsquent printings. Back of dust  (more...)

Last: Kizer
First: Carolyn

 

Indiana University Press
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 84

Spirit Lake

1961


 

Spirit Lake
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. Binding is navy blue cloth  (more...)

Last: Kantor
First: MacKinlay

 

World Publishing Company
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 957

The Reivers

1962


 

The Reivers
"FIRST PRINTING" is stated on the copyright page. Boards are red with red  (more...)

Last: Faulkner
First: William

Pulitzer Prize

Random House
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 305

Silent Spring

1962


 

Silent Spring
FIRST PRINTING is stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket carries a price  (more...)

Last: Carson
First: Rachel

 

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $5.00
Pages: 368

Six Crises

1962


 

Six Crises
First Edition is stated on the bottom of the copyright page. Presidential  (more...)

Last: Nixon
First: Richard M.

 

Doubleday and Company
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 459

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1962


 

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
"Published in 1962 by The Viking Press" stated on middle of copyright page  (more...)

Last: Kesey
First: Ken

 

Viking
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 311

The Tin Drum

1962


 

The Tin Drum
This is the first American edition of the author's first novel. No additional  (more...)

Last: Grass
First: Gunter

 

Pantheon
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 592

Ship of Fools

1962


 

Ship of Fools
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. Boards are yellow cloth. (more...)

Last: Porter
First: Katherine Anne

 

Little Brown
Original Price: $6.50
Pages: 497

The Thin Red Line

1962


 

The Thin Red Line
Copyright page has Scribners A-6.62[H]. Dust jacket carries price of $5.95  (more...)

Last: Jones
First: James

 

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 495

Devil Water

1962


 

Devil Water
FIRST PRINTING is stated on copyright page. (more...)

Last: Seton
First: Anya

 

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 526

Morte D'Urban

1962


 

Morte D'Urban
"First Edition" is stated on the bottom of the copyright page and 1962 is  (more...)

Last: Powers
First: J.F.

National Book Award

Doubleday
Original Price: $4.50
Pages: 336

The Benefactor

1963


 

The Benefactor
"First Printing, 1963" is stated on the copyright page. Boards are black  (more...)

Last: Sontag
First: Susan

 

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $4.50
Pages: 274

Idiots First

1963


 

Idiots First
"FIRST PRINTING, 1963" is stated on the copyright page. gray boards with  (more...)

Last: Malamud
First: Bernard

 

Farrar, Straus and Company
Original Price: $4.50
Pages: 212

V.

1963


 

V.
Copyright page has no mention of additional impressions. The copyright text  (more...)

Last: Pynchon
First: Thomas

 

Lippincott
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 492

Raise High the Roof Beam

1963


 

Raise High the Roof Beam
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. The book was published in  (more...)

Last: Salinger
First: J.D.

 

Little, Brown and Company
Original Price: $4.00
Pages: 248

The Centaur

1963


 

The Centaur
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page with no mention of subsequent  (more...)

Last: Updike
First: John

National Book Award

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $4.00
Pages: 303

No Voyage

1963


 

No Voyage
The first edition of this 56 page book was published in the UK by J. M. Dent  (more...)

Last: Oliver
First: Mary

 

Dent & Sons
Original Price: 15s net
Pages: 56

The Keepers of the House

1964


 

The Keepers of the House
"FIRST EDITION" is stated on the copyright page. Binding is hunter green  (more...)

Last: Grau
First: Shirley Ann

Pulitzer Prize

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 309

The Professional: Lyndon B. Johnson

1964


 

The Professional: Lyndon B. Johnson
Fourth printings of The Professional were personally autographed by Lyndon B.  (more...)

Last: White
First: William S.

 

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $5.00
Pages: 273

Herzog

1964


 

Herzog
"First published in 1964 by The Viking Press, Inc." is stated on the  (more...)

Last: Bellow
First: Saul

National Book Award

Viking
Original Price: $5.75
Pages: 341

How I Photograph Myself

1964


 

How I Photograph Myself
No statements of subsequent printings are found on the copyright page.  (more...)

Last: Yeager
First: Bunny

 

Barnes and Company
Original Price: $10.00
Pages: 157

With Blood and Iron

1964


 

With Blood and Iron
"First published 1964" is stated on the copyright page with no references to  (more...)

Last: Reeman
First: Douglas

 

Jarrolds
Original Price: 21s net
Pages: 288

The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter (UK)

1964


 

The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter (UK)
There is some debate over whether the true first edition was the (more...)

Last: Porter
First: Katherine Anne

 

Jonathan Cape
Original Price: 35s net
Pages: 487

The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter (U.S.)

1965


 

The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter (U.S.)
There is some debate over whether the true first edition was the American or  (more...)

Last: Porter
First: Katherine Anne

Pulitzer Prize

National Book Award

Harcourt, Brace & World
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 495

The Tin Can Tree

1965


 

The Tin Can Tree
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. Boards are light blue with  (more...)

Last: Tyler
First: Anne

 

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 273

The Man with the Golden Gun

1965


 

The Man with the Golden Gun
First published 1965 is stated on the copyright page. The first state boards  (more...)

Last: Fleming
First: Ian

 

Jonathan Cape
Original Price: 18s net
Pages: 221

In Cold Blood

1965


 

In Cold Blood
There were 500 copies of the first edition that were specially bound and  (more...)

Last: Capote
First: Truman

 

Random House
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 343

Avalon

1965


 

Avalon
"FIRST PRINTING R" is stated on copyright page. (more...)

Last: Seton
First: Anya

 

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 440

Dune

1965


 

Dune
First Edition is stated on the copyright page with no mention of subsequent  (more...)

Last: Herbert
First: Frank

 

Chilton Books
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 412

The Fortunate Pilgrim

1965


 

The Fortunate Pilgrim
First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Boards are maroon with brown  (more...)

Last: Puzo
First: Mario

 

Atheneum
Original Price: $5.75
Pages: 301

The Orchard Keeper

1965


 

The Orchard Keeper
First Printing is stated on the copyright page. Boards are cranberry with  (more...)

Last: McCarthy
First: Cormac

 

Random House
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 246

The Fixer

1966


 

The Fixer
"First printing, 1966" is stated on the copyright page. The page edges on  (more...)

Last: Malamud
First: Bernard

Pulitzer Prize

National Book Award

Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux
Original Price: $5.75
Pages: 335

The Valley of the Dolls

1966


 

The Valley of the Dolls
First Printing is stated on the copyright page with no references to  (more...)

Last: Susann
First: Jacqueline

 

Bernard Geis Associates
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 442

The Birds Fall Down

1966


 

The Birds Fall Down
"First published in 1966 by The Viking Press, Inc." is stated on the  (more...)

Last: West
First: Rebecca

 

Viking
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 435

Big As Life

1966


 

Big As Life
At this point in time it is safe to say that any copy of this book is a first  (more...)

Last: Doctorow
First: E.L.

 

Simon and Schuster
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 218

Capable of Honor

1966


 

Capable of Honor
First Edition is stated on the copyright page with no refereneces to  (more...)

Last: Drury
First: Allen

 

Doubleday
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 531

The Evening of the Holiday

1966


 

The Evening of the Holiday
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page and 1966 is stated on the title  (more...)

Last: Hazzard
First: Shirley

 

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $3.95
Pages: 152

The Confessions of Nat Turner

1967


 

The Confessions of Nat Turner
"First Printing" is stated on the copyright page. Boards are black cloth  (more...)

Last: Styron
First: William

Pulitzer Prize

Random House
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 428

Rosemary's Baby

1967


 

Rosemary's Baby
FIRST PRINTING is stated on the copyright page with no references to  (more...)

Last: Levin
First: Ira

 

Random House
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 245

Why Are We in Vietnam?

1967


 

Why Are We in Vietnam?
"First Impression" is stated on the copyright page. Bound in blue cloth with  (more...)

Last: Mailer
First: Norman

 

Putnam
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 208

The Eighth Day

1967


 

The Eighth Day
"First Edition" is stated on the copyright page. Boards are light blue cloth  (more...)

Last: Wilder
First: Thornton

National Book Award

Harper and Row
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 435

House Made of Dawn

1968


 

House Made of Dawn
"FIRST EDITION" is stated on copyright page with no references to subsequent  (more...)

Last: Momaday
First: N Scott

Pulitzer Prize

Harper & Row
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 212

The Double Helix

1968


 

The Double Helix
First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Dust Jacket back has photo of  (more...)

Last: Watson
First: James

 

Atheneum
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 226

Airport

1968


 

Airport
First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Bound in light blue cloth with  (more...)

Last: Hailey
First: Arthur

 

Doubleday and Company
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 440

Steps

1968


 

Steps
FIRST PRINTING is stated on the copyright page. Boards are beige with maroon  (more...)

Last: Kosinski
First: Jerzy

National Book Award

Random House
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 148

Outer Dark

1968


 

Outer Dark
FIRST PRINTING is stated on the copyright page. Boards are blue-gray with  (more...)

Last: McCarthy
First: Cormac

 

Random House
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 242

Bloodline

1968


 

Bloodline
"FIRST PRINTING, 1968" is stated on the copyright page. Boards are red with  (more...)

Last: Gaines
First: Ernest

 

Dial Press
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 249

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

1968


 

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
First Edition is stated on the copyright page, and 1968 is stated on the  (more...)

Last: Dick
First: Philip K.

 

Doubleday & Company
Original Price: $3.95
Pages: 210

Collected Stories of Jean Stafford

1969


 

Collected Stories of Jean Stafford
"First Printing" is stated on copyright page. (more...)

Last: Stafford
First: Jean

Pulitzer Prize

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $10.00
Pages: 463

The Andromeda Strain

1969


 

The Andromeda Strain
FIRST EDITION is stated on copyright page. (more...)

Last: Crichton
First: Michael

 

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 295

Slaughterhouse-Five

1969


 

Slaughterhouse-Five
First Printing is stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket price reads  (more...)

Last: Vonnegut
First: Kurt

 

Delacorte Press
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 186

The French Connection

1969


 

The French Connection
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. (more...)

Last: Moore
First: Robin

 

Little, Brown and Company
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 309

Thirteen Days

1969


 

Thirteen Days
"First Edition January 20, 1969" is stated on the copyright page with full  (more...)

Last: Kennedy
First: Robert F.

 

Norton & Company, Inc.
Original Price: $5.50
Pages: 224

Pictures of Fidelman

1969


 

Pictures of Fidelman
"First printing, 1969" is stated on the copyright page. pink cloth spine and  (more...)

Last: Malamud
First: Bernard

 

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 208

Them

1969


 

Them
First Edition or First Printing is NOT stated on the copyright page, but  (more...)

Last: Oates
First: Joyce Carol

National Book Award

Vanguard Press
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 508

The House on the Strand

1969


 

The House on the Strand
Both the copyright page and the bottom of title page states 1969, and the  (more...)

Last: Du Maurier
First: Daphne

 

Victor Gollancz LTD
Original Price: £1.50
Pages: 349

Portnoy's Complaint

1969


 

Portnoy's Complaint
There is a bit of confusion about whether the Limited Edition or the so  (more...)

Last: Roth
First: Philip

 

Random House
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 274

I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow...

1969


 

I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow...
First Printing is stated on copyright page above Random House line number 2 3  (more...)

Last: Namath
First: Joe Willie

 

Random House
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 279

The French Lieutenant's Woman

1969


 

The French Lieutenant's Woman
The first edition was published in the UK. FIRST PUBLISHED 1969 is stated on  (more...)

Last: Fowles
First: John

 

Jonathan Cape
Original Price: 35s net
Pages: 445

The Peter Principle

1969


 

The Peter Principle
There are no dots underneath the Library of Congress Catalog Card Number on  (more...)

Last: Peter
First: Laurence J.

 

William Morrow and Company
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 179

The Godfather

1969


 

The Godfather
Copyright page states Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 69-11465 on the  (more...)

Last: Puzo
First: Mario

 

Putnam
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 446


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