Here are the books for 1961. Click on a thumbnail to see first edition criteria (and photos).

Year

Title

Author

Publisher

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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