Here are the books for 1972. Click on a thumbnail to see first edition criteria (and photos).

Year

Title

Author

Publisher

1972


 

The Optimist's Daughter
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page below the full Random House  (more...)

Last: Welty
First: Eudora

Pulitzer Prize

Random House
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 180

1972


 

The Boys of Summer
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page with number line on the bottom  (more...)

Last: Kahn
First: Roger

Harper and Row
Original Price: $8.95
Pages: 442

1972


 

Watership Down (U.S.)
The true first edition was published by Rex Collings, London. Below is the  (more...)

Last: Adams
First: Richard

Macmillan
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 429

1972


 

Chimera
The true first edition was a special signed edition limited to 300 copies  (more...)

Last: Barth
First: John

National Book Award

Random House
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 308

1972


 

Augustus
"First published in 1972 by The Viking Press, Inc." is stated on the  (more...)

Last: Williams
First: John

National Book Award

Viking
Original Price: $7.95
Pages: 305

1972


 

The Stepford Wives
First Edition is stated below the Random House number line "98765432".  (more...)

Last: Levin
First: Ira

Random House
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 145

1972


 

End Zone
First Printing is stated on the copyright page with no references to  (more...)

Last: DeLillo
First: Don

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 242

1972


 

Marriages and Infidelities
Copyright page has no statements of subsequent printings. Brown cloth boards  (more...)

Last: Oates
First: Joyce Carol

Vanguard Press
Original Price: $7.95
Pages: 497

1972


 

The Terminal Man
FIRST EDITION is stated on copyright page. 1972 is stated on title page.  (more...)

Last: Crichton
First: Michael

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 247