Here are the books for 1979. Click on a thumbnail to see first edition criteria (and photos).

Year

Title

Author

Publisher

1979


 

The Executioner's Song
"FIRST EDITION" is stated on copyright page. (more...)

Last: Mailer
First: Norman

Pulitzer Prize

Little, Brown
Original Price: $16.95
Pages: 1056

1979


 

Godel, Escher, Bach
Copyright page has the number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Binding is brown  (more...)

Last: Hofstadter
First: Douglas

Pulitzer Prize

Basic Books
Original Price: $18.50
Pages: 777

1979


 

The Drowning Season
Copyright page has number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" followed by "First  (more...)

Last: Hoffman
First: Alice

Dutton
Original Price: $8.95
Pages: 212

1979


 

Secrets and Surprises
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page beneath Random House number  (more...)

Last: Beattie
First: Ann

Random House
Original Price: $8.95
Pages: 307

1979


 

The Right Stuff
"First printing, 1979" is stated on the copyright page. Gray boards. (more...)

Last: Wolfe
First: Tom

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $12.95
Pages: 436

1979


 

Sophie's Choice
There are two limited editions vying for true first status. The true first  (more...)

Last: Styron
First: William

National Book Award

Franklin Library
Pages: 624

1979


 

Suttree
First Edition is stated below Random House number line "24689753". Board are  (more...)

Last: McCarthy
First: Cormac

Random House
Original Price: $12.95
Pages: 471

1979


 

On Golden Pond
First edition is stated on the copyright page with no references to  (more...)

Last: Thompson
First: Ernest

Dodd, Mead and Company
Original Price: $7.95
Pages: 191

1979


 

The Dead Zone
"First published in 1979 by The Viking Press" is stated on the copyright page  (more...)

Last: King
First: Stephen

Viking Press
Original Price: $11.95
Pages: 426

1979


 

Birdy
First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Boards are blue with gilt  (more...)

Last: Wharton
First: William

National Book Award

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $8.95
Pages: 310