Here are the books for the 1980's. Click on a thumbnail to see first edition criteria (and photos).

Year

Title

Author

Publisher

1980


 

A Confederacy of Dunces
First edition is NOT stated. It should have matching dates of 1980 on the  (more...)

Last: Toole
First: John Kennedy

Pulitzer Prize

Louisiana State University Press
Original Price: $12.95
Pages: 338

1980


 

The Clan of the Cave Bear
First Edition is stated under 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 number line on copyright  (more...)

Last: Auel
First: Jean

Crown
Original Price: $12.95
Pages: 468

1980


 

The Bourne Identity
"Copyright 1980 by Robert Ludlum" at the top of the copyright page, and  (more...)

Last: Ludlum
First: Robert

Marek
Original Price: $12.95
Pages: 523

1980


 

Cosmos
First Edition is stated on the copyright page below Random House full number  (more...)

Last: Sagan
First: Carl

Random House
Original Price: $19.95
Pages: 365

1980


 

Housekeeping
First edition, 1980 is stated on the copyright page with no reference to  (more...)

Last: Robinson
First: Marilynne

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $10.95
Pages: 219

1980


 

The Lords of Discipline
Copyright page has full number line "P 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1", with 1980 on  (more...)

Last: Conroy
First: Pat

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $12.95
Pages: 499

1980


 

Plains Song
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page along with full number line 80  (more...)

Last: Morris
First: Wright

National Book Award

Harper and Row
Original Price: $9.95
Pages: 229

1981


 

Rabbit is Rich
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. 1981 is listed on the title  (more...)

Last: Updike
First: John

Pulitzer Prize

National Book Award

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $13.95
Pages: 467

1981


 

Tar Baby
The true first edition is the Franklin Library Limited First Edition (see the  (more...)

Last: Morrison
First: Toni

Franklin Library
Original Price: None
Pages: 312

1981


 

A Flag for Sunrise
FIRST EDITION is stated on copyright page with no references to subsequent  (more...)

Last: Stone
First: Robert

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $13.95
Pages: 439

1981


 

The Soul of a New Machine
"FIRST EDITION" is stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket has no review  (more...)

Last: Kidder
First: Tracy

Pulitzer Prize

National Book Award

Little, Brown and Company
Original Price: $13.95
Pages: 293

1981


 

Gorky Park
FIRST EDITION is stated below Random House number line "2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3" on  (more...)

Last: Smith
First: Martin Cruz

Random House
Original Price: $13.95
Pages: 365

1981


 

At Paradise Gate
Copyright pages has full number line "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2". Boards are  (more...)

Last: Smiley
First: Jane

Simon and Schuster
Original Price: $12.95
Pages: 224

1981


 

In the Garden of the North American Martyrs
FIRST EDITION is stated on copyright page with no references to subsequent  (more...)

Last: Wolff
First: Tobias

Ecco Press
Original Price: $14.95
Pages: 175

1981


 

Paragon Walk
First Edition is stated below full number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on  (more...)

Last: Perry
First: Anne

St. Martin's Press
Original Price: $9.95
Pages: 204

1981


 

Bodily Harm
The true first is the Canadian edition which was published in November of  (more...)

Last: Atwood
First: Margaret

McClelland & Stewart
Original Price: $16.95
Pages: 301

1981


 

Midnight's Children
The consensus is that the American edition (Knopf) precedes the UK edition  (more...)

Last: Rushdie
First: Salman

Knopf
Original Price: $13.95
Pages: 446

1982


 

The Color Purple
First edition states "First Edition" and the letter code "BCDE" on copyright  (more...)

Last: Walker
First: Alice

Pulitzer Prize

National Book Award

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Original Price: $11.95
Pages: 245

1982


 

The Valley of the Horses
First Edition is stated under "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" number line on copyright  (more...)

Last: Auel
First: Jean

Crown
Original Price: $15.95
Pages: 502

1982


 

Schindler's List (U.S.)
This is the first U.S. edition. Copyright page has full number line "1 3 5 7  (more...)

Last: Keneally
First: Thomas

Simon and Schuster
Original Price: $16.95
Pages: 400

1982


 

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

Last: DeLillo
First: Don

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $13.95
Pages: 339

1982


 

The Man from St. Petersburg
"First published in Great Britain 1982" is stated on the copyright page with  (more...)

Last: Follett
First: Ken

Hamish Hamilton
Original Price: £7.95
Pages: 292

1983


 

Ironweed
"First published in 1983 by The Viking Press" is stated toward the top of the  (more...)

Last: Kennedy
First: William

Pulitzer Prize

Viking
Original Price: $14.75
Pages: 227

1983


 

Ancient Evenings
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page with no references to  (more...)

Last: Mailer
First: Norman

Little, Brown and Company
Original Price: $19.95
Pages: 709

1983


 

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

Last: Gilchrist
First: Ellen

Little, Brown and Company
Original Price: $14.95
Pages: 353

1983


 

On Wings of Eagles
While we have no evidence to say this definitively, we believe the true first  (more...)

Last: Follett
First: Ken

Collins
Original Price: £9.95
Pages: 447

1983


 

Our House in the Last World
First Edition is stated on copyright page with no references to subsequent  (more...)

Last: Hijuelos
First: Oscar

Persea
Original Price: $13.95
Pages: 235

1984


 

Foreign Affairs
The true first edition is the Franklin Library "Signed First Editio (more...)

Last: Lurie
First: Alison

Pulitzer Prize

Franklin Library
Pages: 291

1984


 

The Hunt for Red October
The copyright page has exactly 18 lines of text, including a Library of  (more...)

Last: Clancy
First: Tom

Naval Institute Press
Original Price: None
Pages: 387

1984


 

Slow Learner
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. Boards are white cloth with  (more...)

Last: Pynchon
First: Thomas

Little, Brown and Company
Original Price: $14.95
Pages: 193

1984


 

Neuromancer
The first edition of this Nebula Award winner was a paperback published by  (more...)

Last: Gibson
First: William

Ace Science Fiction
Original Price: $2.95
Pages: 271

1984


 

Victory Over Japan
FIRST EDITION is stated on copyright page with no references to subsequent  (more...)

Last: Gilchrist
First: Ellen

National Book Award

Little, Brown and Company
Original Price: $15.95
Pages: 277

1984


 

The Barracks Thief
FIRST EDITION is stated on copyright page with no references to subsequent  (more...)

Last: Wolff
First: Tobias

Ecco Press
Original Price: $12.50
Pages: 101

1984


 

Love Medicine
First edition is stated on the copyright page with full number line "1 3 5 7  (more...)

Last: Erdrich
First: Louise

Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Original Price: $13.95
Pages: 272

1985


 

Lonesome Dove
Number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on copyright page. All first printings  (more...)

Last: McMurtry
First: Larry

Pulitzer Prize

Simon & Schuster
Original Price: $18.95
Pages: 843

1985


 

The House of the Spirits
Below is the first American edition which was translated from spanish by  (more...)

Last: Allende
First: Isabel

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $17.95
Pages: 368

1985


 

Contact
Copyright 1985 by Carl Sagan and full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 is  (more...)

Last: Sagan
First: Carl

Simon and Schuster
Original Price: $18.95
Pages: 432

1985


 

The Mammoth Hunters
First Edition is stated under "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" number line on copyright  (more...)

Last: Auel
First: Jean

Crown
Original Price: $19.95
Pages: 645

1985


 

Fortune's Daughter
Copyright page has full number line "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10". (more...)

Last: Hoffman
First: Alice

Putnam
Original Price: $15.95
Pages: 268

1985


 

The Accidental Tourist
FIRST EDITION is stated on copyright page with no references to subsequent  (more...)

Last: Tyler
First: Anne

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $16.95
Pages: 355

1985


 

Blood Meridian
First Edition is stated on the copyright page below Random House number line  (more...)

Last: McCarthy
First: Cormac

Random House
Original Price: $17.95
Pages: 337

1985


 

Carpenter's Gothic
"First published in 1985 by Viking Penguin Inc." is stated on the copyright  (more...)

Last: Gaddis
First: William

Viking Penguin
Original Price: $16.95
Pages: 262

1985


 

White Noise
"First published in 1985 by Viking Penguin Inc." is stated on the copyright  (more...)

Last: DeLillo
First: Don

National Book Award

Viking Penguin
Original Price: $16.95
Pages: 326

1985


 

World's Fair
First Edition is stated on the copyright page below Random House number line  (more...)

Last: Doctorow
First: E.L.

National Book Award

Random House
Original Price: $17.95
Pages: 288

1985


 

Word of Honor
Copyright page states "First Printing November 1985" above ful number line  (more...)

Last: DeMille
First: Nelson

Warner Books
Original Price: $17.50
Pages: 518

1985


 

Easy In The Islands
First Edition is stated on the copyright page beneath full number line "10 9  (more...)

Last: Shacochis
First: Bob

Crown
Original Price: $13.95
Pages: 213

1985


 

Ender's Game
Copyright page states First TOR Printing: January 1985. Boards are blue with  (more...)

Last: Card
First: Orson Scott

TOR
Original Price: $13.95
Pages: 357

1986


 

A Summons to Memphis
"First Edition" is stated on copyright page. (more...)

Last: Taylor
First: Peter

Pulitzer Prize

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $15.95
Pages: 209

1986


 

The Prince of Tides
Copyright page has full number line "S 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". (more...)

Last: Conroy
First: Pat

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $19.95
Pages: 567

1986


 

The Good Mother
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page along with number line "86 87  (more...)

Last: Miller
First: Sue

Harper and Row
Original Price: $17.95
Pages: 310

1986


 

Paco's Story
"First edition, 1986" is stated on the copyright page. Boards are orange  (more...)

Last: Heinemann
First: Larry

National Book Award

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $15.95
Pages: 210

1986


 

Forrest Gump
"First Edition" is stated on the copyright page. Yellow boards with brown  (more...)

Last: Groom
First: Winston

Doubleday and Company
Original Price: $14.95
Pages: 228

1986


 

Artic Dreams
Copyright pages has full number line "1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19  F/C  (more...)

Last: Lopez
First: Barry

National Book Award

Scribners
Original Price: $22.95
Pages: 464

1986


 

Mohawk
The first edition is a softcover. FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright  (more...)

Last: Russo
First: Richard

Vintage Contemporaries
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 418

1986


 

The Beet Queen
Copyright page states FIRST EDITION and full number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2  (more...)

Last: Erdrich
First: Louise

Henry Holt and Company
Original Price: $16.95
Pages: 338

1986


 

Red Storm Rising
Copyright page has full number line "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10". Boards are  (more...)

Last: Clancy
First: Tom

Putnam
Original Price: $19.95
Pages: 652

1986


 

Stallion Gate
First Edition is stated below Random House number line "24689753" AND there  (more...)

Last: Smith
First: Martin Cruz

Random House
Original Price: $17.95
Pages: 321

1986


 

Through a Glass Darkly
First Edition is stated on the copyright page below full Random House number  (more...)

Last: Koen
First: Karleen

Random House
Original Price: $19.95
Pages: 743

1986


 

The Sportswriter
The first edition was published by Vintage Contemporaries, a division of  (more...)

Last: Ford
First: Richard

Vintage Contemporaries
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 375

1986


 

Deadwood
Copyright page states FIRST EDITION below Random House number line 24689753.  (more...)

Last: Dexter
First: Pete

Random House
Original Price: $17.95
Pages: 365

1987


 

Beloved
"First Edition" is stated on copyright page. (more...)

Last: Morrison
First: Toni

Pulitzer Prize

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $18.95
Pages: 275

1987


 

The Bonfire of the Vanities
The true first edition was a limited edition published by the Franklin  (more...)

Last: Wolfe
First: Tom

Franklin Library
Pages: 659

1987


 

Patriot Games
Copyright page has full number line "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10". Boards are light  (more...)

Last: Clancy
First: Tom

Putnam
Original Price: $19.95
Pages: 540

1987


 

World's End
"First published in 1987 by Viking Penguin Inc." is stated on the coyright  (more...)

Last: Boyle
First: T. Coraghessan

Viking
Original Price: $19.95
Pages: 456

1987


 

Racing Through Paradise
First Edition is stated on the copyright page below the full Random House  (more...)

Last: Buckley Jr.
First: William F.

Random House
Original Price: $25.00
Pages: 344

1988


 

Breathing Lessons
The true first edition is the Franklin Library "Signed First  (more...)

Last: Tyler
First: Anne

Pulitzer Prize

Franklin Library
Pages: 327

1988


 

A Brief History of Time
The true first edition is the UK issue. The copyright page says Published  (more...)

Last: Hawking
First: Stephen

Bantam
Original Price: £14.95
Pages: 198

1988


 

Paris Trout
First Edition is stated on the copyright page under the Random House number  (more...)

Last: Dexter
First: Pete

National Book Award

Random House
Original Price: $17.95
Pages: 306

1988


 

The Bean Trees
FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page along with number line "88 89  (more...)

Last: Kingsolver
First: Barbara

Harper and Row
Original Price: $16.95
Pages: 232

1988


 

The Silence of the Lambs
"First Edition" is stated on the copyright page above full number line "10 9  (more...)

Last: Harris
First: Thomas

St. Martins Press
Original Price: $18.95
Pages: 338

1988


 

Libra
"First published in 1985 by Viking Penguin Inc." is stated on the copyright  (more...)

Last: DeLillo
First: Don

Viking Penguin
Original Price: $19.95
Pages: 456

1988


 

Love in the Time of Cholera (First American)
"First American Edition" is stated on the copyright page with no statement of  (more...)

Last: Marquez
First: Gabriel Garcia

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $18.95
Pages: 348

1988


 

The Book of Ruth
Copyright page has full number line "P 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". Boards are  (more...)

Last: Hamilton
First: Jane

Ticknor & Fields
Original Price: $18.95
Pages: 328

1988


 

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
First Edition is stated above full number line "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10" on the  (more...)

Last: Chabon
First: Michael

Morrow
Original Price: $16.95
Pages: 297

1988


 

The Risk Pool
First Edition is stated below Random House number line "23456789". Boards  (more...)

Last: Russo
First: Richard

Random House
Original Price: $19.95
Pages: 479

1988


 

Tracks
First Edition is stated above full number line "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2".  (more...)

Last: Erdrich
First: Louise

Henry Holt
Original Price: $18.95
Pages: 226

1989


 

The mambo kings play songs of love: a novel
"FIRST EDITION, 1989" stated on copyright page. Bound in orange cloth with  (more...)

Last: Hijuelos
First: Oscar

Pulitzer Prize

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $18.95
Pages: 407

1989


 

Spartina
First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Quarter bound with teal paper  (more...)

Last: Casey
First: John

National Book Award

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $18.95
Pages: 375

1989


 

Eden Close
First edition is stated on the copyright page above full letter line "A B C D  (more...)

Last: Shreve
First: Anita

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Original Price: $17.95
Pages: 265

1989


 

The Joy Luck Club
Copyright page has full number line "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10" and ISBN  (more...)

Last: Tan
First: Amy

Putnam
Original Price: $18.95
Pages: 288

1989


 

On the Firing Line
The true first edition was a limited signed edition published by the Franklin  (more...)

Last: Buckley Jr.
First: William F.

Franklin Library
Pages: 533

1989


 

The Pillars of the Earth
The true first edition was published in the UK. "First published 1989" is  (more...)

Last: Follett
First: Ken

Macmillan
Original Price: £13.95
Pages: 806

1989


 

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
First Edition is stated on the copyright page. Boards are blue with gold  (more...)

Last: Gurganus
First: Allan

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $21.95
Pages: 718

1989


 

One Up on Wall Street
Copyright page has full number line "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2". Boards are blue  (more...)

Last: Lynch
First: Peter

Simon and Schuster
Original Price: $19.95
Pages: 318