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 | | His Family
Date on title page and copyright page are both 1917. No other printing (more...) | | Last: Poole
First: Ernest | Macmillan
Original Price: $1.50
Pages: 320 |
|  | | The Magnificent Ambersons
Rust red boards stamped in black. Title page and copyright page should both (more...) | | | |
|  | | The Age of Innocence
Title page and copyright page both say 1920 with no printing statement. Has (more...) | | Last: Wharton
First: Edith | |
|  | | Alice Adams
First edition has 1921 on both the title page and the copyright page with no (more...) | | | Doubleday, Page
Original Price: $1.75
Pages: 434 |
|  | | One of Ours
The first printing was a signed/limited edition.
The first trade (more...) | | Last: Cather
First: Willa | Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 459 |
|  | | The Able McLaughlins
The true first edition carries "First Edition" and H-X (August 1923) on (more...) | | Last: Wilson
First: Margaret | |
|  | | So Big
"First Edition" is stated by itself, on its own line, on the very bottom of (more...) | | Last: Ferber
First: Edna | Doubleday, Page
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 360 |
|  | | Arrowsmith
The true first edition was a limited edition signed by Lewis. It was (more...) | | Last: Lewis
First: Sinclair | |
|  | | Early Autumn
Both title page and copyright page say 1926. first edition is NOT stated, (more...) | | | Stokes
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 307 |
|  | | The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The first U.S. edition was published in November, 1927. There were between (more...) | | Last: Wilder
First: Thornton | |
|  | | Scarlet Sister Mary
"First Edition" is stated on the copyright page. Book has red paper labeled (more...) | | Last: Peterkin
First: Julia | Bobbs-Merrill
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 345 |
|  | | Laughing Boy
The title page date must match the copyright date (1929). First issue dust (more...) | | Last: La Farge
First: Oliver | |
|  | | Years of Grace
The title page date must match the copyright date (1930). No statement of (more...) | | Last: Barnes
First: Margaret Ayer | |
|  | | The Good Earth
Dust Jacket is rare. The first printing has flees for fleas on page 100, (more...) | | Last: Buck
First: Pearl S. | |
|  | | The Store
"FIRST EDITION" is stated on bottom of copyright page. Title page states (more...) | | Last: Stribling
First: Thomas | Doubleday Doran
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 571 |
|  | | Lamb in his Bosom
The true first edition carries "First Edition" and H-H (August 1933) on (more...) | | Last: Miller
First: Caroline | |
|  | | Now in November
Both title page and copyright page should say 1934. No printing statement (more...) | | Last: Johnson
First: Josephine | |
|  | | Honey in the Horn
"First Edition" is stated on the first printing. Printing statements are (more...) | | Last: Davis
First: Harold Lenoir | |
|  | | Gone with the Wind
The copyright page states "Published May, 1936" with no other printing (more...) | | Last: Mitchell
First: Margaret | Macmillan
Original Price: $3.00
Pages: 1037 |
|  | | The Late George Apley
"Published January, 1937" is stated on the copyright page with no other (more...) | | Last: Marquand
First: John Phillips | Little, Brown
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 354 |
|  | | The Yearling
The first printing has the letter "A" and Scribner's seal on the copyright (more...) | | Last: Rawlings
First: Marjorie Kinnan | |
|  | | The Grapes of Wrath
First printings have a single statement on the copyright page that says (more...) | | | Viking
Original Price: $2.75
Pages: 619 |
|  | | | | Last: Glasgow
First: Ellen | |
|  | | Dragon's Teeth
The first printing states "FIRST PUBLISHED IN JANUARY 1942" on the copyright (more...) | | Last: Sinclair
First: Upton | Viking
Original Price: $3.00
Pages: 631 |
|  | | Journey in the Dark
"FIRST EDITION" is stated on copyright page. Dust jacket must state HARPER & (more...) | | Last: Flavin
First: Martin | |
|  | | A Bell For Adano
"First Edition" is stated, with no other references to printing. The first (more...) | | Last: Hersey
First: John | Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 269 |
|  | | All the King's Men
"first edition" is stated on copyright page. 1st state dustjacket has (more...) | | Last: Warren
First: Robert Penn | |
|  | | Tales of the South Pacific
"First Printing" is stated on the top of the copyright page. Printed by "THE (more...) | | Last: Michener
First: James A. | Macmillan
Original Price: $3.00
Pages: 326 |
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First: James Gould | |
|  | | The Way West
"First Printing" is stated on the copyright page with no mention of the press (more...) | | Last: Guthrie
First: A B | |
|  | | | | Last: Richter
First: Conrad | Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 433 |
|  | | The Caine Mutiny
22,500 copies of the first printing were produced. Very few of them had a (more...) | | Last: Wouk
First: Herman | |
|  | | The Old Man and the Sea
The first printing has the letter "A" and Scribner's seal on the copyright (more...) | | Last: Hemingway
First: Ernest | |
|  | | A Fable
The true first edition was a numbered and signed limited edition of 1,000 (more...) | | Last: Faulkner
First: William | Random House
Original Price: $4.75
Pages: 437 |
|  | | Andersonville
There was an autographed first edition that was "limited to one thousand (more...) | | Last: Kantor
First: MacKinlay | |
|  | | A Death in the Family
Agee died before he finished the book, so his manuscript was edited and (more...) | | Last: Agee
First: James Gould | |
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First: Robert Lewis | |
|  | | Advise and Consent
"First Edition" is stated on bottom of copyright page. Price on dust jacket (more...) | | Last: Drury
First: Alan | |
|  | | To Kill a Mockingbird
This book is in high demand. Approximately 5,000 first printings were (more...) | | Last: Lee
First: Harper | Lippincott
Original Price: $3.95
Pages: 296 |
|  | | | | Last: O'Connor
First: Edwin | |
|  | | The Reivers
"FIRST PRINTING" is stated on the copyright page. Boards are red with red (more...) | | Last: Faulkner
First: William | Random House
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 305 |
|  | | | | Last: Grau
First: Shirley Ann | Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 309 |
|  | | | | Last: Porter
First: Katherine Anne | |
|  | | The Fixer
"First printing, 1966" is stated on the copyright page. The page edges on (more...) | | Last: Malamud
First: Bernard | |
|  | | | | Last: Styron
First: William | Random House
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 428 |
|  | | | | Last: Momaday
First: N Scott | Harper & Row
Original Price: $4.95
Pages: 212 |
|  | | | | Last: Stafford
First: Jean | |
|  | | | | Last: Stegner
First: Wallace Earle | Doubleday
Original Price: $7.95
Pages: 569 |
|  | | The Optimist's Daughter
The true first is a limited edition of no more than 300 numbered copies (more...) | | Last: Welty
First: Eudora | Random House
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 180 |
|  | | The Killer Angels
Copyright page has 5 lines of text on the top, and five lines of text on the (more...) | | Last: Shaara
First: Michael | McKay
Original Price: $8.95
Pages: 374 |
|  | | Humboldt's Gift
States on the copyright page "First published in 1975 by the Viking Press, (more...) | | Last: Bellow
First: Saul | Viking
Original Price: $10.00
Pages: 487 |
|  | | Elbow Room: Stories
"FIRST EDITION" is stated on copyright page. Back of dust jacket has a (more...) | | Last: McPherson
First: James Alan | Little, Brown
Original Price: $8.95
Pages: 241 |
|  | | | | Last: Cheever
First: John | Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $15.00
Pages: 693 |
|  | | | | Last: Mailer
First: Norman | Little, Brown
Original Price: $16.95
Pages: 1056 |
|  | | A Confederacy of Dunces
First edition is NOT stated. It should have matching dates of 1980 on the (more...) | | Last: Toole
First: John Kennedy | |
|  | | Rabbit is Rich
The true first is a limited edition of 350 copies signed and numbered by the (more...) | | Last: Updike
First: John | Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $13.95
Pages: 467 |
|  | | The Color Purple
First edition states "First Edition" and the letter code "BCDE" on copyright (more...) | | Last: Walker
First: Alice | |
|  | | Ironweed
"First published in 1983 by The Viking Press" is stated toward the top of the (more...) | | Last: Kennedy
First: William | Viking
Original Price: $14.75
Pages: 227 |
|  | | Foreign Affairs
The true first edition is the Franklin Library "Signed First Editio (more...) | | Last: Lurie
First: Alison | |
|  | | 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 | |
|  | | | | Last: Taylor
First: Peter | Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $15.95
Pages: 209 |
|  | | Beloved
"First Edition" is stated on copyright page. (more...) | | Last: Morrison
First: Toni | Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $18.95
Pages: 275 |
|  | | Breathing Lessons
The true first edition is the Franklin Library "Signed First (more...) | | Last: Tyler
First: Anne | |
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First: Oscar | |
|  | | Rabbit at Rest
Both Knopf and the Franklin Library produced signed first editions. It is (more...) | | Last: Updike
First: John | |
|  | | | | Last: Smiley
First: Jane | Alfred A. Knop
Original Price: $23.00
Pages: 371 |
|  | | | | Last: Butler
First: Robert Olen | |
|  | | The Shipping News
Copyright page has number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". (more...) | | Last: Proulx
First: Annie E. | |
|  | | The Stone Diaries
The UK or Canadian editions are preferable to the U.S. edition. The UK and (more...) | | Last: Shields
First: Carol | Fourth Estate
Original Price: £12.99
Pages: 361 |
|  | | Independence Day
There was a special signed first edition limited to 150. These occupy the (more...) | | Last: Ford
First: Richard | Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $24.00
Pages: 451 |
|  | | | | | Crown
Original Price: $24.00
Pages: 293 |
|  | | American Pastoral
The true first edition is the Franklin Library "Signed First Edition." It is (more...) | | Last: Roth
First: Philip | |
|  | | The Hours
"First Edition" is stated with no references to other printings. Boards are (more...) | | | |
|  | | Interpreter of Maladies
The true first edition is a soft cover. It precedes the hardcover issue. (more...) | | Last: Lahiri
First: Jhumpa | |
|  | | | | Last: Chabon
First: Michael | Random House
Original Price: $26.95
Pages: 639 |
|  | | Empire Falls
"First Edition" is stated on copyright page. (more...) | | Last: Russo
First: Richard | Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $25.95
Pages: 483 |
|  | | Middlesex
Copyright page has number line "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2". (more...) | | Last: Eugenides
First: Jeffrey | |
|  | | The Known World
Copyright page has number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". (more...) | | Last: Jones
First: Edward P. | Amistad
Original Price: $24.95
Pages: 388 |
|  | | Gilead
Copyright page states "First edition, 2004" and has full number line "10 9 8 (more...) | | Last: Robinson
First: Marilynne | |
|  | | March
First printing has a full number line on copyright page - "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 (more...) | | Last: Brooks
First: Geraldine | Viking
Original Price: $24.95
Pages: 280 |
|  | | The Road
First Edition is stated on the copyright page. 2006 is stated on the bottom (more...) | | Last: McCarthy
First: Cormac | Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $24.00
Pages: 241 |
|  | | | | Last: Diaz
First: Junot | Riverhead Books
Original Price: $24.95
Pages: 339 |
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