Pub
Year

Title

Author

Publisher

1920
 

The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence first appeared as installments in the Pictorial Review  (more...)

Last: Wharton
First: Edith

Pulitzer Prize

Appleton and Company
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 365

1923
 

The Able McLaughlins
"First Edition" and "H-X" (the code for August 1923) is stated on the  (more...)

Last: Wilson
First: Margaret

Pulitzer Prize

Harper & Brothers
Original Price: $2.00
Pages: 263

1927
 

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The first U.S. edition was published in November, 1927. There were between  (more...)

Last: Wilder
First: Thornton

Pulitzer Prize

Albert & Charles Boni
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 235

1946
 

All the King's Men
"first edition" is stated on copyright page. Boards are maroon. 1st state  (more...)

Last: Warren
First: Robert Penn

Pulitzer Prize

Harcourt Brace and Company
Original Price: $3.00
Pages: 464

1951
 

The Caine Mutiny
"First Edition" is stated on the bottom left corner of the copyright page.  (more...)

Last: Wouk
First: Herman

Pulitzer Prize

Doubleday & Company
Original Price: $3.95
Pages: 494

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

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

2016
 

The Underground Railroad
The U.S. first edition was published by Doubleday. First Edition is stated  (more...)

Last: Whitehead
First: Colson

Pulitzer Prize

National Book Award

Doubleday
Original Price: $26.95
Pages: 306