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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 |
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| The Magnificent Ambersons Rust red boards stamped in black. Title page and copyright page should both  (more...) | | | Doubleday Page Original Price: $1.40 Pages: 516 |
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| The Age of Innocence The Age of Innocence first appeared as installments in the Pictorial Review  (more...) | | Last: Wharton First: Edith | |
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| 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 |
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| One of Ours The first edition consists of 345 "de luxe" copies offered via mail order.  (more...) | | Last: Cather First: Willa | Alfred A. Knopf Original Price: $2.50 Pages: 459 |
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| The Able McLaughlins "First Edition" and "H-X" (the code for August 1923) is stated on the  (more...) | | Last: Wilson First: Margaret | |
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| 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 |
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| Arrowsmith The true first edition was a limited edition signed by Lewis. It was  (more...) | | Last: Lewis First: Sinclair | |
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| Early Autumn Both title page and copyright page say 1926. first edition is NOT stated,  (more...) | | | Stokes Original Price: $2.00 Pages: 307 |
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| The Bridge of San Luis Rey The first U.S. edition was published in November, 1927. There were between  (more...) | | Last: Wilder First: Thornton | |
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| 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 |
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| Laughing Boy The title page date must match the copyright date (1929). First printing  (more...) | | Last: La Farge First: Oliver | |
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| Years of Grace The title page date must match the copyright date (1930). No statement of  (more...) | | Last: Barnes First: Margaret Ayer | |
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| The Good Earth The copyright page states "COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY PEARL S. BUCK" and there is no  (more...) | | Last: Buck First: Pearl S. | |
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| 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 |
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| Lamb in his Bosom The true first edition carries "First Edition" and H-H (August 1933) on  (more...) | | Last: Miller First: Caroline | |
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| Now in November Both title page and copyright page should say 1934. No printing statement  (more...) | | Last: Johnson First: Josephine | |
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| Honey in the Horn "First Edition" is stated on the first printing. Printing statements are  (more...) | | Last: Davis First: Harold Lenoir | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| The Yearling The first printing has the letter "A" and Scribner's seal on the copyright  (more...) | | Last: Rawlings First: Marjorie Kinnan | |
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| The Grapes of Wrath First printings have a single statement on the copyright page that says  (more...) | | | Viking Original Price: $2.75 Pages: 619 |
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| 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 |
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| Journey in the Dark "FIRST EDITION" is stated on copyright page. Dust jacket must state HARPER &  (more...) | | Last: Flavin First: Martin | |
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| 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 |
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| All the King's Men "first edition" is stated on copyright page. Boards are maroon. 1st state  (more...) | | Last: Warren First: Robert Penn | |
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| 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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| The Way West "First Printing" and "Manufactured in the United States of America" is stated  (more...) | | Last: Guthrie First: A B | |
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| The Town "FIRST EDITION" is stated on the copyright page. Boards are red with design  (more...) | | Last: Richter First: Conrad | Alfred A. Knopf Original Price: $3.50 Pages: 433 |
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| The Caine Mutiny "First Edition" is stated on the bottom left corner of the copyright page.  (more...) | | Last: Wouk First: Herman | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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| Andersonville There was an autographed first edition that was "limited to one thousand  (more...) | | Last: Kantor First: MacKinlay | |
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| A Death in the Family Agee died before he finished the book, so his manuscript was edited and  (more...) | | Last: Agee First: James | |
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| Advise and Consent "First Edition" is stated on bottom of copyright page. Price on dust jacket  (more...) | | Last: Drury First: Allen | |
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| 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 |
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| The Edge of Sadness "FIRST EDITION" is stated on copyright page and no blind stamp on the back  (more...) | | Last: O'Connor First: Edwin | |
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| 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 |
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| The Keepers of the House "FIRST EDITION" is stated on the copyright page. Binding is hunter green  (more...) | | Last: Grau First: Shirley Ann | Alfred A. Knopf Original Price: $4.95 Pages: 309 |
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| The Fixer "First printing, 1966" is stated on the copyright page. The page edges on  (more...) | | Last: Malamud First: Bernard | |
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| The Confessions of Nat Turner "First Printing" is stated on the copyright page. Boards are black cloth  (more...) | | Last: Styron First: William | Random House Original Price: $6.95 Pages: 428 |
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| House Made of Dawn "FIRST EDITION" is stated on copyright page with no references to subsequent  (more...) | | Last: Momaday First: N Scott | Harper & Row Original Price: $4.95 Pages: 212 |
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| Angle of Repose "FIRST EDITION" is stated on copyright page, and 1971 is found on the title  (more...) | | Last: Stegner First: Wallace Earle | Doubleday Original Price: $7.95 Pages: 569 |
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| The Optimist's Daughter FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page below the full Random House  (more...) | | Last: Welty First: Eudora | Random House Original Price: $5.95 Pages: 180 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Elbow Room "FIRST EDITION" is stated on copyright page above "T 09/77" with no  (more...) | | Last: McPherson First: James Alan | Little, Brown Original Price: $8.95 Pages: 241 |
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| | | Last: Cheever First: John | Alfred A. Knopf Original Price: $15.00 Pages: 693 |
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| | | Last: Mailer First: Norman | Little, Brown Original Price: $16.95 Pages: 1056 |
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| A Confederacy of Dunces First edition is NOT stated. It should have matching dates of 1980 on the  (more...) | | Last: Toole First: John Kennedy | |
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| Rabbit is Rich FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page. 1981 is listed on the title  (more...) | | Last: Updike First: John | Alfred A. Knopf Original Price: $13.95 Pages: 467 |
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| The Color Purple First edition states "First Edition" and the letter code "BCDE" on copyright  (more...) | | Last: Walker First: Alice | |
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| 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 |
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| Foreign Affairs The true first edition is the Franklin Library "Signed First Editio (more...) | | Last: Lurie First: Alison | |
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| 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 | |
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| | | Last: Taylor First: Peter | Alfred A. Knopf Original Price: $15.95 Pages: 209 |
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| Beloved "First Edition" is stated on copyright page. (more...) | | Last: Morrison First: Toni | Alfred A. Knopf Original Price: $18.95 Pages: 275 |
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| Breathing Lessons The true first edition is the Franklin Library "Signed First  (more...) | | Last: Tyler First: Anne | |
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| Rabbit at Rest Both Knopf and the Franklin Library produced signed first editions. It is  (more...) | | Last: Updike First: John | |
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| A Thousand Acres "First Edition" is stated on the copyright page. (more...) | | Last: Smiley First: Jane | Alfred A. Knop Original Price: $23.00 Pages: 371 |
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| The Shipping News Copyright page has number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". Boards are gray  (more...) | | Last: Proulx First: Annie | |
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| The Stone Diaries The UK and Canadian editions were both published in 1993 and precede the U.S.  (more...) | | Last: Shields First: Carol | Fourth Estate Original Price: £12.99 Pages: 361 |
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| Independence Day The first edition has "First Edition" stated on copyright page and 1995 on  (more...) | | Last: Ford First: Richard | Alfred A. Knopf Original Price: $24.00 Pages: 451 |
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| | | | Crown Original Price: $24.00 Pages: 293 |
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| American Pastoral The true first edition is the Franklin Library "Signed First Edition." It is  (more...) | | Last: Roth First: Philip | |
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| The Hours "First Edition" is stated with no references to other printings. Boards are  (more...) | | | |
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| Interpreter of Maladies The true first edition is a paperback. It precedes the hardcover edition.  (more...) | | Last: Lahiri First: Jhumpa | |
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| | | Last: Chabon First: Michael | Random House Original Price: $26.95 Pages: 639 |
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| Empire Falls "First Edition" is stated on copyright page. Photo of the author on the back  (more...) | | Last: Russo First: Richard | Alfred A. Knopf Original Price: $25.95 Pages: 483 |
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| Middlesex Copyright page has number line "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2". Boards are Light gray  (more...) | | Last: Eugenides First: Jeffrey | |
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| The Known World FIRST EDTION is stated in the middle of the copyright page, with full number  (more...) | | Last: Jones First: Edward P. | Amistad Original Price: $24.95 Pages: 388 |
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| Gilead Copyright page states "First edition, 2004" and has full number line "10 9 8  (more...) | | Last: Robinson First: Marilynne | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| | | Last: Diaz First: Junot | Riverhead Books Original Price: $24.95 Pages: 339 |
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| Olive Kitteridge FIRST EDITION is stated below number line "9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". Board are  (more...) | | Last: Strout First: Elizabeth | Random House Original Price: $25.00 Pages: 270 |
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| Tinkers The publisher has confirmed that there were softcover and hardcover first  (more...) | | Last: Harding First: Paul | |
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| A Visit from the Goon Squad First Edition is stated at the bottom of the copyright page, and 2010 is  (more...) | | Last: Egan First: Jennifer | Alfred A. Knopf Original Price: $25.95 Pages: 274 |
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| The Orphan Master's Son FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page below the full Random House  (more...) | | Last: Johnson First: Adam | Random House Original Price: $26.00 Pages: 443 |
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| The Goldfinch The Goldfinch was published in September 2013 as (more...) | | Last: Tartt First: Donna | Little, Brown Original Price: $30.00 Pages: 771 |
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| All the Light We Cannot See "First Scribner hardcover edition May 2014" is stated on the copyright page  (more...) | | Last: Doerr First: Anthony | Scribner Original Price: $27.00 Pages: 531 |
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| The Sympathizer FIRST EDITION is stated on the copyright page with full number line 15 16 17  (more...) | | Last: Nguyen First: Viet Thanh | Grove Press Original Price: $26 Pages: 371 |
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| The Underground Railroad The U.S. first edition was published by Doubleday. First Edition is stated  (more...) | | Last: Whitehead First: Colson | Doubleday Original Price: $26.95 Pages: 306 |
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| Less First Edition: July 2017 is stated on the copyright near the center of the  (more...) | | Last: Greer First: Andrew Sean | |
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