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Here are the books for the 1950's. Click on a thumbnail to see first edition points (and photos).
Pub
Year
Title
Author
Publisher
1950
 
Collected Stories of William Faulkner
FIRST PRINTING is stated on the copyright page. The title page has blue  
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Last:
Faulkner
First: William
National Book Award
Random House
Original Price: $4.75
Pages: 900
1951
 
From Here to Eternity
The first edition was a limited edition with an extra page for the signature.  
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Last:
Jones
First: James
National Book Award
Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $4.50
Pages: 861
1952
 
Invisible Man
FIRST PRINTING is stated on the copyright page. binding is beige and black  
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Last:
Ellison
First: Ralph
National Book Award
Random House
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 439
1953
 
The Adventures of Augie March
"Published by The Viking Press in September 1953" is stated on the copyright  
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Last:
Bellow
First: Saul
National Book Award
Viking Press
Original Price: $4.50
Pages: 536
1954
 
A Fable
The true first edition was a numbered and signed limited edition of 1,000  
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Last:
Faulkner
First: William
Pulitzer Prize
National Book Award
Random House
Original Price: $4.75
Pages: 437
1955
 
Ten North Frederick
FIRST PRINTING is stated on the copyright page. 
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Last:
O'Hara
First: John
National Book Award
Random House
Original Price: $3.95
Pages: 408
1956
 
The Field of Vision
"first edition" is stated on the copyright page. Boards are dark gray cloth  
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Last:
Morris
First: Wright
National Book Award
Harcourt, Brace and Company
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 251
1957
 
The Wapshot Chronicle
The true first edition carries FIRST EDITION and B-G (February 1957) on  
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Last:
Cheever
First: John
National Book Award
Harper & Brothers
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 307
1958
 
The Magic Barrel
Co-published with The (JPS) Jewish Publication Society of America. Both  
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Last:
Malamud
First: Bernard
National Book Award
Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
Original Price: $3.75
Pages: 214
1959
 
Goodbye, Columbus
First Printing is stated on the copyright page and 1959 stated on the title  
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Last:
Roth
First: Philip
National Book Award
Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $3.75
Pages: 298
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