Pub
Year

Title

Author

Publisher

1970


 

Mr. Sammler's Planet
First published in 1970 by The Viking Press, Inc. is stated on the copyright  (more...)

Last: Bellow
First: Saul

National Book Award

Viking
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 313

1971


 

The Complete Stories
"First printing, 1971" is stated on the copyright page with no references to  (more...)

Last: O'Connor
First: Flannery

National Book Award

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $10.00
Pages: 555

1972


 

Chimera
The true first edition was a special signed edition limited to 300 copies  (more...)

Last: Barth
First: John

National Book Award

Random House
Original Price: $6.95
Pages: 308

1972


 

Augustus
"First published in 1972 by The Viking Press, Inc." is stated on the  (more...)

Last: Williams
First: John

National Book Award

Viking
Original Price: $7.95
Pages: 305

1973


 

Gravity's Rainbow
Copyright page states "First published in 1973 in a hardbound and paperbound  (more...)

Last: Pynchon
First: Thomas

National Book Award

Viking
Original Price: $15.00
Pages: 760

1973


 

A Crown of Feathers
"First printing, 1973" is stated on the copyright page with no other  (more...)

Last: Singer
First: Isaac Bashevis

National Book Award

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $8.95
Pages: 342

1974


 

Dog Soldiers
FIRST PRINTING is stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket carries a price  (more...)

Last: Stone
First: Robert

National Book Award

Houghton Mifflin Company
Original Price: $8.95
Pages: 342

1974


 

The Hair of Harold Roux
FIRST EDITION is stated both on the top of the copyright page, and on the  (more...)

Last: Williams
First: Thomas

National Book Award

Random House
Original Price: $7.95
Pages: 373

1975


 

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

Last: Gaddis
First: William

National Book Award

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $15.00
Pages: 726

1976


 

The Spectator Bird
The first edition was published by The Franklin Library as a limited first  (more...)

Last: Stegner
First: Wallace

National Book Award

Franklin Library
Pages: 267

1977


 

Blood Tie
Copyright page has full number line "S 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". Back of dust  (more...)

Last: Settle
First: Mary Lee

National Book Award

Houghton Mifflin
Original Price: $10.95
Pages: 386

1978


 

The Stories of John Cheever
"First Edition" is stated on copyright page. (more...)

Last: Cheever
First: John

Pulitzer Prize

National Book Award

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $15.00
Pages: 693

1978


 

The World According to Garp
FIRST EDITION is stated below the number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the  (more...)

Last: Irving
First: John

National Book Award

Dutton
Original Price: $10.95
Pages: 437

1978


 

Going after Cacciato
First printing is stated on the copyright page. Boards are blue cloth with  (more...)

Last: O'Brien
First: Tim

National Book Award

Delacorte Press
Original Price: $8.95
Pages: 338

1979


 

Sophie's Choice
There are two limited editions vying for true first status. The true first  (more...)

Last: Styron
First: William

National Book Award

Franklin Library
Pages: 624