First Edition Information for Specific Authors and Titles
Willa Cather
My Antonia
First Printing: Illustrations on glossy paper, tipped in; Printing date (1918)
present on title page; "Published October, 1918", with no other printing
information, is on the copyright page.
William Faulkner
Mosquitoes
Printing date of 1927. Additional printing runs did not occur until 1931.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
First Printing: "chatter" on p. 60, line 16; "northern" on p. 119, line 22;
"it's" on p. 165, line 16; "away" on p. 165, line 29; "sick in tired" on p.
205, lines 9-10; and "Union Street station" on p. 211, lines 7-8; Color
pictorial dust jacket by F. Cugat (first printing of jacket with a lowercase
"j" in "Jay Gatsby" on the rear panel at line 14)
Graham Greene
The End of the Affair
States "First Published 1951" on the copyright page, with no other impressions
or editions listed.
Zane Grey
The Lost Wagon Train
Stated on copyright page.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Letters and Social Aims
First State: Signature mark "N" at the bottom of page 209; "inviolate" on page
308, line 5 instead of "inviolable".
Ernest Hemingway
Across the River and Into the Trees
Letter "A" on the copyright page, Scribners seal at the bottom of that
page.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
First Edition: "A" on copyright page.
First State: Lacks photographer's name on rear of dustjacket; $2.75 in upper
corner of the jacket; 471 pages, tweed boards, tan in color. If the jacket
does not fit the book perfectly, it may have been taken from another copy
of the book, or may be a facsimile.
The Sun Also Rises
First Edition: 1926 date on title page and copyright page; Scribner's seal on
copyright page.
First State: "stoppped" on page 181, line 26.
Torrents of Spring
Scribners seal on copyright page. Date, 1926, appears on both copyright and
title page. Publishers name appears on the title page, the copyright page,
and as one line on the spine bottom.
Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged
First Edition, First State: Dustjacket has "$6.95" on the front flap, along
with "10/57". The complete Random House address is on the back flap.
John Steinbeck
Cannery Row
1st Edition/1st State/1st Printing: First printing stated on copyright page in
seven lines of type without further printing history. Date on title page.
Viking sailing ship logo (colophon) on copyright page. Dustjacket has price
of $2. No "Buy War Bonds" advertisement on the back. Buff colored boards
with light blue horizontal bands on front board. Top edge stained blue.
The Moon is Down
1st Edition/1st State: Large period between "talk" and "this" on page 112,
line 11. Broken "e" on page 103. No mention of the printer on the copyright
page. The price is present on the inside of the dustjacket ($2.00).
1st Edition: The phrase "First published" followed by the month and year.
Hunter Thompson
Hell's Angels
First Printing: Stated.
First State: $4.95 price and the date 1/67 are on the front flap of the
dustjacket.
Jules Verne
The Tour of the World in 80 Days
1st Edition/1st American Issue/1st American Printing: Lacks translator credit
on title page. Date, 1873, on both copyright and title pages, no further
dates or printing history. Publisher, James R. Osgood, on title page and in
one line at foot of spine. "Cambridge: Printed by Welch, Bigelow and Co." at
foot of last page of text. All page edges colored red. Dark green glossy
endpapers.
