Here are the books in the History category. Click on a thumbnail to see first edition points (and photos).

Year

Title

Author

Publisher

1934


 

On Our Way
COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT on the top of the copyright page  (more...)

Last: Roosevelt
First: Franklin D.

John Day Company
Original Price: $2.50
Pages: 300

1946


 

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

Last: Hersey
First: John

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $1.75
Pages: 118

1948


 

Crusade in Europe
The true first is a signed edition limited to one thousand four hundred and  (more...)

Last: Eisenhower
First: Dwight D.

Doubleday and Company
Original Price: $5.00
Pages: 559

1952


 

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
The true first edition was printed in Amsterdam in 1947.

Below is the  (more...)

Last: Frank
First: Anne

Doubleday & Company
Original Price: $3.00
Pages: 281

1953


 

The Spirit of St. Louis
The first edition was a signed and numbered presentation edition. Below is  (more...)

Last: Lindbergh
First: Charles

Pulitzer Prize

Charles Scribner's Sons
Original Price: $5.00
Pages: 562

1955


 

Profiles In Courage
The true first edition carries FIRST EDITION and M-E (December 1955) on  (more...)

Last: Kennedy
First: John F.

Pulitzer Prize

Harper & Brothers
Original Price: $3.50
Pages: 266

1956-58


 

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
This is a set of four books, published between 1956 and 1958 by Cassell &  (more...)

Last: Churchill
First: Winston S.

Cassell

1960


 

Mr. Citizen
The true first was a signed limited edition housed in publisher slipcase.  (more...)

Last: Truman
First: Harry S.

Bernard Geis Associates
Original Price: $5.00

1962


 

Six Crises
First Edition is stated on the bottom of the copyright page. Presidential  (more...)

Last: Nixon
First: Richard M.

Doubleday and Company
Original Price: $5.95
Pages: 459

1969


 

Thirteen Days
"First Edition January 20, 1969" is stated on the copyright page with full  (more...)

Last: Kennedy
First: Robert F.

Norton & Company, Inc.
Original Price: $5.50
Pages: 224

1979


 

The Right Stuff
"First printing, 1979" is stated on the copyright page. Gray boards. (more...)

Last: Wolfe
First: Tom

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $12.95
Pages: 436

1996


 

Between Hope and History
FIRST EDITION is stated below 2 4 6 8 7 5 3 number line on the copyright  (more...)

Last: Clinton
First: William

Times Books
Pages: 178

2000


 

In the Heart of the Sea
"First published in 2000 by Viking Penguin," is stated on the copyright page  (more...)

Last: Philbrick
First: Nathaniel

National Book Award

Viking Penguin
Original Price: $24.95
Pages: 302

2001


 

Seabiscuit
First Edition is stated below 24689753 number line on the copyright page.  (more...)

Last: Hillenbrand
First: Laura

Random House
Original Price: $24.95
Pages: 399