Publisher · founded 1939 · New York City

Pocket Books

American publisher founded by Robert de Graff and others as mass market paperback pioneer.

Editions tracked: 512
First editions: 394
Books: 491
Years: 1857 to 2019

Search all Pocket Books editions Website Wikidata

How to spot a Pocket Books first edition

We have not yet written the guide to Pocket Books's first-edition conventions. Until we do, check each book's own page: we list its points where we know them. Know how Pocket Books marked its firsts? Tell us.

AuthorsR. L. Stine (48)V. C. Andrews (43)Leslie McFarlane (39)Jude Deveraux (33)Christopher Pike (25)Julie Garwood (16)Jayne Ann Krentz (16)Judith McNaught (16)Linda Howard (14)Janet Dailey (8)

SeriesStar Trek Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Trek: Voyager Night World Dirk Pitt Dollanganger Shatnerverse CoDominium

Books

Published by Pocket Books

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert · first published 1857

Pocket Books1857 Hardback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Evil Under the Sun

Agatha Christie · first published 1941

1st Pocket Books1941 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Five Acres and Independence

Maurice Grenville Kains · first published 1948

1st Pocket Books1948 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe · first published 1948

1st Pocket Books1948 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Peace with God

Billy Graham · first published 1953

1st Pocket Books1953 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

How to Develop Self-Confidence and Influence People by Public Speaking

Dale Carnegie · first published 1956

1st Pocket Books1956 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

West Side Story

Irving Shulman · first published 1961

1st Pocket Books1961 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Sex and the Single Girl

Helen Gurley Brown · first published 1962

Pocket Books1963 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

The Man with the Getaway Face

Donald E. Westlake · first published 1963

1st Pocket Books1963 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Flying Finish

Dick Francis · first published 1966

Pocket Books1966 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Creative Living For Today

Maxwell Maltz · first published 1967

1st Pocket Books1967 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Person to Person

Carl Rogers · first published 1967

1st Pocket Books1967 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth

R. Buckminster Fuller · first published 1968

Pocket Books1969 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Basil of Baker Street

Eve Titus · first published 1970

1st Pocket Books1970 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Separate Reality

Carlos Castañeda · first published 1971

1st Pocket Books1971 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Black Elk Speaks

Black Elk, John G. Neihardt · first published 1932

Pocket Books1972 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Crawlspace

Herbert lieberman · first published 1972

1st Pocket Books1972 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

My Secret Garden

Nancy Friday · first published 1973

1st Pocket Books1973 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Knock Down

Dick Francis · first published 1974

1st Pocket Books1974 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Forbidden Flowers

Nancy Friday · first published 1975

1st Pocket Books1975 Paperback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Questions collectors ask

Frequently asked questions

How do I identify a Pocket Books first edition?

Check the title page and the copyright page: a Pocket Books first edition gives the first date of publication with no later impression or edition stated. Each book's page here lists its own points.

How many Pocket Books books does MyVolumes track?

We track 512 editions published by Pocket Books, 394 of them first editions, across 491 books.