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Identifying 1st US Editions

First Edition, First Printing

 

Title

Year

Publisher

Trim size

DJ
price

First edition identifiers

Carrie

1974

Doubleday

5.75 x 8.59"

$5.95

"First Edition" on CP P6 on page 199

Salem's Lot

1975

Doubleday

5.75 x 8.5"

$7.95/
$8.95

"First Edition" on CP Q37 on page 439
Three dust jacket states:

  1. $8.95 on DJ, Father Cody error (rare!)
  2. price clipped, $7.95, Father Cody error
  3. $7.95 on DJ, Father Callahan

The Shining

1977

Doubleday

5.75 x 8.5 "

$8.95

"First Edition" on CP R49 on page 447

Rage

1977

Signet

4.2 x 7.0"

$1.50

"First Signet Printing, September, 1977" on CP
"1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9" on CP

Night Shift

1978

Doubleday

5.75 x 8.5"

$8.95

"First Edition" on CP S52 on page 336

The Stand

1978

Doubleday

5.75 x 8.5"

$12.95

"First Edition" on CP T39 on page 823

The Long Walk

1979

Signet

4.2 x 7.0"

$2.25

"First Signet Printing, July, 1979" on CP "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9" on CP

The Dead Zone

1979

Viking

6.25 x 9.5 "

$11.95

"First published in 1979 by the Viking Press" on CP

Firestarter

1980

Viking
(Phantasia Press)

6.25 x 9.5 "

$13.95

"First published in 1980 by the Viking Press" on CP

Cujo

1981

Viking
(Mysterious Press)

6.25 x 9.5"

$13.95

"First published in 1981 by the Viking Press" on CP

Danse Macabre

1981

Everest
(Everest)

6.25 x 9.5 "

$13.95

RRD281 on CP

Roadwork

1981

Signet

4.2 x 7.0"

$2.25

"1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9" on CP

The Running Man

1982

Signet

4.2 x 7.0"

$2.50

"First Printing May 1982" on CP "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9" on CP

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger

1982

Donald M. Grant
(Donald M. Grant)

6.2 x 9.25"

$20.00

"FIRST EDITION" on CP

Different Seasons

1982

Viking

6.25 x 9.5"

$16.95

"First published in 1982 by the Viking Press" on CP

Christine

1983

Viking
(Donald M. Grant)

6.25 x 9.5"

$16.95

"First published in 1983 by the Viking Press" on CP

Pet Sematary

1983

Doubleday

6.25 x 9.5"

$15.95

"First Edition" on CP
Y38 on page 374 (see note below) Two dust jacket states:

  1. Caretakers listed as 1982
  2. Caretakers listed as 1983

Cycle of the Werewolf

1983

(Land of
Enchantment)

8.75 x 11.25"

 

No special notes. Later reprinted in trade paperback by Signet and combined with script for Silver Bullet

The Talisman (w/ Peter Straub)

1984

Viking
(Donald M. Grant)

6.25 x 9.5"

$18.95

"First published in 1984 by Viking Penguin, Inc." on CP

Thinner

1984

New American
Library

5.8 x 8.75"

$12.95

"First Printing, November 1984" on CP "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9" on CP

Skeleton Crew

1985

Putnam
(Scream Press)

6.25 x 9.5"

$18.95

"1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10" on CP

The Bachman Books

1985

NAL

 

$19.95

"First (omnibus) Printing, October 1985" on CP

IT

1986

Viking

6.25 x 9.5"

$22.95

"First published in 1986 by Viking Penguin, Inc." on CP

Eyes of the Dragon

1987

Viking
(Philtrum)

6.25 x 9.5"

$18.95

"First published in 1987 by Viking Penguin, Inc." on CP

Misery

1987

Viking

6.25 x 9.5"

$18.95

"First published in 1987 by Viking Penguin, Inc." on CP

The Tommyknockers

1987

Putnam

6.25 x 9.5"

$19.95

"1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10" on CP
"Permissions to come" on CP
Two simultaneous dust jacket states:

  1. author name in red
  2. author name in gold

The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three

1987

Donald M. Grant
(Donald M. Grant)

6.2 x 9.2"

$35.00

"FIRST EDITION" on CP

My Pretty Pony

1988

Knopf
(Whitney Museum)

9.25 x 13.6"

No DJ

"First trade edition" on CP, which is inside back cover

The Dark Half

1989

Viking

6.25 x 9.5"

$21.95

"First published in 1989 by Viking Penguin" on CP
"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Four Past Midnight

1990

Viking

6.25 x 9.5"

$22.95

"First published in 1990 by Viking Penguin" on CP
"10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on CP
First state has SK in gold on front cover. Second state lacks gold.

The Stand - Complete and Uncut

1990

Doubleday
(Doubleday)

6.25 x 9.5"

$24.95

"FIRST TRADE EDITION" on CP

Needful Things

1991

Viking

6.25 x 9.5"

$24.95

"First published in 1991 by Viking Penguin" on CP
"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

The Dark Tower: The Wastelands

1991

Donald M. Grant
(Donald M. Grant)

6.2 x 9.2"

$38.00

"FIRST EDITION" on CP

Gerald's Game

1992

Viking

6.25 x 9.5"

$23.50

"First published in 1992 by Viking Penguin" on CP
"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Dolores Claiborne

1993

Viking

6.25 x 9.5 "

$23.50

"First published in 1993 by Viking Penguin" on CP
"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Nightmares and Dreamscapes

1993

Viking

6.25 x 9.5"

$27.50

"First published in 1993 by Viking Penguin" on CP
"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Insomnia

1994

Viking
(Mark V. Ziesing)

6.25 x 9.5"

$27.95

"First published in 1994 by Viking Penguin" on CP
"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP
Two simultaneous dust jacket states with red and white reversed

Rose Madder

1995

Viking

6.25 x 9.5"

$25.95

"First published in 1995 by Viking Penguin" on CP
"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

The Green Mile

1996

Signet

4.25 x 6.9"

No DJ $2.99 ($3.99 Part 6)

"First Printing, month , 1996" on CP month = March (Part 1) through August (Part 6)
"10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on CP

Desperation

1996

Viking
(Donald M. Grant)

6.5 x 9.5"

$27.95

"First published in 1996 by Viking Penguin"" on CP
"10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on CP

The Regulators

1996

Dutton
(Dutton)

6.5 x 9.5"

$24.95

"First Trade Printing, October 1996" on CP "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on CP

The Dark Tower: Wizard and Glass

1997

Donald M. Grant
(Donald M. Grant)

6.5 x 9.25"

$45.

"First Edition" on CP

Six Stories

1997

(Philtrum)

6.0 x 9.0"

No DJ

Only one edition exists

Bag of Bones

1998

Scribner

6.5 x 9.5"

$28.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

The Storm of the Century

1999

Pocket Books
(BOMC)

6.1 x 9.25"

$15.00

"First Pocket Books Trade Paperback Printing Feb 1999" on CP
"10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on CP
(BOMC released a hardcover edition)

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

1999

Scribner

5.75 x 8.75"

$16.95

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Hearts in Atlantis

1999

Scribner

6.5 x 9.5 "

$28.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

The Green Mile (hardcover)

2000

Scribner

6.1 x 9.25"

$25.00

First Scribner edition 2000 on CP

On Writing

2000

Scribner

5.9 x 8.75"

$25.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Secret Windows

2000

Book of the Month
Club

5.75 x 8.5"

$18.75

BOMC volumes don't specify edition information

Dreamcatcher

2001

Scribner

6.5 x 9.5"

$28.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Black House
(w/ Peter Straub)

2001

Random House
(Donald M. Grant)

6.5 x 9.5"

$28.95

"First Trade Edition" on CP
"2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3" on CP

Everything's Eventual

2002

Scribner

6.5 x 9.5 "

$28.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

From a Buick 8

2002

Scribner
(Cemetery Dance)

6.3 x 9.5"

$28.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

The Dark Tower:
The Gunslinger (revised and expanded)

2003

Viking

6.1 x 9.25"

$25.00

This edition published in 2003 by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

The Dark Tower V:
Wolves of the Calla

2003

Donald M. Grant,
in association with
Scribner
(Donald M. Grant)

6.4 x 9.25"

$35.00

FIRST TRADE EDITION on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

The Dark Tower VI:
Song of Susannah

2004

Donald M. Grant,
in association with
Scribner
(Donald M. Grant)

6.4 x 9.25"

$30.00

FIRST TRADE EDITION on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Faithful
(w/ Stewart O'Nan)

2004

Scribner

6.3 x 9.2"

$26.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

The Dark Tower VII:
The Dark Tower

2004

Donald M. Grant,
in association with
Scribner
(Donald M. Grant)

6.4 x 9.25"

$35.00

FIRST TRADE EDITION on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

The Colorado Kid

2005

Hard Case Crime

4.2 x 6.8"

No DJ - Paperback
$5.99

Page 159 the header of the page says "Grifter's Game" rather than "The Colorado Kid"

`Salem's Lot
(Illustrated Edition)

2005

Doubleday

6.5 x 9.5"

$35.00

FIRST EDITION on CP
"10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on CP

Cell

2006

Scribner

6.3 x 9.5"

$26.95

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Lisey's Story

2006

Scribner

6.3 x 9.5"

$28.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Blaze

2007

Scribner

5.7 x 8.75"

$25.00

First Scribner hardcover edition June 2007 "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10" on CP

Duma Key

2008

Scribner

6.3 x 9.5"

$28.00

First Scribner hardcover edition January 2008
"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Just After Sunset

2008

Scribner

6.3 x 9.5"

$28.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Under the Dome

2009

Scribner

6.3 x 9.5"

$35.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Blockade Billy

2010

Cemetery Dance

5.25 x 8.0"

$25.00

FIRST EDITION on CP
"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Full Dark No Stars

2010

Scribner

6.3 x 9.5"

$27.99

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

11/22/63

2011

Scribner

6.3 x 9.5"

$35.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

The Wind Through the Keyhole

2012

Scribner

6.3 x 9.5"

$27.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Joyland

2013

Hard Case Crime

???"

No DJ - Paperback
$12.95

First Hard Case Crime Edition: June 2013 on CP

Doctor Sleep

2013

Scribner

6.3 x 9.5"

$30.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

11/22/63

2013

Scribner

6.3 x 9.5"

$30.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Mr. Mercedes

2014

Scribner

6.3 x 9.5"

$30.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Revival

2014

Scribner

6.3 x 9.5"

$30.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Two states of the DJ --on the back cover one state mentions "the bookstore" and the other mentions "Barnes & Noble."

Finders Keepers

2015

Scribner

6.3 x 9.5"

$30.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Bazaar of Bad Dreams

2015

Scribner

6.3 x 9.5"

$35.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

End of Watch

2016

Scribner

6.3 x 9.5"

$30.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Gwendy's Button Box

2017

Cemetery Dance

5.75 x8.75

$25.00

FIRST EDITION on CP

Sleeping Beauties

2017

Scribner

6.3 x 9.5"

$32.50

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

The Outsider

2018

Scribner

6.3 x 9.5"

$30.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

Elevation

2018

Scribner

5.0 x 7.0"

$19.95

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

The Institue

2019

Scribner

6.1 x 9.2"

$30.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

If It Bleeds

2020

Scribner

6.1 x 9.2"

$30.00 "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP
LATER

2021

Hard Case Crime

5 x 8"

$14.95

 
Billy Summers

2021

Scribner

  $30.00 "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP
Gwendy's FInal Task

2022

Cemetery Dance

5.25 x 8.25"

$28.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP
Fairy Tale

2022

Scribner

6.1 x 9.25"

$32.50 "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP
Holly 2023 Scribner   $30.00 "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP
You Like it Darker 2024 Scribner   $30.00 "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP
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