Carrie, The Stand, The Shining, Night Shift, Pet Sematary and 'Salem's Lot were all reissued by DoubleDay in 1993 with DJ Art by Holdorf. What's the story behind these?
Holdorf , (Thomas) Art / Doubleday 1993 Reissues
Carrie, The Stand, The Shining, Night Shift, Pet Sematary and 'Salem's Lot were all reissued by DoubleDay in 1993 with DJ Art by Holdorf. What's the story behind these?
My DJ Pricing on the 6 Issues I have is as follows:
Pet Sematary: $30.00
'Salem's Lot: $32.50
Carrie # 1: $25.00
Carrie # 2: $29.95
The Shining: $27.50
Night Shift: $30.00
The Stand: $30.00
WTF?
This seems to me to be a "Collecting Question". It will be merged in the near future.
Per thegreattim:
"I didn't know the term for these books was Holdorf, but it's good to have a name, I was always just referring to them as the black and white DoubleDays. Anyway, all three of mine have prices
The Stand: $45
Night Shift: $30
Pet Sematary: $25"
So ... current talley:
Pet Sematary #1: $25.00
Pet Sematary #2: $30.00
'Salem's Lot: $32.50
Carrie #1: $25.00
Carrie #2: $29.95
The Shining: $27.50
Night Shift: $30.00
The Stand #1: $30.00
The Stand #2: $45.00
More interesting differences between my 2 Carries
The UPC on the $25.00 DJ is NOT prepriced
The UPC on the $29.95 DJ is prepriced US $29.95 / $45.95 CAN and it contains the Triangle to indicate whether, if returned by the Book Dealer, it is Strippable or Not Strippable.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=344880
Given the the Triangle Symbol was not used until later than 1993 (I think), my guess is my copies are later print runs and perhaps they raised the price as well at that time.....
This is wearing me out.....
Hmmm ... interesting. Do they have any normal first edition identifiers on the copyright page? Numberline, "FIRST EDITION"? Do they both have it, neither, only one of them?
You and me are gonna figure this out, lol
Both Copyright pages are IDENTICAL with the exception of the Numberline. The Numberline on Version # 2 (Preprice UPC and Triangle) indicates a later print edition.....
No indication as to "Edition"......
This is fuckin' confusing and I appreciate the parternship on this one. WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT!
Like I mentioned in the other thread my copies vary in the number of the printings, up to and including a spread of four printing. I am assuming these are in sync with the number of printings of each book had since the original DoubleDay releases? Though a price difference of $15 between the two Stands seems a bit freaking excessive. Then again, I have thought that $45 was too much for any trade book, since I picked that one up and first noticed it. For what it's worth, I the other copy of the Holdorf The Stand that I sold, was a lower printing by one but in worse condition. I distinctly remember the jacket price being lower too, but not by much.
Awesome feedback! Sounds as if price discrepancies between like volumes are everywhere with these reprints!
$45.00 for a REPRINT is a bit excessive. No wonder my later copy was all the way down to $30.00! My guess is that they weren't selling as quickly as they would have liked!
CRAZY!
This is kinda an intriguing topic. Thanks for putting the price list together Shannon. Maybe we should add in the exact printing number for each of the prices?
My $25 PS = 14th
My $45 Stand = 14th
And I apparently don't have my copy of Night Shift in my database. Will have to check again when I get home.
$30 PS = 15th
$30 Stand = 11th
$27.50 Shining = 20th
$30 Night Shift = 18th
$32.50 'Salem's = 21st
$25.00 Carrie = 3rd
$29.95 Carrie = 7th
Gonna' need a Protractor and Financial Calculator to figure all of this out in the end.....a lot of different #'s!!!!
There's no way that the Holdorf Pet Sematary went to 15 printings. Doubleday must be including ALL printings from the original '82 release.
I agree......
The Numberline on my Holdorf 'Salem's goes all the way up to 30!!!
Originally Posted by thegreattim
Yeah, I agree. That's what I was trying to say, just less succinctly.
Actually I didn't even see where you said that.Yeah, I agree. That's what I was trying to say, just less succinctly.You're spot on of course.
That's normal practise here in the Netherlands. As long as the publisher is the same, mass-market paperbacks and others versions add up to the printing. (The difference between, editions/printings and only printings).
Are we talking about this book?.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/038..._ya_os_product
Because I bought one and the printed dj price is now up to $50. I remember when I bought them from Amazon a couple of years back I couldn't get a copy of Pet Sematary, whereas all the others are still in print today.
THOMAS HOLDORF. Born. 1955...Died.1994.
My Stephen King collection
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...on-Stockerlone
Non-King collection
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...rlone-Non-King
That's really interesting. I think that these must just be hardcover printings. Unless I am grossly mistaken, the publishers in the US start the numberline, and hence the printing count over for new format editions. I have many a first printing paperback which I also had for some time previously in hardcover. Of course, a jacket rebranding as we see here never mattered. The text block remained the same.That's normal practise here in the Netherlands. As long as the publisher is the same, mass-market paperbacks and others versions add up to the printing. (The difference between, editions/printings and only printings).
As many of you know, I had the 6 Double Day Reissues listed FOR SALE on eBay for the last week or so......
I am pleased to announce that they have been SOLD to fellow TDT Member east-tennessee as of this afternoon!Thanks to those fellow members that were interested and my apologies for not being in a position to sell the Pet Sematary on its own. I really wanted to keep the set together in an effort to move all 6 books.
It's now up to Brian (east-tennessee) to solve the mystery of the multiple prices on the DJs when compared to the copies held by other members!
I gave up!
Shannon will figure it out. Since he isn't buying anymore, he's got time!!!!!!
AKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nah, I gave up also. lol
And I'm still buying, but only stuff I've been in talks to buy already. I have a good 75+ items on the horizon, lol. After THAT ... hopefully ... no more King items until my car is paid off. Only $4,000 more to go!
Found a Pet Sematary, Carrie, and 'Salem's Lot for $8.99 each. Yay me!
You are so lucky to find Pet Sematary doubleday reissue!!!!!! And for such a great price! Where did you buy your copy from? I am having lots of trouble find a Pet Sematary reissue! Most booksellers don't know what I am asking about and always try to sell me the edition with the cat on it! (Pet Sematary is the only reissue I don't have.)Found a Pet Sematary, Carrie, and 'Salem's Lot for $8.99 each. Yay me!
Found it on eBay. Was skimming along, scanning the "ending first" and "newly added" lists (the first 200 anyway) like always and saw the cover. Opened the ad, saw it was a stock photo, figured I would ask the seller if his cover image looks like the one in the photo, he said yes, as well as his other two. So, tah dah. I hope it IS the same though, you never know, lol.
I gout burned once. The seller even said it was like the stock photo. I got the book and it was the cover with the cat on it. I got the book from a person who mostly sells antique records; I should have known better than to trust the seller.
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