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    I suspect every book with a dust jacket has variant dust jackets as designers tweak the design for the final edition. A lot of these probably aren't yet recognized by collectors as most of the rejected or trial designs stay within the publishing house. I suspect this is the case with the "yellow lettered" dj for THE DARK HALF.

    In the case of ROSE MADDER there are several known variants. This first photo shows (on left) a proof dust jacket with King's name in black on the front panel and in red on the spine. This one is not in Beahm's last collectibles book.

    On the right is a rejected design that has King's name in red on both the front panel and the spine. I think this was rejected because King's name didn't really stand out enough. Both of these have the book title in much larger letters than on the final design.


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    Another proof dj on the left with the final design showing King's name in white on both the front panel and the spine but without the Viking logo printed on the lower part of the spine.

    Final design of dj on the right.


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    I'll see if I can get some photos

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    Wait, wasnt it called "Just Books, Too?"

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    This is the one I posted in the jhanic proofs thread under Collectibles:



    It is probably the most common of the "alternate" Rose Madder dust jackets. It's the same one as the left-most one in Bob's first picture.

    Interestingly enough also is the fact that if a seller lists Rose Madder on eBay and selects the "Stock Photo", this is the image that is used!

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    Hey Dolan, have any photos?
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    Thanks, Shawn. We'll wait a bit longer to see if Kenny (or anyone else) wants to post photos of the event.




    (Side note: The duplicate thread has been moved to The Clearing as this thread contains the meaningful discussion.)

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    Had someone ask this via PM and I thought I would toss it to the group. I don know The Stand notoriously "yellowed".

    I bought a fine/fine copy of Firestarter and it's in wonderful condition. I was wondering if Firestarter copies are supossed to be perfect white or if they were published with a DJ color slightly off-white. My copy looks fine by itself, but when you put it up to another SK book with whites in it (insomnia whites) it looks dull. Verdict?

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    Thanks for sharing, Kenny.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Randall Flagg View Post
    Had someone ask this via PM and I thought I would toss it to the group. I don know The Stand notoriously "yellowed".

    I bought a fine/fine copy of Firestarter and it's in wonderful condition. I was wondering if Firestarter copies are supossed to be perfect white or if they were published with a DJ color slightly off-white. My copy looks fine by itself, but when you put it up to another SK book with whites in it (insomnia whites) it looks dull. Verdict?
    I've seen Firestarter with varying stages of white. I just figured the differences in colors was due to age, handling, and exposure. So I am not sure.

    IMO - I would think that most whites from the age of Firestarter would seem a little dull when compared to a newer white like Insomnia.


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    Here are a couple of photos pertaining to The Dark Half question:





    Colorblind as I am, I definitely see two different colors here. I may have misquoted what he said about the author's name on the spine earlier. Here is his comment:

    The “Stephen King” on the spine of the dust jacket with the yellow lettering on the front is slightly lighter than the “Stephen King” on the spine of the dust jacket with the orange lettering on the front.

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    You will notice in the file name “Orange S” that the “S” is a bit orange

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    Those definitely look like two different colors, to me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Randall Flagg View Post
    Had someone ask this via PM and I thought I would toss it to the group. I don know The Stand notoriously "yellowed".

    I bought a fine/fine copy of Firestarter and it's in wonderful condition. I was wondering if Firestarter copies are supossed to be perfect white or if they were published with a DJ color slightly off-white. My copy looks fine by itself, but when you put it up to another SK book with whites in it (insomnia whites) it looks dull. Verdict?
    I would guess it was an off-white, because even with the yellowing due to aging, wouldn't there usually be some variation between the spine and the rest of the dust jacket? Mine is an even off-white throughout.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bev Vincent View Post


    You will notice in the file name “Orange S” that the “S” is a bit orange
    I wonder if this isn't just a case of sun fading. The "Orange S" is slightly around the curve of the spine and might not have been exposed to the light as much.

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    Quote Originally Posted by carlosdetweiller View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Bev Vincent View Post


    You will notice in the file name “Orange S” that the “S” is a bit orange
    I wonder if this isn't just a case of sun fading. The "Orange S" is slightly around the curve of the spine and might not have been exposed to the light as much.
    I agree. I am going to post some pics of trade Eyes of the Dragon that show noticeable color differences-which I attribute to being exposed to light.

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    Quote Originally Posted by carlosdetweiller View Post
    I wonder if this isn't just a case of sun fading. The "Orange S" is slightly around the curve of the spine and might not have been exposed to the light as much.
    I agree. I am going to post some pics of trade Eyes of the Dragon that show noticeable color differences-which I attribute to being exposed to light.

    EDIT:

    I am intrigued. My EOTD have gold lettering on the spine of two, and red lettering on the spine of two others. The gold does not appear to be faded.
    I took pictures, but the flash, and broadart covers on some make it difficult.
    I will post pics, but also try to scan.

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    Quick scan:


    The gold/faded is on the left in spine and face scans of the book.

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    I wonder if these aren't just quality control issues during production.

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