I have a request for help from you all. My collecting focus has always been on "firsts." and whenever possible I seek out the US proof and the true first appearance of the book. Sometimes that is the US edition, sometimes UK/other and even a magazine quite commonly. As far as I know there isn't a resource listing the first appearance anywhere and I have been keeping a list as I come across information in random places. Some of it is firm (German "From a Buick 8") some is questionable (first 2 "Green Mile" books were first released in France). What I would appreciate from everyone is to look over the following list and confirm/question/corrected the information as I have it listed. Thanks in advance. It will be appreciated and I think an asset to the site as it's becoming the all-encompassing King-information center.
Nate
Title: Carrie
First Appearance: Doubleday
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Salem’s Lot
First Appearance: Doubleday
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: Cosmopolitan, March 1976
Title: The Shining
First Appearance: Doubleday
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Rage
First Appearance: Signet
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Night Shift
First Appearance: Doubleday
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: various magazines
Title: The Stand
First Appearance: Doubleday
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Dead Zone
First Appearance: Viking
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: The Long Walk
First Appearance: Signet
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Firestarter
First Appearance: Phantasia Press, limited
First Trade Appearance: Viking
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: Omni, July and August 1980
Title: Roadwork
First Appearance: Signet
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Cujo
First Appearance: Mysterious Press, limited
First Trade Appearance: Viking
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: Ladies Home Journal, October 1981
Title: Danse Macabre
First Appearance: Everest House, limited
First Trade Appearance: Everest House
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: Quest, June 1981, Book Digest, Sept. 1981,
TV Guide, 5 Dec. 1981
Title: The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
First Appearance: Donald M. Grant, limited
First Trade Appearance: Donald M. Grant
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: Mag. Of F&SF, October 1978, April 1980, February
1981, July 1981, November 1981
Title: Different Seasons
First Appearance: Viking
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Running Man
First Appearance: Signet
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Christine
First Appearance: Donald M. Grant, limited
First Trade Appearance: Viking
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Cycle of the Werewolf
First Appearance: Land of Enchantment, limited
First Trade Appearance: Signet
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: Heavy Metal, December 1983
Title: Pet Sematary
First Appearance: Viking
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: The Eyes of the Dragon
First Appearance: Philtrum, limited
First Trade Appearance: Viking
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: The Talisman
First Appearance: Donald M. Grant, limited
First Trade Appearance: Viking
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Thinner
First Appearance: New American Library
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Skeleton Crew
First Appearance: Viking
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: various magazines
Title: The Bachman Books
First Appearance: New American Library
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: original paperbacks
Title: It
First Appearance: Phantasia, bootleg
First Trade Appearance: Viking
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: "The Bird and the Album" in "A Fantasy Reader: the 7th world fantasy convention program book"
Title: The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three, limited
First Appearance: Donald M. Grant
First Trade Appearance: Donald M. Grant
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: Castle Rock Newsletter, April/May 1987
Title: Misery
First Appearance: Viking
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: The Tommyknockers
First Appearance: Viking
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: Rolling Stone, 19 July/2 August1984
Title: The Dark Half
First Appearance: Hodder & Stoughton
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: The Stand: Uncut
First Appearance: Doubleday, limited
First Trade Appearance: Doubleday
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Four Past Midnight
First Appearance: Hodder & Stoughton
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Needful Things
First Appearance: Viking
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: The Dark Tower: The Waste Lands
First Appearance: Donald M. Grant, limited
First Trade Appearance: Donald M. Grant
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: Mag. F&SF, December 1990
Title: Gerald’s Game
First Appearance: BCA
Identifying Number on Copyright page: CN 6975
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Dolores Claiborne
First Appearance: BCA
Identifying Number on Copyright page: CN 5984
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Nightmares and Dreamscapes
First Appearance: Viking
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: Chapbook of “Suffer the Little Children” and various
magazines
Title: Insomnia
First Appearance: Mark V. Zeising, limited
First Trade Appearance: Viking
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Rose Madder
First Appearance: Viking
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Green Mile 1
First Appearance: Librio
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Green Mile 2
First Appearance: Librio
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Green Mile 3
First Appearance: Signet
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Green Mile 4
First Appearance: Signet
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Green Mile 5
First Appearance: Signet
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Green Mile 6
First Appearance: Signet
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Desperation
First Appearance: Donald M. Grant, limited
First Trade Appearance: Viking
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: The Regulators
First Appearance: Dutton
First Trade Appearance: Dutton
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: The Dark Tower: Wizard and Glass
First Appearance: Donald M. Grant, limited
First Trade Appearance: Donald M. Grant
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: Chapbook of first 2 chapters
Title: Bag of Bones
First Appearance: Hodder & Stoughton, limited
First Trade Appearance: Hodder & Stoughton
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: Bag of Bones magazine
Title: Storm of the Century
First Appearance: Pocket Books
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
First Appearance: Hodder & Stoughton
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Hearts in Atlantis
First Appearance: Hodder & Stoughton
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Secret Windows
First Appearance: Book of the Month Club
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: On Writing
First Appearance: German edition???
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Dreamcatcher
First Appearance: Hodder & Stoughton (German “Duddits???)
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Black House
First Appearance: Donald M. Grant, limited
First Trade Appearance: Hodder & Stoughton
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Everything’s Eventual
First Appearance: Hodder & Stoughton
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: various magazines
Title: From A Buick 8
First Appearance: Cemetery Dance, limited
First Trade Appearance: "Der Buick", German edition
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Wolves of the Calla
First Appearance: Donald M. Grant, limited
First Trade Appearance: Donald M. Grant
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Song of Susannah
First Appearance: Donald M. Grant, limited
First Trade Appearance: Donald M. Grant
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: The Dark Tower
First Appearance: Donald M. Grant, limited
First Trade Appearance: Donald M. Grant
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Faithful
First Appearance: Scribner
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: The Colorado Kid
First Appearance: Hard Case Crime
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: Cemetery Dance #53
Title: Cell
First Appearance: Scribner
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: Entertainment Weekly: January 27, 2006, London Times: February 27, 2006, Chapbook from Hodder&Stoughton
Title: Lisey’s Story
First Appearance: Scribner
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: excerpt in Cell, New Beginnings
Title: Blaze
First Appearance: Scribner
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: No
Title: Duma Key
First Appearance: Scribner
Pre-Publication Excerpt?: "Memory", Tin House #28
Title: Just After Sunset
First Appearance: Al Crepuscolo, Italian edition
First Trade Appearance: Scribner
Pre-Publication Excerpt? various magazines