Stephen King Proofs

[wizardsrainbow]

Excellent!! A worthy collectible John.

[biomieg]

Good stuff, John. Congratulations!!!

[Ari_Racing]

Congratulations, John!

[The Library Policeman]

Congrats John. I knew you'd get one.

[jhanic]

Thanks, everyone.

I've got a few more proofs on their way to me at the present time also.

John

[Bev Vincent]

It's like the rare albino version! Congrats!

[jhanic]

I never thought of it in that way before. Very true!

John

[Cujo56]

Damn that is cool.
Nice pick up!

[jhanic]

The UK Stand Uncut full proof:



John

[biomieg]

Congratulations, John! Truly an almost one-of-a-kind proof!

[Nerak]

John, all I have to say is your connections must run far and wide in order to be able to obtain what you have!!

Very impressive!

[Stockerlone]

German Black House proof - Das Schwarze Haus Leseexemplar
transparent cover, black and white spine

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[GothamKnight]

Hi all -

I was gifted a signed proof of The Dead Zone (blue cover) a while ago...just curious if this is rare(ish), how much it might be worth and if I should protect it (in a plastic bag or something perhaps)?

Thanks for any answers friends!

GK

[jhanic]

The proof itself isn't really that scarce, but a signed copy makes it much more valuable. I'd protect it. I use archival plastic bags--they keep out dust, etc.

John

[GothamKnight]

Thanks John...so, to ask a silly follow-up qn: what are archival plastic bags and how easy are they to find?

The proof by the way was from a book show (for publishers, etc.) many years ago...

GK

[jhanic]

Archival bags are available at just about any comics store. They are chemically inert so that they won't leach anything onto the book.

John

[biomieg]

A blue DEAD ZONE proof is finding its way to me as we speak... thanks to Rusty! Now, if only I could persuade Bob to send me his Doubleday proofs (after all, it's my birthday next month and you only turn 36 once!)...

[ELazansky]

Thanks John...so, to ask a silly follow-up qn: what are archival plastic bags and how easy are they to find?

The proof by the way was from a book show (for publishers, etc.) many years ago...

GK

Bags Unlimited will probably have something to fit your books - http://www.bagsunlimited.com/

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

and you only turn 36 once!)...

Not true. I've been 36 for many years now.

[Brice]

Just a guess here, but I suspect Bob sending his Doubleday proofs is slightly less likely than me finding a 1st/1st 'Salem's Lot at the thrift store for a dollar.

[carlosdetweiller]

Just a guess here, but I suspect Bob sending his Doubleday proofs is slightly less likely than me finding a 1st/1st 'Salem's Lot at the thrift store for a dollar.

I agree. I doubt they are going anywhere anytime soon. I sure would like to find that elusive CARRIE proof though.

[biomieg]

Now that would be a dilemma: someone offering Bob a CARRIE proof in exchange for all his other Doubleday proofs...

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Question on this listing:

Carrie white cover (O50)
Carrie white cover (P6)

Does 50 mean there are 50 copies of the white proof?

If so, what does P6 mean?

[jhanic]

The O50 and the P6 indicate the gutter code on the pages. The P6 is the gutter code for the first edition, first printing Carrie also. The O50 indicates another, very rare, code.

This is from Barry R. Levin's Biblio notes:

KING, STEPHEN. CARRIE.
James Strand has made a major bibliographic discovery concerning the nature of the true first edition of Stephen King's first book, CARRIE. It has long been known that the true first edition of CARRIE was the "Special Edition" in wrappers published by Doubleday as an advance readers copy to promote the sale of the first book by a then-unknown author by the name of Stephen King. Mr. Strand has discovered that there are two separate printings of this advance "Special Edition." One is marked with the code "O50" in the gutter margin of page 199, with the book itself measuring 5 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches. The other printing has the code "P6" in the gutter margin of page 199, with the book measuring 5 ½ x 8 ¼ inches. The text is positioned a little differently on the back cover, and the covers are of a somewhat different paper stock but otherwise the two printings look very much alike. If Doubleday had not broken their own rule at that time concerning the use of code numbers, the "O50" copies are the true first edition, first printing, followed by the later "P6" printing. "P6" is the code used in the first trade hardcover edition published by Doubleday.

John

[Randall Flagg]

O50 is the 50th week of 1973 according to the Doubleday gutter code theory
P6 is the 6th week of 1974.