Because it's a SPECIAL HARDCOVER COLLECTORS' EDITION.:doh:
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Because it's a SPECIAL HARDCOVER COLLECTORS' EDITION.:doh:
1st EDITION AD.
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25,000 PRINT RUN ON HARDCOVER & 300,000 ON PAPERBACK.
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THE BACHMAN BOOKS STEPHEN KING TRADE PAPERBACK OCT 1985. THIS IS ALSO A TRUE 1st EDITION RELEASED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE HARDCOVER (IF NOT BEFORE) Most bookstores only carried the paperback $9.95...
THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS A REPRINT ORDER FORM. (The SIGNET PAPERBACK WAS PRINTED IN OCT 1996.)