I seem to recall that Scribner went pack to press with Wolves before the book was published.Originally Posted by jsmcmullen92
I have a 1st edition later printing of Wolves. I think once Scribner came into play with book 5 they started doing later printings.
Author of The Road to the Dark Tower, Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences and The Dark Tower Companion. Co-editor with Stephen King of the anthology Flight or Fright.
Perhaps it was Wolves.I have a 1st edition later printing of Wolves. I think once Scribner came into play with book 5 they started doing later printings.
I stand corrected.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Can someone confirm this is a 1st/1st? According to the wiki it is, but don't know for sure if it's some kind of export edition.
On the front inner flap it states '02182587'
Think it is, Niels - mine is exactly like that.
Including the faded spine.....
sk
Damn, that's one thing that slipped my attention! That's a no-go for me.
Thanks for getting that into my attention!
Also I cannot tell from the picture but does the front have scales on it? the 1st edition has scales and the later editions and BCE are just flat green paper.
I couldn't tell either, but the seller did mention the scales.
SCALES (They are only on the front cover)
I'll apologize in advance, because I'm sure this has been discussed elsewhere -- I just can't find it.
I remember reading that there is something special about the first PB edition of Firestarter, a short print run or something?
It came with a black cover, a white cover and a couple of different blurbs. So there are a few different books that are first printings.
Also they are fairly difficult to find.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
According to my notes, there was a total print run of 50,000 copies, split between the two color covers. They were all supposed to be in a boxed set that included The Dead Zone.
There's been a recent discussion of this edition in the New Pride and Joy thread.
John
Thanks - Just checked it out. Stumbled upon one yesterday that I picked up for $1.75. I remembered there was something special about it, but couldn't remember what it was!According to my notes, there was a total print run of 50,000 copies, split between the two color covers. They were all supposed to be in a boxed set that included The Dead Zone.
There's been a recent discussion of this edition in the New Pride and Joy thread.
John
I still need one. For me it has been easier to locate obscure early UK proofs than this mass-market PB. I guess it doesn't help that I completely rely on the internet for books like these - 1st printings of King's older books are not often found in Dutch second-hand bookstores...
I still need that Dutch "The Lift" Movie tie-in that never made it home in the mail in 1983.
If you want to trade for your 1st printing Signet Firestarter PB.....
Any thoughts on the signature for this signed pet Sematary? I'm on the fence about it...
http://m.ebay.com/itm/Stephen-King-P...215?nav=SEARCH
Looks "Okay", but I would get other opinions than mine.
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
I don't think it is good.
I don't like it either, this King to too clear, not enough KnigI don't think it is good.
And there you have it. The most trusted authority I know of on these boards!!!I don't think it is good.
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
I appreciate the feedback. It's one of those signatures that I found myself wanting to be real, which is the first sign that I need outside opinionsAnd there you have it. The most trusted authority I know of on these boards!!!I don't think it is good.Thank you!
It's possible that Winston Churchill - "Church the Cat" scribbled that on the page, but it definitely wasn't the author in the Summer of '88. Keep looking, you'll find a real one.
Gerald
I consider that not only fake but vandalism. That book is in beautiful condition and has been totally ruined by the forgery.
I'm hoping someone reports this so he can't sell and then offers him $20 for just the dustjacket on the condition he destroys the rest of the book.
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
Touché. That is a beautiful book that would easily be worth $40 unsigned, as I have seen copies sell at auction houses for $50 in worse condition. It is a shame that a book survives 30 years in that condition, only to be butchered like that for eBay. What a waste. I would like the dust jacket on its own.I consider that not only fake but vandalism. That book is in beautiful condition and has been totally ruined by the forgery.
I'm hoping someone reports this so he can't sell and then offers him $20 for just the dustjacket on the condition he destroys the rest of the book.
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