On my copy the paperback cover is firmly attached to the book.
On my copy the paperback cover is firmly attached to the book.
As is mine. That information came from George Beahm's Collectors guide. I believe it meant you got an additional copy of the paperback when you bought the hardback.
Can anyone confirm that?
Also, the price of the early books is reported to be $19.95 on later Starmont editions, can anyone confirm that was the actual price on release?
"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
Hope this helps..The back cover of The Shorter Works of Stephen King also 1985.
Thanks Bruce, thats one of the few early ones I dont have yet.
It's interesting as thats the same prices that are shown on the back of "The Films of Stephen King" (1986) Which had an actual price of $9.95 (hardback), but when you get too "The Stephen King Phenomenon" (1987) the prices have gone up to $19.95 for the previous books.
I note also that your copy of "Shorter Works" also has a $9.95 price on the book.
I'm wondering if original prices for Hardbacks on release were lower, but they increased prices for requesting the back catalog?
"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
There was also a paperback with a different cover. Maybe a reissue.
The style of the first image matches the previous books released by Starmont, the second image matches later books. The internal content is identical however. I suspect a change in binder or printer occurred halfway through this books production as both of the books seem to be first editions.
"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