Comments for: Building the King Catalog

Originally Posted by Randall Flagg

Note: Preceded by (1996) Penguin giveaway paperback (print run unknown) featuring “Beneath the Demon Moon” and “The Fall of the Hounds.”

This Wizard & Glass chapbook was given away to purchasers of Desperation and The Regulators. When the Desperation/The Regulators with "Nightlight" ran out of stock, this paperback was given out to customers who wanted the nighlight, but was no longer in stock.

Other notes:

The Danse Macabre limited edition pages (paper) were also the same as the trade edition, as with the Cujo Limited Edition.

Cycle of The Werewolf - Besides the 100 Collector’s State mentioned there was a Deluxe State of 250 copies (101-350), signed, but without a sketch. Price ??

Secretary of Dreams – Lettered Edition price $1,500. Gift Edition price $75.00

Desperation – Gift edition price $75.00
Desperation (trade) - 1,750,000 copies, First Printing
Insomnia Gift Edition – price $75.00

Christine (trade) - 270,000 copies, First Printing
The Colorado Kid (trade) - 1,000,000 copies, First Printing
Cujo (trade) - 150,000 copies, First Printing
The Dark Half (trade) - 1,500,000 copies, First Printing
The Dead Zone (trade) - 50,000 copies, First Printing
The Eyes of the Dragon (trade) – 1,000,000 copies, First Printing
Firestarter (trade) - 100,000 copies, First Printing
Four Past Midnight (trade) - 1,500,000 copies, First Printing
Insomnia - 1,300,000 copies, First Printing
It - 800,000 copies, First Printing
Lisey’s Story - 1,250,000 copies, First Printing
Misery - 1,000,000 copies, First Printing
Night Shift - 15,000 (or 12,000?) copies, First Printing
Pet Semetary - 250,000 copies, First Printing
Rose Madder - 1,750,000 copies, First Printing
‘Salem’s Lot - 20,000 copies, First Printing
‘Salem’s Lot The Illustrated Edition - 25,000 copies, First Printing
The Shining - 25,000 copies, First Printing
Skeleton Crew - 500,000 copies, First Printing
The Stand - 70,000 copies, First Printing
The Stand Complete & Uncut - 400,000 copies, First Printing
Thinner - 50,000 copies, First Printing
Wolves of the Calla - 660,000 copies, first printing


Promotional Items
From A Buick 8 – Book club edition (same as trade without price tag) issued with a fold-out poster of the book jacket, with a facsimile signature of King.

Hearts in Atlantis - A deck of playing cards with the Hearts in Atlantis book jacket as its cover.

Dreamcatcher – Ledger. A few handwritten pages by King, from Dreamcather.

Bag of Bones – Limited Edition Collector’s Magazine. Some King related articles and an excerpt from Bag of Bones.

Lisey’s Story – Notebook. A blank book for writing down notes. On the back is a advertisement for Lisey’s Story. This is very generic.

As mentioned previously the Wizard & Glass chapbook given out to customers who purchased the dual package of Desperation/The Regulators after the Night Light ran out of stock.

Originally Posted by Ari_Racing

Can anyone post The Plant and The Lt. Reap?

Ari,
I will be posting the following soon:
Firestarter Asbestos
The Regulators Lettered
'Salem's Lot "lettered" leather
The New Leiutenant's Rap
From a Buick 8 Lettered

I am still seeking images for The Plant.

Geoff, I went through and added the info-hope I did not miss anything.
I did not add the other promo stuff as I have no images, but your post will advise others.
Thanks.
P.S. are we missing images of Sec. of Dreams gift?

Title: From a Buick 8
Author: Stephen King
Artist: Berni Wrightson
Publisher: Cemetery Dance
Year: 2002
State: Lettered 1/52 Issue Price $1,500
Comments: This edition was limited to only 52 signed and lettered copies. The book's design included these extra features:
completely unique Lettered Edition with completely unique dustjacket
leather black goat kidskin spine
purple/black corinthian paper for covers
French marbled endsheets
silver gilding
imprinted spine
custom imprinted lightning bolts on cover
purple page marker ribbon
The Lettered Edition also featured a handmade custom traycase:
lined with purple baroque satin
purple/black corinthian paper wrap
silver curved hinge and button clasp
black ribbon to support lid
stamped embossing on box top

Originally Posted by Randall Flagg

Geoff, I went through and added the info-hope I did not miss anything.
I did not add the other promo stuff as I have no images, but your post will advise others.
Thanks.
P.S. are we missing images of Sec. of Dreams gift?

yep, we're missing the gift of Secretary of Dreams.

thanks Patrick, but slam me on being so lazy on finally contributing.

Title: The Colorado Kid
Author: Stephen King
Artist: Edward Miller
Publisher: PS Publishing (UK)
Publication Year: 2007
State: Traycased. 1/33 Illustrated by Edward Miller. Issue price $750
Comments: This is the traycased version illustrated byEdward Miller. Three different artists( J/K/ Potter, Glenn Chadbourne and Edward Miller) were used to create different illustrations and editions. Unique in that three artists were used to create decidely different artistic interpretetions of the same story. The Traycased version avoided lettering (tough to letter more than 52 copies) to issue 33 books by three artists-total 99.

Title: Secretary of Dreams
Author: Stephen King
Artist: Glenn Chadbourne
Publisher: Cemetery DancePublication Year: 2006
State: Gift Edition unsigned.
Comments: Oversized graphic novel. Three versions were produced: 52 Lettered, 750 Numbered, and 5,000 unsigned (By King) artist editions.