Identifying first editions (updated 2018) - Stephen King

Identifying first editions (updated 2018)

Compiled by Bev Vincent with the assistance of materials made available by Rich DeMars, John Mastrocco, Steve Oelrich and Shaun Nauman. E-mail corrections or questions to MaxDevore@

The table below lists the first trade edition identification criteria for each of Stephen King's books. The early Doubleday books all say "First Edition" explicitly on the copyright page (CP). There are other identifiers for these books as well.

For books that contain strings of numbers to denote the printing, the important consideration is the presence of the numeral 1 in that string, regardless of the format of the numbers. Some possible variations of the printing numbers are:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

All three of these denote a first edition. The numeral 1 will be removed for a second printing. Black House is the exception. First edition copies state "First Edition" on the copyright page and the number sequence will be "2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3".

Trim size is given because Book Club editions are often smaller than trade editions. Also, Book Club edition dust jackets (DJ) are occasionally found on first editions to replace lost or damaged jackets. Book Club edition dust jackets are easily identified because they do not have a price marked inside the front cover. Later printing trade edition dust jackets will often have a different price from what is found in the table.

Title Carrie Salem's Lot

The Shining Rage Night Shift

Year 1974 1975

1977 1977 1978

Publisher Doubleday Doubleday

Doubleday Signet

Doubleday

Trim size 5.75 x 8.5 x 0.9" 5.75 x 8.5 x 1.25"

5.75 x 8.5 x 1.5" 4.2 x 7.0 x 0.7" 5.75 x 8.5 x 1"

DJ price $5.95 $7.95/ $8.95

$8.95 $1.50 $8.95

First edition identifiers

"First Edition" on CP P6 on page 199 "First Edition" on CP Q37 on page 439 Three dust jacket states: 1) $8.95 on DJ, Father Cody error (rare!) 2) price clipped, $7.95, Father Cody error 3) $7.95 on DJ, Father Callahan "First Edition" on CP R49 on page 447 "First Signet Printing, September, 1977" on CP "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9" on CP "First Edition" on CP S52 on page 336

Title

The Stand

The Long Walk

The Dead Zone Firestarter

Cujo

Danse Macabre

Roadwork The Running Man

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Different Seasons Christine

Pet Sematary

Cycle of the Werewolf The Talisman (w/ Peter Straub) Thinner

Skeleton Crew

The Bachman Books IT Eyes of the Dragon

Misery The Tommyknockers

Year 1978 1979 1979 1980 1981 1981 1981 1982 1982 1982 1983 1983

1983 1984 1984 1985 1985 1986 1987 1987 1987

Publisher

Doubleday

Signet

Viking Viking (Phantasia Press) Viking (Mysterious Press) Everest (Everest) Signet Signet

Donald M. Grant (Donald M. Grant)

Viking Viking (Donald M. Grant) Doubleday

(Land of Enchantment)

Viking (Donald M. Grant)

New American Library Putnam

(Scream Press) NAL

Viking Viking (Philtrum) Viking Putnam

Trim size 5.75 x 8.5 x 1.9" 4.2 x 7 x 0.75" 6.25 x 9.5 x 1.45" 6.25 x 9.5 x 1.6" 6.25 x 9.5 x 1.2" 6.25 x 9.5 x 1.25" 4.2 x 7.0 x 0.6 4.2 x 7.0 x 0.6" 6.2 x 9.25 x 1.0" 6.25 x 9.5 x 1.6" 6.25 x 9.5 x 1.6" 6.25 x 9.5 x 1.2"

8.75 x 11.25 x 0.5"

6.25 x 9.5 x 1.8" 5.8 x 8.75 x 1.2" 6.25 x 9.5 x 1.6"

6.25 x 9.5 x 2.3" 6.25 x 9.5 x 0.9" 6.25 x 9.5 x 1.1" 6.25 x 9.5 x 1.6"

DJ price $12.95

$1.95

$11.95 $13.95

First edition identifiers

"First Edition" on CP T39 on page 823 "First Signet Printing, July, 1979" on CP "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9" on CP "First published in 1979 by the Viking Press" on CP "First published in 1980 by the Viking Press" on CP

$13.95 "First published in 1981 by the Viking Press" on CP

$13.95 RRD281 on CP

$2.25 $2.50

$20.00

"1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9" on CP "First Printing May 1982" on CP "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9" on CP "FIRST EDITION" on CP

$16.95 "First published in 1982 by the Viking Press" on CP $16.95 "First published in 1983 by the Viking Press" on CP

$15.95 $18.95

"First Edition" on CP Y38 on page 374 (see note below) Two dust jacket states: 1) Caretakers listed as 1982 2) Caretakers listed as 1983 No special notes. Later reprinted in trade paperback by Signet and combined with script for Silver Bullet "First published in 1984 by Viking Penguin, Inc." on CP

$12.95 "First Printing, November 1984" on CP "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9" on CP

$18.95 "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10" on CP

$19.95

$22.95 $18.95

"First (omnibus) Printing, October 1985" on CP "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9" on CP "First published in 1986 by Viking Penguin, Inc." on CP "First published in 1987 by Viking Penguin, Inc." on CP

$18.95 $19.95

"First published in 1987 by Viking Penguin, Inc." on CP "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10" on CP "Permissions to come" on CP Two simultaneous dust jacket states: 1) author name in red 2) author name in gold

Title

The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three My Pretty Pony

The Dark Half

Four Past Midnight

The Stand Complete and Uncut Needful Things

The Dark Tower: The Wastelands Gerald's Game

Dolores Claiborne

Nightmares and Dreamscapes Insomnia

Rose Madder

The Green Mile

Desperation

The Regulators

The Dark Tower: Wizard and Glass Six Stories Bag of Bones The Storm of the Century

Year 1987

1988 1989 1990

1990

1991 1991 1992 1993 1993 1994

1995 1996

1996 1996 1997 1997 1998 1999

Publisher

Donald M. Grant (Donald M. Grant)

Knopf (Whitney Museum)

Viking

Viking

Doubleday (Doubleday)

Viking

Donald M. Grant (Donald M. Grant)

Viking

Viking

Viking

Viking (Mark V. Ziesing)

Viking

Signet

Viking (Donald M. Grant)

Dutton (Dutton) Donald M. Grant (Donald M. Grant) (Philtrum) Scribner Pocket Books (BOMC)

Trim size 6.2 x 9.2 x 2"

9.25 x 13.6 x 0.6" 6.25 x 9.5 x 1.3" 6.25 x 9.5 x 1.9"

6.25 x 9.4 x 2.5"

6.25 x 9.5 x 2.0" 6.2 x 9.2 x 2"

6.25 x 9.5 x 1.1" 6.25 x 9.5 x 1.2" 6.25 x 9.5 x 2.25" 6.25 x 9.5 x 2.1"

6.25 x 9.5 x 1.3" 4.25 x 6.9 x .4"

6.5 x 9.5 x 2.25" 6.5 x 9.5 x 1.6" 6.5 x 9.25 x 2.1" 6.0 x 9.0 x 0.9" 6.5 x 9.5 x 1.6" 6.1 x 9.25 x 1"

DJ

First edition identifiers

price

$35.00 "FIRST EDITION" on CP

No DJ "First trade edition" on CP, which is inside back cover

$21.95 $22.95

$24.95

"First published in 1989 by Viking Penguin" on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP "First published in 1990 by Viking Penguin" on CP "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on CP First state has SK in gold on front cover. Second state lacks gold. "FIRST TRADE EDITION" on CP

$24.95 "First published in 1991 by Viking Penguin" on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

$38.00 "FIRST EDITION" on CP

$23.50

$23.50

$27.50

$27.95

$25.95

No DJ $2.99 ($3.99 Part 6) $27.95

$24.95

$45.

"First published in 1992 by Viking Penguin" on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP "First published in 1993 by Viking Penguin" on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP "First published in 1993 by Viking Penguin" on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP "First published in 1994 by Viking Penguin" on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP Two simultaneous dust jacket states with red and white reversed "First published in 1995 by Viking Penguin" on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP "First Printing, month , 1996" on CP month = March (Part 1) through August (Part 6) "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on CP

"First published in 1996 by Viking Penguin"" on CP "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on CP "First Trade Printing, October 1996" on CP "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on CP "First Edition" on CP

No DJ $28.00 $15.00

Only one edition exists "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP "First Pocket Books Trade Paperback Printing Feb 1999" on CP "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on CP (BOMC released a hardcover edition)

Title

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Hearts in Atlantis The Green Mile (hardcover) On Writing Secret Windows

Dreamcatcher Black House (w/ Peter Straub) Everything's Eventual From a Buick 8

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (revised and expanded) The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla

The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah

Faithful (w/ Stewart O'Nan) The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower

The Colorado Kid

`Salem's Lot (Illustrated Edition) Cell Lisey's Story Blaze

Duma Key

Year 1999

1999 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2002 2002 2003

2003

2004

2004 2004

2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2008

Publisher

Scribner

Scribner Scribner

Scribner Book of the Month

Club Scribner Random House (Donald M. Grant) Scribner

Scribner (Cemetery Dance)

Viking

Donald M. Grant, in association with

Scribner (Donald M. Grant) Donald M. Grant, in association with

Scribner (Donald M. Grant)

Scribner

Donald M. Grant, in association with

Scribner (Donald M. Grant) Hard Case Crime

Doubleday

Scribner Scribner Scribner

Scribner

Trim size 5.75 x 8.75 x 0.9"

6.5 x 9.5 x 2.0" 6.1 x 9.25 x 1.1" 5.9 x 8.75 x 1" 5.75 x 8.5 x 1.4" 6.5 x 9.5 x 2.0" 6.5 x 9.5 x 1.8" 6.5 x 9.5 x 1.75" 6.3 x 9.5 x 1.3" 6.1 x 9.25 x 0.9"

6.4 x 9.2 x 2.0"

6.4 x 9.3 x 1.8"

6.3 x 9.2 x 1.2 6.4 x 9.0 x 2.3"

4.2 x 6.8 x 0.6" 6.5 x 9.5 x 1.75 6.3 x 9.5 x 1.4" 6.3 x 9.5 x 1.7" 5.7 x 8.75 x 1.1" 6.3 x 9.5 x 2.1"

DJ

First edition identifiers

price

$16.95 "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

$28.00 "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP $25.00 First Scribner edition 2000 on CP

$25.00 "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP BOMC volumes don't specify edition information

$28.00 $28.95

$28.00

"1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP "First Trade Edition" on CP "2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3" on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

$28.00 "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

$25.00 This edition published in 2003 by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

$35.00 FIRST TRADE EDITION on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

$30.00 FIRST TRADE EDITION on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

$26.00 "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

$35.00 FIRST TRADE EDITION on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

No DJ $5.99 $35.00

$26.95 $28.00 $25.00

$28.00

Running header on page 159 says "Grifter's Game" instead of "The Colorado Kid." FIRST EDITION on CP "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP First Scribner hardcover edition June 2007 "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10" on CP First Scribner hardcover edition January 2008 "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

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Year

Publisher

Just After Sunset 2008

Scribner

Under the Dome

2009

Scribner

Full Dark, No Stars 2010

Scribner

11/22/63

2011

Scribner

The Wind Through the Keyhole Joyland

2012 2013

Scribner Hard Case Crime

Doctor Sleep

2013

Scribner

Mr. Mercedes

2014

Scribner

Revival

2014

Scribner

Finders Keepers

2015

Scribner

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (with Richard Chizmar) End of Watch

2015 2016

Scribner Scribner

Gwendy's Button Box Sleeping Beauties (with Owen King) The Outsider

2017 2017 2018

Cemetery Dance Scribner Scribner

Flight or Fright (with Bev Vincent) Elevation

2018 2018

Cemetery Dance Scribner

The Institute

2019

Scribner

If It Bleeds

2020

Scribner

Later Billy Summers

2021 Hard Case Crime

2021

Scribner

Trim size 6.3 x 9.5 x 1.4" 6.3 x 9.5 x 2.5" 6.3 x 9.5 x 1.4" 6.3 x 9.5 x 2.1"

6.3x 9.375 x 1.125"

5 x 8 x 0.75" 6.3 x 9.5 x 1.75" 6.3 x 9.5 x 1.6" 6.3 x 9.5 x 1.4" 6.3 x 9.5 x 1.5" 6.3 x 9.5 x 1.7"

DJ price $28.00 $35.00 $27.99 $35.00 $27.00 $12.95 $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 $30.00

First edition identifiers

First Scribner hardcover edition November 2008 "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP First Scribner hardcover edition November 2009 "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP First Scribner hardcover edition November 2010 "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP First Scribner hardcover edition November 2011 "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP First Scribner hardcover edition April 2012 "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP First Hard Case Crime edition: June 2013 on CP (later covers state #1 NY Times Bestseller! in a red band at the top) First Scribner hardcover edition September 2013 "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP First Scribner hardcover edition: June 2014 on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP First Scribner hardcover edition: November 2014 on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP First Scribner hardcover edition: June 2015 on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP First Scribner hardcover edition: November 2015 on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

6.3 x 9.5 x 1.6"

5.75 x 8.75 x 0.75"

6.3 x 9.5 x 2.2"

6.3 x 9.5 x 1.7"

6.3 x 9.3 x 1.1"

$30.00 First Scribner hardcover edition: June 2016 on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

$25.00 First Edition on CP

$32.50 $30.00 $27.95

First Scribner hardcover edition: November 2017 on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP First Scribner hardcover edition: May 2018 on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP First Cemetery Dance Printing on CP

5.5 x 7.25 x 0.6"

6.5 x 9.5 x 1.6" 6.5 x 9.5 x 1.4"

8.0 x 5.0 x 0.7" 6.5 x 9.5 x 1.5"

$19.95

$30.00 $30.00 $14.95 $30.00

First Scribner hardcover edition October 2018 on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP First Scribner hardcover edition September 2019 on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP First Scribner hardcover edition May 2020 on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP First Hard Case Crime edition: March 2021 First Scribner hardcover edition August 2021 on CP "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on CP

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