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US First Edition

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Identification Points

Notes

True first editions have gray endpapers; BCEs have white endpapers. First edition DJ has ISBN on inside front flap; BCE DJ does not. Very large first printing.

Binding

Black quarter cloth with red foil stamping over dark gray boards, with a red foil stamped "SK" in the bottom right corner of the front board.

Dust Jacket

$22.95 price printed on the inner front flap.

Copyright Page

Should say "First published in 1986 by Viking Penguin Inc." and there should be no number line and no statement of a later printing below, "Set in Garamond No. 3" (e.g., "Second printing August 1986".)

Notes

400,000 copies first printing (800,000 total initial run). King's longest novel at the time.

Key Facts

Publisher
Viking
Year
1986
ISBN
0-670-81302-8
Print Run
400,000 copies
Country
US
Market Frequency
Common
Rarity Score
3 / 10

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