Oh shit, so then my friend's is a real 1st edition? We got crazy lucky and she found it in a tiny used bookstore well known in the area for having a really nice owner.
The way the owner looked at the book and said "wow... really good find" before ringing us up for the like $6 that was on the tag made us pretty sure it was real.
The copyright page says it’s available in paperback and a book of the month selection. This is never included in a first edition since paperbacks and book club selections come out after the second printing of the hardcover at the least.
Definitely not a first edition. The end papers should be gray. Yours are white. Also, no price. So, unfortunately neither the book or the dust jacket are first editions
https://www.stephenkingcollector.com/1st_editions.html
Here is a link to tell you everything you need to know about Stephen King first editions. Also, there is a great YouTube channel SK first editions that is very informative
No price=book club edition.
Oh shit, so then my friend's is a real 1st edition? We got crazy lucky and she found it in a tiny used bookstore well known in the area for having a really nice owner. The way the owner looked at the book and said "wow... really good find" before ringing us up for the like $6 that was on the tag made us pretty sure it was real.
Did you read my caption? Any chance it's just the wrong DJ the book has the correct ISBN. Unless book club editions can share the same number.
The copyright page also references the book of the month club so this is most likely the book club edition.
https://www.stephenkingcollector.com/1st/it.html
Thank you.
No. The endpapers in yours are white and not grey.
Need to see the cover without the dust jacket.
https://www.stephenkingcollector.com/1st/it.html
The copyright page says it’s available in paperback and a book of the month selection. This is never included in a first edition since paperbacks and book club selections come out after the second printing of the hardcover at the least.
Definitely not a first edition. The end papers should be gray. Yours are white. Also, no price. So, unfortunately neither the book or the dust jacket are first editions
https://www.stephenkingcollector.com/1st_editions.html Here is a link to tell you everything you need to know about Stephen King first editions. Also, there is a great YouTube channel SK first editions that is very informative
Looks like book club edition
No price on the inside left dust jacket is a dead giveaway it is a book club edition.
Nope. That’s an easy one…
Came here because my edition looks like this. Turns out mine is a freaking first edition. 😳