The Dead Zone by Stephen
King
Identifying First Edition Points of Issue
First edition front cover
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The
Dead Zone by Stephen King - First edition points of
issue.
Pages: 476
Price:
$11.95
Publisher:
Viking
Date
Published: 1979
Copyright
page: First edition has "First Published in 1979 by
the Viking Press" on the copyright page
First Edition Total
Publication: Estimated to be 50,000
First Edition
Points of Issue: Viking's address of 625 Madison
Avenue should be printed on the dust jacket and copyright
page
Size:
6.25" x 9.5"
Bound:
Quarter bound in black cloth with black boards and white paste
downs.
Dedication: This is for
Owen I love you, old Bear.
Limited or Special
Editions: Easton Press released a limited edition of
1,300 copies in 1993 as part of the "Masterpieces of Science
Fiction" series. It was reissued by Easton Press in 2004
available direct from the publisher until of 2006 and is now
sold out.
Easton Press maintains the
right to reprint "The Dead Zone" so there is a good chance that
the book will be published again.
The first edition Easton
Press is slightly different from the second edition Easton
Press. The primary differences are on the spine of the books,
internally the books are identical.
The first edition Easton
Press of The Dead Zone the title and author sections on the
spine are found inside a gilt square, on the second edition the
title and author is listed between two gilt lines. The first
edition font and graphics are larger when compared to the
second edition.
Description: Stephen
King's seventh published novel.
John Smith awakens from an
interminable coma with an accursed power-the power to see the
future and the terrible fate awaiting mankind in...the dead
zone.
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