Book Club Editions

[PenginRawr]

I recently bought a small lot and most seem to be book club editions. They don’t have prices on the dust jackets but is that the only thing that matters? Some have a mix of things like barcodes, no bar codes, headbands, number lines on the copyright page, first published edition. Is there a real difference between the Doubleday book club and Stephen King library books club editions?

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Yes, lots of differences. Check out the "Identify US 1st Editions" page. Link at the bottom of each thread.

[TheCollector]

Agreed there is a lot of difference. The thing to remember is if it’s NOT a 1st edition then it’s likely not valuable/collectible.

So regardless of all the variants out there it doesn’t matter much what edition it is if it’s not a 1st


Also no price on the DJ always = book club edition (at least as far as the DJ which is up to 90% of a books value)

[jhanic]

There is one thing to remember--King has one book that was only issued as BMOC--the collection Secret Windows.

John

[CHEROKEEBRUCE]

It was also issued as one of the Stephen King Book Club (Red Leather) editions.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

...for leather, read vinyl.

[CHEROKEEBRUCE]

These books are commonly known as the Red Leather Editions or Red Faux Leather Editions.