Book Club Editions
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Book Club Editions
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?
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Re: Book Club Editions
Yes, lots of differences. Check out the "Identify US 1st Editions" page. Link at the bottom of each thread.
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Re: Book Club Editions
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)
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)
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Re: Book Club Editions
There is one thing to remember--King has one book that was only issued as BMOC--the collection Secret Windows.
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Re: Book Club Editions
It was also issued as one of the Stephen King Book Club (Red Leather) editions.
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Re: Book Club Editions
...for leather, read vinyl.
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Re: Book Club Editions
These books are commonly known as the Red Leather Editions or Red Faux Leather Editions.