Salem's lot first state dust jacket
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Salem's lot first state dust jacket
I saw a picture of an $8.95 dust jacket that has father callahan instead of father cody ? Any idea what this is ?
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Re: Salem's lot first state dust jacket
Can you link to the photo?
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Re: Salem's lot first state dust jacket
On a plane. I'll send it once I get on the ground.
It was a first with two jackets. A second state and this one. Looked worn bc enough to be the right age
Was on an auction site and withdrawn
It was a first with two jackets. A second state and this one. Looked worn bc enough to be the right age
Was on an auction site and withdrawn
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Re: Salem's lot first state dust jacket
The first edition listing for "Salems' Lot" on here talks about the three different dust jackets for that book.
https://www.stephenkingcollector.com/1st/salemslot.html
https://www.stephenkingcollector.com/1st/salemslot.html
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Re: Salem's lot first state dust jacket
Okay wwmjohnnie sent me a link to the auction via email. Two DJ's are included with the book.
https://pbagalleries.com/lot-details/in ... iew%3Dcomp
You can't zoom into the DJ's as much as I would like, but notice that at the very bottom of the inner front flap "Salem's Lot" is in italics. on a true 1st printing of the dustjacket "Salem's Lot" is not in italics.
https://www.firstandfine.com/wp-content ... 1681727229
Now, check out this eBay listing. for a printing from 1979 with a $9.95 price on the DJ - see how Salem's Lot is italicized? I THINK all later printings of the DJ that I've seen have Salem's Lot italicized.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256569533085?_ ... R9Kq-8avZA
That's 4 years later and the price has gone up by $2.....I would think somewhere in between there a printing from 1976/77/78....it would make sense that they would have gone up by $1 at some point, before jumpint over 20% to get $2 more. Thus putting that $8.95 price back on the DJ, and that this is really a DJ from 1976-78
What about the book block that has a Q37 code indicating it's a 1st printing? Well, I think that bottom DJ is what originally came with the book and the top DJ is one that was acquired later on......that's much more likely than having one of the super rare handful of 1st/1st DJ's that should have never left the publisher in the first place. If it were a 1st/1st DJ their pricing estimate is off by more than 10x lol.
https://pbagalleries.com/lot-details/in ... iew%3Dcomp
You can't zoom into the DJ's as much as I would like, but notice that at the very bottom of the inner front flap "Salem's Lot" is in italics. on a true 1st printing of the dustjacket "Salem's Lot" is not in italics.
https://www.firstandfine.com/wp-content ... 1681727229
Now, check out this eBay listing. for a printing from 1979 with a $9.95 price on the DJ - see how Salem's Lot is italicized? I THINK all later printings of the DJ that I've seen have Salem's Lot italicized.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256569533085?_ ... R9Kq-8avZA
That's 4 years later and the price has gone up by $2.....I would think somewhere in between there a printing from 1976/77/78....it would make sense that they would have gone up by $1 at some point, before jumpint over 20% to get $2 more. Thus putting that $8.95 price back on the DJ, and that this is really a DJ from 1976-78
What about the book block that has a Q37 code indicating it's a 1st printing? Well, I think that bottom DJ is what originally came with the book and the top DJ is one that was acquired later on......that's much more likely than having one of the super rare handful of 1st/1st DJ's that should have never left the publisher in the first place. If it were a 1st/1st DJ their pricing estimate is off by more than 10x lol.