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Gunslinger 2nd edition

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:53 am
by Stevenemo86
Hello,

I just started collecting and am new to all of this. Luckily for me my collection started off with a gift given to me by my mom. It is a 2nd edition copy of the gunslinger. Because of the circumstances of how she got it I will never sell it. I know obviously that the first edition is what everyone wants but is there any demand or interest in the 2nd edition. I guess I'm just trying to gauge if what I have is a cool piece or just something the collecting community isnt interested in.

Re: Gunslinger 2nd edition

Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2019 7:04 am
by TheCollector
Hello and welcome! Oh yeah the 2nd edition is certainly in demand. It's worth between $250-$350 depending on the condition. You can find more details on it at the Gunslinger page
https://www.stephenkingcollector.com/limited/dt1.html

Re: Gunslinger 2nd edition

Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 4:11 pm
by Stevenemo86
Thanks for the reply.

So just to clarify, there is a first edition, a second edition then there is a 3rd edition printed in 1998? Then was there another printed in 2003?

Re: Gunslinger 2nd edition

Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 9:54 pm
by Mr. Rabbit Trick
The Gunslinger was not printed after 2003 because the revised edition replaced it then.

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
Classification: Novel; Collection of short fiction
Notes: This novel is composed of five sequential short stories. All five stories had been previously published and were revised for their appearance here.
In 2003, King published a revised edition of this book. The changes were meant to make the novel tie-in better with the final three Dark Tower installments.
This version of the book went out of print in 2003 due to the publication of the revised edition.
Publication history:
1. West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1982, 224 pp., hardcover. ISBN: 0-937986-
51-8. Illustrated by Michael Whelan. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies, with dust jacket
and slipcase, and signed by the author and artist. Note: The limited states are listed as “deluxe
edition” on the dust jacket.
1a. West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1982, 224 pp., hardcover. ISBN: 0-937986-
51-8. Illustrated by Michael Whelan. Limited edition of 52 lettered (A-ZZ) copies, with dust
jacket and slipcase, and signed by the author and artist.
1b. West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1982, 224 pp., hardcover. ISBN: 0-937986-
51-8. 12 copies reserved for the publisher, marked “Publisher’s Copy.”
1c. West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1982, 224 pp., hardcover. ISBN: 0-937986-
51-8. 40 copies reserved for the author, marked “Author’s Copy.”
1d. West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1982, 224 pp., hardcover. ISBN: 0-937986-
51-8. 10 copies reserved for the artist, marked “Artist’s Copy.”
1e. West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1982, 224 pp., hardcover. ISBN: 0-937986-
51-8. 25 [?] copies marked “Presentation Copies,” signed but not numbered and with no
slipcase.
2. West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1982, 224 pp., hardcover. ISBN: 0-937986-
50-X. First trade edition of 10,000 copies.
2a. West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1984, 224 pp., hardcover. ISBN: 0-937986-
50-X. Second trade edition of 10,000 copies.
2b. Hampton Falls, NH: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1998, 224 pp., hardcover. ISBN: 0-937986-
50-X. Third trade edition of 15,000 copies. Note: This edition was printed for inclusion in a
Dark Tower set published in 1998 which also contained a second trade edition of The Dark
Tower II: The Drawing of the Three, a first trade edition of The Dark Tower III: The Waste
Lands, and a slipcase for the three books.
3. New York, NY: A Plume Book, New American Library, September 1988, 224 pp., trade paperback.
Illustrated by Michael Whelan. ISBN: 0-452-26134-1. ISBN: 0-452-27960-7. (Reprint)
4. London, England: Sphere Books, September 1988, 224 pp., trade paperback. Illustrated by Michael Whelan. ISBN: 0-7474-0099-7.
5. London, England: Sphere Overseas, June 1989, 240 pp., mass-market paperback. ISBN: 0-7474-
0100-4. Open market edition not distributed in the United Kingdom.
6. New York, NY: A Signet Book, New American Library, July 1989, 315 pp., mass-market
paperback. No illustrations. ISBN: 0-451-16052-5.
7. London, England: Sphere, December 1989, 249 pp., mass-market paperback. No illustrations.
ISBN: 0-7474-0100-4.
8. London, England: Guild Publishing, 1989, 224 pp., trade paperback. No ISBN. [Book Club
Edition] Note: Second printing in 1990.
9. London, England: New English Library, December 1997, 212 pp., mass-market paperback. No
illustrations. ISBN: 0-340-70750-X.
10. Science Fiction Book Club, May 2004, 224 pp., trade paperback. No ISBN. Note: This
edition follows the text of the original version of the book.

Re: Gunslinger 2nd edition

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2019 8:29 am
by amd013
Thanks for that comprehensive list. Was #3 really first printed in 1988? That was the first version of the gunslinger I owned before I was a collector, and could have sworn I read it before I graduated HS in '87. But I guess I could be wrong.

Is there any collectible interest in #3 (the Plume paperback). I still have mine out of nostalgia.

Re: Gunslinger 2nd edition

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2019 2:52 pm
by CHEROKEEBRUCE
There are two states of the PLUME 1st Edition THE GUNSLINGER. It was also issued in the form of a PERMA-BOUND BOOK. That would make it the rarer of the two.
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Re: Gunslinger 2nd edition

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2019 3:18 pm
by CHEROKEEBRUCE
The GUNSLINGER was also issued as a AUDIOCASSETTE read by King himself in 1988 along with a 800 S/L Edition.
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