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The Shining - Help Needed

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2026 8:51 am
by Mr. B
Hello all,

First time posting here and I've searched around and couldn't find the answer so I thought I'd take a chance asking about the copy of the Shining I picked up

The copyright page doesn't identify this version as a First Edition and there's no gutter code anywhere to be found

It's printed by Doubleday in the USA

The dust jacket is the original art but it lacks a price or any indication that it's a book club edition and the back of the DJ is green with a bar code and the numerals 1072891

The book cover is black with silver lettering

Any ideas?

Thank you

Re: The Shining - Help Needed

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2026 5:10 pm
by Sherlock Joe's
Just by your description of the dust jacket, with no price and the light-blue (or green) dust jacket back, you probably have a Book Club edition.

I got burned when I bought one of those for $$$ because it was shrink-wrapped and I got a severe case of FOMO.

Very expensive lesson learned.

Re: The Shining - Help Needed

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2026 12:03 am
by Mr. Rabbit Trick
The book Club dustjacket has a greenish color on the spine. The first edition is white.

Re: The Shining - Help Needed

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 12:13 pm
by Mr. B
Thank you both for the input, sometimes trying to figure out what's what with book editions can be confusing