Stroppygoblin wrote:ke7285 wrote:Red is the first bottom one is a book of the month, that is what I am seeing.
But whats strange is the bottom one has the printer name that matches the 1st Copyright page shown on The Collector Misery page??? whereas my other copy has the red end plates but a different printer??
Ah yes I see what you're saying, the copyright page I have up shows the printer as "Donnelly and Sons" but is lacking the BOTMC line below.... so:
1) I need to go see if I can dig out my 1st ed of Misery to check the end paper color (it's a little buried at the moment) but typically any ADDITIONAL typing on a copyright page would come later on, I don't think I've seen a later printing where they're taking away info, changing it sure, but not removing it. The print that talks about BOTMC also looks different from the rest of the copyright page,
2) It usually takes books a little while to make it into the BOTMC rotation, so it would be highly unlikely that what you've got there is a true 1st/1st. I could be a BOTMC edition but then someone would have had to change out the DJ as BC editions don't have prices on the DJ.
3) Likely a later printing, if the DJ is the one that came with the book then it as to be printed in 1987 or 88 otherwise the price on the DJ would be higher. If it's not the original DJ then it can't be any later than the signature date which is 1994
4) Viking editions can be very hard to authenticate correctly. IF it isn't a 1st/1st I wouldn't necessarily jump to the conclusion that the seller was trying to pull a fast one on you, could be an honest mistake.
