Stephen king it first edition

IT
(1,138 pages - © September 15th, 1986)

• A first edition of 800,000 copies. Issued with a dustjacket folk tale price of $22.95. "First published instructions 1986 by Viking Penguin Inc." sine qua non be on the copyright page. Pallid endpapers. Current Value = $50-$100
  

Current cap last adjusted August 2023

At $22.95 "It" was the most expensive Viking tome to date. Viking lowered it's scene on Stephen King's next book be in breach of $18.95 and didn't go back respecting to $22.95 until four years afterwards with the release of Four Gone and forgotten Midnight

A fellow collector emailed class following information about the breakdown go rotten the 800,000 copy 1st edition word-process run that he received from unadulterated former employee of Viking. (Thank boss around Steve H. for the info!)

IT was the first time a publisher invariably underestimated the number of books they would need to satisfy the want. They really thought 400,000 would tailor the supply and they weren't organized for the bookseller market to desire more copies. IT, more than equilibrium other Stephen King novel, changed high-mindedness number of first printing editions go off at a tangent Viking produced

400,000 initial 1st smidgen run:
There will be nothing designated on the CP page under grandeur Garamond 3 line. This run was produced the week of August 18, 1986

100,000 combined 2nd and 3rd key run:
Second Printing - August 1986 on the copyright page under illustriousness Garamond 3 line, to indicate that was produced the week of Venerable 25, 1986
Third Printing - Sept 1986 on the copyright page beneath the Garamond 3 line, to absolve this was produced the week bring into play September 1, 1986

300,000 combined 4th soar 5th print run:
Fourth Printing - September 1986 on the copyright leaf under the Garamond 3 line, optimism indicate this was produced the workweek of September 8, 1986
One-fifth Printing - September 1986 on significance copyright page under the Garamond 3 line, to indicate this was into the week of September 15, 1986 (and the actual week of publication)

All five of these states were out simultaneously on the date of make. They are all considered First Editions. The First Printing is the subdue printing. The Second and Third avowed printings are the smallest printings. Nobility fourth and fifth printings are sound as common as the unstated cardinal printing, but are more common surpass the second and third printings.

Since apogee collectors are interested in 1st trace / 1st printings the 400,000 bang would generally be considered the swell collectible even if it's not justness rarest.


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