Novels
The Face
by Dean Koontz
Advance Reading Copy
Release Date: 2003
Format: Trade paperback w/ trade hardcover art in paper slipcase
Publisher: Bantam
Page Count: 608
States: “Advance Reading Copy” on cover
As printed the release date listed on the back cover and the spine of the slipcase is “June 3, 2003”. An unknown number of copies were issued with stickers covering the release date on the back cover and on the back of the slipcase correcting the date to “May 27th, 2003”.
Trade Hardcover
Release Date: May 27, 2003
Copyright: Copyright © 2003 by Dean Koontz
Publisher: Bantam
Page Count: 608
ISBN-10: 0-553-80248-8
Cover Price: $26.95
States: “A Bantam Book / June 2003” & “BVG 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”
Book Club Edition
Release Date: May 2003
Format: Reprint of trade hardcover edition
Page Count: 557
Book Club ID: #57259
Large Print Book Club Edition
Release Date: c. May 2003
Page Count: 784
ISBN-10: 0-7394-3462-4
Book Club ID: #57765
UK Trade Paperback
Release Date: August 4, 2003
Copyright: Copyright © 2003 by Dean Koontz
Publisher: HarperCollins (UK)
Page Count: 608
ISBN-10: 0-00-713070-8
I have a second printing in my collection which does not have a cover price.
Limited Editions
Release Date: Summer 2003
Publisher: Charnel House
Page Count: 554
States: "FIRST EDITION"
Numbered
500 signed and numbered copies
Bound in Sailcloth with hand applies inlay on front board visible through window in matching slipcase. Floorplans for Palazza Rospo included.
Original List Price:$150.00
ISBN:0-927389-19-3
Lettered
26 signed and lettered copies
Handbound in full Morocco leather with hand stitched leather appliqué on front board and housed in a handmade traycase.
Original List Price:$1500.00
ISBN:0-927389-18-5
Audio
Release Date: May 27, 2003
Copyright: © 2003 by Dean Koontz
℗ 2003 random House, Inc.
℗ 2003 random House, Inc.
Publisher: Random House Audio
Read By: Dylan Baker
A “collector’s edition” on one MP3 CD was also made available through BooksOnTape.com. Cover price: $34.95.
Cassette
19 hours, 38 minutes · 12 cassettes [unabridged]
Original List Price:$19.95 (listed on box)
ISBN:0-7393-0174-8
CD
19 ½ hours · 16 compact discs [unabridged]
Original List Price:$59.95 (listed on box)
ISBN:0-7393-0745-2
Mass Market Paperback
Release Date: April 27, 2004
Copyright: Copyright © 2003 by Dean Koontz
Publisher: Bantam
Page Count: 649
ISBN-10: 0-553-58448-0
Cover Price: $7.99
States: “Bantam Paperback Edition / May 2004“ & “OPM 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”
Includes 14 unnumbered pages containing the cover of The Taking and that book’s first chapter.
Premium Paperback
Release Date: September 29, 2009
Copyright: Copyright © 2003 by Dean Koontz
Publisher: Bantam
Page Count: 649
ISBN-13: 978-0-553-59341-9
Cover Price: $9.99
States: "2009 Bantam Books Mass Market Edition" and “2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1”
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Related items:
A full-page ad for the Charnel House editions appears in the Spring 2003 issue of Useless News.
A hardcover copy appears on a bookshelf in the background of the show New Girl s01e19: Secrets, originally aired on April 3, 2012. Screenshot from 8:29. (Click to view full size.)
Last updated on June 7th, 2018