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Needed: Christmas is Good printing statement

March 11, 2012

Hardcover
October 27, 2009
Hyperion
64p
ISBN: 978-1-4013-2294-6
Cover Price: $16.99
States:

Needed: Dark Rivers of the Heart audio details

March 11, 2012

I seem to be lacking all details regarding an audio edition of this title with the exception of “RandomHouse Audiobook”.

Needed: The Darkest Evening of the Year large print statement

March 11, 2012

Large Print

November 27, 2007

Random House Large Print

496p

ISBN-10: 0-739-32742-9

ISBN-13: 978-0-739-32742-5

Cover Price: $27.00

States: “”

 

Limited

Charnel House

March 2008

printed in Mona Lisa and Verdigris Fonts on 80lb. Dove Gray Mohawk Superfine paper

 

Numbered

350 signed and numbered copies

Bound in Lavender Japanese Gokujyo–Saifu Silk, Black foil images on both front and back boards, Slipcased in Deep Blue Silver–Wave Silk

Original List Price:

ISBN: 0-927389-40-2

States: No statement of printing

Update 12/27/12:
Charnel House has provided me with the information regarding their editions. I am still looking for the large print information.

Needed: Frankenstein: City of Night audio cassette details

March 11, 2012

Audio
July 26, 2005
Random House Audio
Read by John Bedford Lloyd

Cassette
XXX cassettes, XXX hours, unabridged
ISBN: 0-7393-
Cover Price: $

Needed: Frankenstein: Dead and Alive audio CD count

March 11, 2012

Audio
CD
July 28, 2009
Random House Audio
X CDs, Approximately 8.25 hours, unabridged
ISBN: 0-7393-1717-2
Cover Price: $30.00

Found: Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers: Second Edition original list price

March 11, 2012

Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers: Second Edition
June 1985
Edited by John M. Reilly
© St. James Press 1985
St. Martin’s Press
ISBN: 0-312-82418-1
Cover Price: Not stated
Original List Price: unknown
No statement of printing
Update 12/27/12:
I’ve found several reviews from the time of it’s publication which have listed a selling price of $69.95.

Needed: The Face large print cover price & printing statement

March 11, 2012

Large Print

May 27, 2003

Doubleday Home Library Large Print Edition

784p

ISBN: 0-7394-3462-4

Cover Price:

States:

Needed: Forever Odd audio details

March 11, 2012

Audio

November 29, 2005

Random House Audio

 

Cassette

Unabridged

XX hours on XX cassettes

Cover Price: $39.95

ISBN: 0-7393-1558-7

 

CD

Unabridged

XX hours on XX CDs

Cover Price: $44.95

ISBN: 0-7393-1559-5

Needed: From the Corner of His Eye bookseller edition details

March 11, 2012

I’m looking for the number of “bookseller” editions printed? (The leatherette edition.)

Also, there was a version given away in a content on the deankoontz.com web site. Was it the same one as the bookseller edition?

Found: Husband, Charnel House editions date & original list prices

March 11, 2012

The Charnel House editions of The Husband were published in 2006. Does anyone have a more specific publication date(s)?
I’m also looking for the original list prices of both editions.
Update 12/27/12:
Joe @ Charnel House has supplied me with the answers to these questions.

Found: Frankenstein, Charnel House lettered edition pagination

March 11, 2012

In the limited edition of Frankenstein the introduction is on two unnumbered pages. Can anyone confirm which page(s) the introduction appears on in the lettered edition?
Update 12/27/12:
Charnel House has confirmed that the introduction is also on two nunumbered pages in the lettered edition.

Found: Don Brautigam Artist Portfolio publication date

March 11, 2012

Centipede press published this title in 2009. Can anyone supply a more specific date?
Update 12/27/12:
I have been in contact with the publisher and he has supplied me with a more accurate date of 2007, not 2009. Considering the source, I’m marking this one “found”.

Found: Gauntlet's Hell House original list price

March 11, 2012

Hell House

Hardcover (Limited)

25th Anniversary Edition

Gauntlet Publications

1996

ISBN: 1-887368-07-8

335p

Cover price: not stated

Original list price: unknown

Limited to 600 numbered copies

Signed by Richard Matheson, Dean Koontz & Richard Christian Matheson

Issued in slipcase

Update 12/27/12:

I have confirmed an original list price of $69.

Needed: The Richard Matheson Companion lettered edition ISBN

March 11, 2012

The Richard Matheson Companion

April 21, 2008

Gauntlet Press

Edited by Matthew R. Bradley and Stanley Wiater

576p

 

Numbered

ISBN-10: 1887368965

ISBN-13: 978-1887368964

Original list price: $50.00 (unsigned)

Original list price: $65.00 (signed by Richard Matheson, Matthew R. Bradley and Stanley Wiater)

Slipcase sold separately for $25.00

 

Lettered

ISBN:

Original list price: $200

Signed by Harlan Ellison, Dennis Etchison, Ed Gorman, George Clayton Johnson, Jack Ketchum, Dean Koontz, Joe R. Lansdale, Brian Lumley, Richard Christian Matheson, David Morrell, William F. Nolan, F. Paul Wilson, Gahan Wilson, Richard Matheson, Matthew R. Bradley and Stanley Wiater.

Found: Lightning second large print edition original list price

March 11, 2012

Second Large Print (with Afterword)
December 12, 2007
Thorndike Press Large Print Famous Authors Series
Copyright © 1988 by Nkui, Inc.
Afterword copyright © 2003 by Dean Koontz.
Hardcover
691p
ISBN-13: 978-0-7862-9873-0
ISBN-10: 0-7862-9873-1
Original List Price: $30.95
States: “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”
I finally just buckled down on this one and did a bunch more searching online. I found several catalog and bookseller sites that each independently listed $30.95 as the original list price. In my experience that sounds pretty accurate for large print hardcovers those days, so I’m going to go with that.


Needed: Velocity note pagination from large print edition

March 11, 2012

Velocity contains a short “note” by Dean. What page(s) is it on in the large print edition?

Needed: Velocity trade large print page count & printing statement

March 11, 2012

Hardcover Large Print
May 24, 2005
Copyright © 2005 by Dean Koontz
Random House Large Print

Trade
XXXp
Cover Price: $29.00
ISBN: 0-375-43531-X
States:

Needed: Mask & Prison of Ice UK first edition cover prices

March 11, 2012

The Mask – 1st UK PBO – Coronet – 1982 – Cover Price
Prison of Ice – 1st UK HC – W.H. Allen – 1977 – Cover Price

Found: Relentless Charnel House publication date

March 11, 2012

The Charnel House editions of Relentless were released in 2009. Can anyone supply a more specific date(s)?
Update 12/27/12:
According to Joe @ Charnel House the release date for this title was the Summer of 2010. He was unable to be more specific but considering he was the publisher I’m going to mark this as a “found”.

The Vision premium paperback

March 10, 2012

The Vision PPBKThe premium paperback edition of The Vision will be released by Berkley on 7 August 2012 according to Amazon.