First edition Stephen King Books worth thousands who could hide on their shelf

Since the publication of “Carrie” in 1974, Stephen King has knocked out more than 60 books (which have become 59 films). That is better than a book rate per year, which is doubly impressive considering that it is still, at the age of 77, the most prominent fiction author of the United States. Each book is not necessarily a winner, but offers concrete products with the same frequency with sufficient frequency to keep his massive fan base happy.

Although he is still regularly acquiring new fans thanks in large part to the timelessness of novels such as “The Shining”, “IT” and “Pet Sematary”, their readers for a long time are, in some cases, more than only fans. They are collectors. And they protect their early purchases fiercely due to a combination of sentimental value and real monetary value, because depending on how early King’s books began to buy, it is possible that it has some immensely valuable volumes that rest on their shelf or are stored in storage . How valuable? A first signed edition of “Carrie” That was not even in recently sold mint conditions on EBAY for $ 8,200.

While this particular book received an impulse in the value of Bear King’s firm, the first unprofessional editions can also obtain more than $ 1,000. Now that I have your attention, allow me to clarify that the following list is based on recent EBAY sales. It is possible that you can get more or less depending on where you are selling or who you are selling. With that observed warning, let’s take a look at some first -edition King books (unintended and not initially launched as limited editions) that could obtain a serious currency.

King’s classic about a teenage victim who repairs telequinetic revenge in his thugs of high school is as terribly relevant as it was when he first appeared 51 years ago. Brian de Palma made him a classic horror movie in 1976, while other filmmakers have fought to make the material work like a sequel or a remake (although Kimberly Peirce gave him a noble effort in 2013). Judging by the sale completed above on eBay, I have the feeling that a first signed and almost mint edition could cost more than $ 10,000. Meanwhile, a first designated and unmarked edition It was recently for $ 1,625.

King’s second novel is a classic of vampire thread that has not yet produced the truly excellent adaptation and/or miniseries he deserves (although Tobe Hooper at least conjured some nightmare images in his two parts of 1979 for CBS). It is very possible that the plot of Salem’s “lot” best suits the page, and if that page has the term “first edition”, a quality copy almost mint could generate somewhere somewhere in the $ 5,000 neighborhood.

“Rage” is the first novel that Stephen King published under his pseudonym of Richard Bachman, and is easily the most controversial story he has put on paper. The plot focuses on a last year student of disturbed secondary school who shoots his algebra teacher and takes the rest of the class hostage. When a copy of Bachman’s book was found in the locker of a West Paduah student, Kentucky High School after he shot three of his classmates in 1997, King allowed the novel to run out. If you have an independent “rage” pocket copy in at least very good condition, it could reach around $ 4,000. If you have it on the hard cover as part of the “The Bachman Books” collection, you could be looking at a sale of $ 2,000.

The masterful work of fantasy, horror and westerns, which extend on multiple books, that many of the author’s fans are considered by the best achievement, so it extends about multiple books, which are their best achievement of the author, so by Please do not have the 2017 Falla of Nikolaj Arcel against that. If you are lucky enough to have a rare collection of first editions of seven novels that extend from “The Gunsling” to “The Dark Tower”, You could download it for $ 3,600. If you only have a first 1982 edition of “The Gunslinger” in mint conditions, That could cost more than $ 2,000.

King’s masterpiece of the post-apocalyptic horror fantasy is more bad for the adaptation of live action than “Salem’s Lot” or “The Dark Tower” Saga, at least, this is how it looks after we have received two deeply defective miniseries. The material. It is a dense novel that probably occupies a ton of space on its shelf if it has a hard cover of the un accumulated version, but the most valuable is the first shortest edition and hardpopy published in 1978. If you have it sitting in very good conditions, You could sell it realistically for $ 3,000.

The first published collection of King’s short stories remains the best (as well as an ideal introduction to the author of advanced young readers, at least, it was for me). It is a book that reads better as a pocket of rhythm (with brief and varied stories such as “Quitters, Inc.”, “Trucks” and “The Lawnmanswower Man” go through the macabre joy), but if you have a first edition of Cover hard that you have read lightly or never, one of those Recently it was sold for $ 1,881.

It could be said that King’s most famous novel, even if it is only because You think there would be numerous first editions in nature. Obviously, they are scarce enough for a copy in very good condition You can sell for $ 1,600.

Subtitled “A novel of the first energy crisis”, this is King’s third round under Bachman’s pseudonym. King says that he wrote this thriller as a means to deal with his mother’s death and, for a while, he expressed some disappointment with him (to the point where reprint was almost quoviated). He is now a fan of the book, which was made almost six years ago by director Pablo Trapero and the “IT” duo of Andy and Barbara Muschietti (as producers). The book did not receive much thrust when it reached the shelves as an independent launch in 1981, so you are lucky to have taken it at that time and took good care of it, You could sell it for $ 1,300.