Gwendy's Button Box
(175 pages - © May 16th 2017)

Publisher: Cemetery Dance First Edition: 60,000 ISBN-13: 978-1-58767-610-9

1st Edition Cover

• A first edition Issued with a dustjacket and price of $25.00. On the copyright page you should see the the words "First Edition" It's been stated this is a relativly small first edition print run and it sold out a few months after publication. Second and third editions have been printed. Current Value = $25-$35

There is version of this book with an alternate cover, It's a BC edition released in June 2017 by a book club called The Noctrunal Reader's Box that specializes in sending a grab bag of horror related items each month. Included in the June bag was a copy of Gwendy's Button Box with an alternate cover and a special "Maine Coin" which seems to be selling on eBay for around $100.

This book was written by both Stephen King and Richard Chizmar. First widely annouced by Entertainment Weekly the article quotes SK about the process of co-writing the book - "I had a story I couldn't finish, and [Chizmar] showed me the way home with style and panache," King said in a statement. In describing the writing process, Richard Chizmar said "Steve sent me the first chunk of a short story. I added quite a bit and sent it back to him. He did a pass, then bounced it back to me for another pass. Then, we did the same thing all over again – one more draft each. Next thing you know, we had a full-length novella on our hands. We took a free hand in rewriting each other and adding new ideas and characters. The whole process took about a month"

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