Currently The first edition of "The Gunslinger" is one of the most sought after books that Stephen King has ever written. Prices for reserved copies such as "reserved for publisher" or "reserved for artist" are very hard to price, not only do you hardly ever see them, but the price you can find those types of books for varies depending on many many factors, so the range of the price may be very large. In general though, any type of PC copy is within plus or minus 10% of it's regular S/L counterpart.
12 copies reserved for the publisher, marked: "Publisher's Copy" Street Price
40 copies reserved for the author, marked: "Author's Copy" Street Price
10 copies reserved for the artist, marked: "Artist's Copy" Street Price
25 (possibly fewer) copies called "Presentation Copies", signed but not numbered and no slipcase Street Price
Limited edition of 500 slipcased copies. Dustjacket artwork by Michael Whelan. Signed and numbered by Stephen King and Michael Whelan. Cover price $60. The limitation sheet reads: "This special edition of The Dark Tower: THE GUNSLINGER is limited to 500 copies, signed by the author and artist. This copy _____________" $8,000-$9,000
Trade hardcover edition of 10,000 copies with dustjacket, of which approximately 1,500 copies were misbound. The cover boards are maroon in color, and the book has colored endpapers; the dustjacket has two prices printed. $1,200-$2,000
The second printing of 10,000 copies, with dustjacket. This edition has black cover boards, the endpapers are NOT printed in color and only one price is printed on the dustjacket $400-$700
Third printing of 11,000 copies with a re-designed dust jacket was released in 1998, in a 3-box set. It could only be bought new in the set not as a single copy, set value $225-$325 / Individual value for just the Gunslinger = $150-$250
A re-issue of 60,000 copies by Viking Books, revised throughout and with a new forward by SK; released in 2003 coinciding with the release of the fifth volume of the Dark Tower series. Still pretty small by print run standards, Current Value. $50-$80
Values for The Gunslinger last updated - October 2023
NOTE: The revised edition of The Gunslinger can also be found in The Little SIsters of Eluria book released by DMG in 2009.
