# Is "11/22/63" by Stephen King a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of 11/22/63 by Stephen King (Scribner, 2011) is identified by: Copyright page states First Scribner hardcover edition November 2011 with a full number line ending in 1. US Scribner is the collected true first; the UK Hodder and Stoughton edition appeared essentially simultaneously.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Copyright page states First Scribner hardcover edition November 2011 with a full number line ending in 1
- Bound in red paper-covered boards with a black backstrip and gilt spine lettering
- The first-issue dust jacket is designed as a faux newspaper front page, the front recounting the actual Kennedy assassination and the rear presenting the alternate-history account of a failed attempt Kennedy survives; the printed retail price should be present on the front flap
- Publisher imprint reads Scribner
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Stephen King |
| Publisher | Scribner |
| Year | 2011 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Copyright page states First Scribner hardcover edition November 2011 with a full number line ending in 1 |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Copyright page states First Scribner hardcover edition November 2011 with a full number line ending in 1. Bound in red paper-covered boards with a black backstrip and gilt spine lettering. The first-issue dust jacket is designed as a faux newspaper front page, the front recounting the actual Kennedy assassination and the rear presenting the alternate-history account of a failed attempt Kennedy survives; the printed retail price should be present on the front flap.

## Is this the true first?
US Scribner is the collected true first; the UK Hodder and Stoughton edition appeared essentially simultaneously. A separate Scribner signed limited edition of 1,000 copies, with a different jacket, exclusive chapter-heading photographs and an accompanying DVD, is a distinct issue and not the trade first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Book club editions lack the number line and the jacket flap price; jacket and boards are slightly smaller and thinner.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *11/22/63* by Stephen King a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/11-22-63
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.