2 Owen West (Dean Koontz) first editions are documented on this shelf, from The Funhouse (1980) to The Mask (1981). Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Owen West (Dean Koontz) title from later printings and book-club copies — the publisher and year to expect, the number-line or edition-statement conventions, and the tells that show up in online listings.

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The Funhouse — 1980 · JoveJove paperback original as by Owen West, a movie tie-in novelization; copyright page states First Jove edition published November 1980. Important quirk: standard retail first-issue copies carry a number line ending in 2, because the true first printing was a promotional Special Advance Edition whose number line ends in 1. Retail copies with the line ending in 2 are the collected first trade printing. Paperback original under the Owen West pseudonym; the advance promotional printing precedes the retail issue. N/A (paperback original).
The Mask — 1981 · JoveJove paperback original as by Owen West; copyright page states First Jove edition published November 1981 and First printing. A full-page advertisement for The Funhouse (also as by Owen West) appears at the rear. Later reissued under Koontz's own name. Paperback original under the Owen West pseudonym. N/A (paperback original).

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