# Is "The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition" by Stephen King a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition by Stephen King (Doubleday, 1990) is identified by: Doubleday first trade edition, May 1990: copyright page states First Trade Edition with no number line (later printings carry number lines and printing statements). First edition thus of the expanded text of the 1978 novel; the signed and numbered coffin-box issue is the collectible signed issue.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Doubleday first trade edition, May 1990: copyright page states First Trade Edition with no number line (later printings carry number lines and printing statements)
- Restored text with new material and illustrations by Bernie Wrightson
- A signed limited issue of 1,250 numbered copies plus 52 lettered copies, bound in leather and housed in a wooden coffin-style box, was signed by King and Wrightson
- Publisher imprint reads Doubleday
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Stephen King |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Year | 1990 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Doubleday first trade edition, May 1990: copyright page states First Trade Edition with no number line (later printings carry number lines… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Doubleday first trade edition, May 1990: copyright page states First Trade Edition with no number line (later printings carry number lines and printing statements). Restored text with new material and illustrations by Bernie Wrightson. A signed limited issue of 1,250 numbered copies plus 52 lettered copies, bound in leather and housed in a wooden coffin-style box, was signed by King and Wrightson.

## Is this the true first?
First edition thus of the expanded text of the 1978 novel; the signed and numbered coffin-box issue is the collectible signed issue.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Book club edition identifiable by club markings and absence of the First Trade Edition statement.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition* by Stephen King a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-stand-the-complete-uncut-edition
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.