# Is "Twilight Eyes" by Dean Koontz a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Twilight Eyes by Dean Koontz (Land of Enchantment, 1985) is identified by: The true first is the Land of Enchantment edition (1985), illustrated by Phil Parks, issued only as a signed limited edition in publisher's cloth slipcase. The Land of Enchantment edition (1985) is the true first and contains Koontz's original novel.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- The true first is the Land of Enchantment edition
- , illustrated by Phil Parks, issued only as a signed limited edition in publisher's cloth slipcase
- The signed printing was limited to 250 copies, with a small lettered subset (24 copies, divided among author, artist, and publisher)
- Large quarto in gilt-decorated cloth with color pictorial jacket and pictorial endpapers
- Publisher imprint reads Land of Enchantment
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Dean Koontz |
| Publisher | Land of Enchantment |
| Year | 1985 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | The true first is the Land of Enchantment edition |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
The true first is the Land of Enchantment edition (1985), illustrated by Phil Parks, issued only as a signed limited edition in publisher's cloth slipcase. The signed printing was limited to 250 copies, with a small lettered subset (24 copies, divided among author, artist, and publisher). Large quarto in gilt-decorated cloth with color pictorial jacket and pictorial endpapers.

## Is this the true first?
The Land of Enchantment edition (1985) is the true first and contains Koontz's original novel. For the 1987 Berkley edition Koontz revised the original text as Part One and wrote an entirely new Part Two, so the Berkley is an expanded later text, first thus for that expanded version.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
There is no book-club edition of the Land of Enchantment limited. The widely available 1987 Berkley paperback is the later expanded text, not the first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Twilight Eyes* by Dean Koontz a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/twilight-eyes
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.