NMLP P-029859 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Drawing of the Three / The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower I)

Stephen King · Donald M. Grant (West Kingston, RI) · 1982

Grant 1982 is the true first (King self-distributed; not in general trade until the 1988 Plume paperback). The signed/numbered 500-copy state is the premium first; the 10,000-copy trade Grant is also a first. The 1988 NAL/Plume edition is the first widely available edition, not the first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-029859 for "The Drawing of the Three / The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower I)" by Stephen King (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-029859, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).