NMLP P-029909 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Stand
Stephen King · Doubleday (New York) · 1978
US Doubleday 1978 true first of the original text. The 'Complete & Uncut Edition' (Doubleday, 1990) is a textually expanded, separate edition — not a reprint of the 1978 text — with its own first-edition points. Collectors distinguish the 1978 abridged first from the 1990 uncut.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-029909 for "The Stand" by Stephen King (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-029909, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).