The Colorado Kid

The US Dorchester / Hard Case Crime 2005 paperback is the true first edition anywhere — the cover statement is accurate and there is no competing UK or hardcover first at original publication. The first hardcover is PS Publishing (Hornsea, UK), July 2007, illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne, issued in four states: an unsigned hardback of 10,000 copies, an artist edition of 1,000 signed and numbered by the illustrator, 450 numbered slipcased copies signed by King and the illustrator, and 33 lettered copies in blue leather with a leather tray-case signed by King and all three artists (Chadbourne, Edward Miller, J.K. Potter, whose colour plates appear in the lettered state). Both the 2005 paperback and the 2007 PS hardcover are collected; the PS is the first hardcover and a 'first thus', not the first edition.