One of my favorite book series is The Dark Tower by Stephen King. The first volume in this seven book epic is called The Gunslinger. Years ago I was curious as to how much a copy of the first edition printing of this book might run me, as I am a book collector and love Stephen King's works with a passion. Unfortunately for my humble pocketbook, I found that a true first edition of King's first Tower book ran between $6000-$7000. This is a pretty mean chunk of change for a novel that only came out in 1982.
The reasons for this is that the print run for the first edition was a very small one consisting of only 500 copies. Shortly afterwards a mass-market edition of 10000 volumes was issued and even those for upwards of $750-$800. What this taught is that first editions of newer books can be worth some serious money. I have taken it upon myself to find small authors with great talent and try to pick up first edition printings of their novels in hopes that their value will rise. I consider it like investing in stocks or playing the lottery, but it's fun and I have found some good reads doing it.
Source: The Collector
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