Gwendy's Final Task (two Firsts?)

[NeilS]

Thanks, Dan! I will go view that now. Apparently book production all over the inustry has become an adventure game.

[Dan Hocker]

I received a copy of Gwendy's Final Task today from CD. I'm unsure of what the CD deal was (there have been so many offered) but this one is autographed by Chizmar right on the title page. I have another trade edition First that I ordered from Amazon earlier and that was not autographed (or course) but I received a post-card style insertion from CD with Chiznmar's signature and a small graphic in another special offer. But, here is the thing. Both books have the same ISBN, and both on the indices state First Edition. But the book that I received from Amazon has an uncoated (dull) cover stock while the one that I received autographed from CD has a coated-stock cover (very shiny). Also the one from CD features deluxe solid back endpapers front and back. The one from Amazon has just blank, white pages and the reverse of the covers is also white. So, obviously these are two separate press runs. Kinda strange! I like both volumes for sure! But as a collector I am wondering which of these might take First Edition precedence and such!

Hi Neil,

Richard talks about the problems getting Gwendy's Final Task printed here and why there's two different versions of the first printing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4PbJ8dHuis

[NeilS]

I received a copy of Gwendy's Final Task today from CD. I'm unsure of what the CD deal was (there have been so many offered) but this one is autographed by Chizmar right on the title page. I have another trade edition First that I ordered from Amazon earlier and that was not autographed (or course) but I received a post-card style insertion from CD with Chiznmar's signature and a small graphic in another special offer. But, here is the thing. Both books have the same ISBN, and both on the indices state First Edition. But the book that I received from Amazon has an uncoated (dull) cover stock while the one that I received autographed from CD has a coated-stock cover (very shiny). Also the one from CD features deluxe solid back endpapers front and back. The one from Amazon has just blank, white pages and the reverse of the covers is also white. So, obviously these are two separate press runs. Kinda strange! I like both volumes for sure! But as a collector I am wondering which of these might take First Edition precedence and such!