First impression
1974At a glance
Points of issue
- copyright pagestatement reading First Edition→ first edition
- page 199, gutterprinted code P6→ first printing
- front jacket flapprice printed as $5.95→ first printing jacket
First edition
Hardback
Carrie (1974)
Identification points are listed only where two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 22 Oct 2026.
Market value
What decides the price
- It is the first edition, which is the one collectors want.
- The first printing is told from later ones by 3 points of issue listed below.
- The original dust jacket carries much of the price for a book of this age; its condition matters as much as the book's.
- Condition is graded separately for book and jacket, from Fine down to Poor.
- Recorded sales
- 2
Price history
2 recorded sales
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Quick answer
- How do I identify a Carrie first edition?
- Check these points. Copyright page: statement reading First Edition. Page 199, gutter: printed code P6. Front jacket flap: price printed as $5.95. Each point is confirmed by at least two independent sources.
- Who published the Carrie first edition?
- Doubleday, New York, USA, in 1974, in hardback.
How to identify this edition
The copyright page states First Edition, and the first printing has the code P6 in the gutter of page 199, the last page of text. The jacket shows $5.95 on the front flap. Dealers put the first printing at about 30,000 copies. A copy with a different gutter code, or without the First Edition statement, is not a first printing.
How Doubleday marked its first editions
From the 1920s Doubleday printed "First Edition" on the copyright page of a first printing and left it off every later printing, so an American Doubleday book without the statement is not a first printing.
The copyright page
Read the full guide to Doubleday first editions, decade by decade, and check your copy's copyright page against it. Our number line decoder reads the printing from the row of numbers.
Printing by printing
Printings and states
Frequently asked questions
How do I identify a Carrie first edition?
Check these points. Copyright page: statement reading First Edition. Page 199, gutter: printed code P6. Front jacket flap: price printed as $5.95. Each point is confirmed by at least two independent sources.
Who published the Carrie first edition?
Doubleday, New York, USA, in 1974, in hardback.
Where these facts come from
- Stephen King first edition books identification points, nocloo.com (nocloo.com)
- Carrie US first edition printing Doubleday 1974 P6 code, Very Fine Books (veryfinebooks.com)
- Carrie, The First Edition Rare Books (thefirstedition.com)
- Carrie US signed first edition, First and Fine (firstandfine.com)
- Carrie US first edition, First and Fine (firstandfine.com)
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 22 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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