Four Past Midnight Common
What it’s about
Four Past Midnight gathers four novellas, each a self-contained descent into the uncanny: a red-eye flight to Boston in which a handful of passengers wake to find the rest of the world gone; a successful novelist accused by a sinister stranger of stealing a story; a buttoned-up real-estate man stalked by a childhood terror he buried long ago; and an instant Polaroid camera that photographs something that should not be there. King opens each tale with a personal note about how it came to be, then turns ordinary people loose against things that wait just past the edge of the everyday.
Significance A Stephen King novella collection (solo-authored, not Bachman) that won the 1990 Bram Stoker Award for Best Collection; its lead story "The Langoliers" became a 1995 ABC miniseries, "Secret Window, Secret Garden" the 2004 Johnny Depp film "Secret Window," and "The Sun Dog" ties into King's Castle Rock canon as a prelude to "Needful Things."
How to spot a true first 30-second check
A true 1st/1st needs BOTH the book and the jacket verified. A first-state jacket on a later or book-club book — or the reverse — is a married copy, not a first.
What to look for
- Decisive: "Stephen King" in GOLD on the front jacket = first state; TAN lettering = a later printing passed off as a first.
- Number line must read "10 ... 3 2 1" and contain the 1 — the 1 is removed for the second printing.
- First-state flap is priced "$22.95 / $29.50"; a no-price flap means a US (BOMC) or UK (Guild) book-club jacket.
- Book-club tells: no flap price, a blind-stamp dot on the lower-rear board, thinner trim/glued binding, and no descending 1-line.
- Watch for married jackets — verify the gold name AND the $22.95 flap AND the number line together, not one alone.
- First printing ran ~1.5 million copies, so true firsts are common — beware unsigned trade firsts priced like small-press limiteds.
Verified listings marker-checked
Each copy screened against the seller's own photos. ✓ confirmed = a photo shows the decisive marker; ⚠ not pictured = the shot to ask for before buying. Condition grades are as-pictured.
Buyer beware — verify before you buy. These are our screening opinions, read from each seller’s own photographs; we can misjudge a copy or misread an image. A listing marked “1st/1st confirmed” is not a guarantee — independently confirm the decisive book and jacket markers with the seller before any purchase. Authentication and the buying decision remain the buyer’s responsibility.
A genuine US Viking 1990 first edition, first printing — the full "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" number line and the gold-name first-state jacket are both legibly photographed on one and the same copy — but the priced front flap, the boards out of the jacket, and the endpapers were never shown, so the flap price and the front-board "SK" remain unverified.
- Number line — Photo 2 shows the copyright page with the full descending row "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" — the 1 is present and plainly legible, which is the decisive book tell for a first printing.
- Copyright — The same frame (photo 2) reads "First published in 1990 by Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc." with "Copyright © Stephen King, 1990", Library of Congress catalog card number 90-50046, ISBN 0-670-83538-2 and "Printed in the United States of America" — the US Viking trade plate, not a Guild/UK club setting.
- Dust jacket — Photo 0 shows the roman-numeral clock jacket (art by Rob Wood per our rubric) with "STEPHEN KING" across the top in GOLD rather than the later tan — the decisive jacket tell; enlarging the left margin of photo 2 shows that same gold front panel and its printed flap wrapped on the very book open to the copyright page, so the two tells sit on one copy rather than in two unrelated frames.
- Dust jacket (rear panel) — Photo 1 shows the rear jacket panel with the author photograph, a credit line at the lower left reading "…abitha King" (the leading letters cut off by the frame edge), and an intact retail barcode block printing "ISBN 0-670-83538-2" over "0 51488 02295 4" — recorded as an observation only: on this title our rubric puts the trade-versus-club discrimination on the printed flap price, not on the presence of a barcode, so this bullet corroborates nothing on its own.
- Jacket price — The upper front flap is never shown — the flap visible in photo 2 begins partway down in the blurb text, well below the price panel — so the printed "U.S. $22.95 / Canada $29.50" is unverified (the listing asserts "Price intact to dust jacket" in its item specifics, but that is seller text, not a frame), and whether the corner is clipped is likewise unknown; ask for a straight-on shot of the whole upper front flap, corner included, showing the price block or its absence.
- Binding — No frame shows the case out of its jacket; ask for the jacketless book photographed front-cover-up with the SPINE AT THE VIEWER'S LEFT — the only cue that identifies a board — so the gilt "SK" can be read where this title carries it, on the FRONT board, plus a separate frame of the REAR board (spine at the right) to show it bears no indented, ink-free club blind-stamp, and a straight-on spine shot for the gilt lettering and moon-and-stars device.
- Endpapers / edges — The yellow-golden endpapers are never shown (the hand and the folded flap obscure the pastedown in photo 2), and while a plain cream text-block edge appears along the lower margin of photos 0 and 1, nothing establishes whether that is the head or the fore-edge, so "plain top edge, no topstain" cannot be signed off; ask for the front pastedown and free endpaper open in one frame and the closed text block shot top-edge-down.
The book side is proven — the full number line is crisply photographed in the correct Viking trade jacket — but the single dim, warm-cast frame of the front panel cannot separate the first-state GOLD author name from the later tan, so the jacket's state is still open.
- Copyright — The copyright page reads "First published in 1990 by Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc.", with LC catalog card number 90-50046 and ISBN 0-670-83538-2 (photo 7, sharp; the same page again at a distance in photo 8).
- Number line — Directly beneath that statement the full descending row "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" is legible with the 1 plainly present — the decisive book tell (photo 7).
- Jacket price — The front flap is intact and unclipped, printing "U.S. $22.95 / Canada $29.95" at the head and the "0990" September-1990 code at the foot (photo 5).
- Binding — Jacket off, black paper boards over a black cloth-backed spine lettered in gilt "Stephen KING / FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT", with the crescent moon-and-stars device and VIKING at the tail (photos 3 and 10).
- Endpapers / edges — The pastedown and free endpaper are the correct orange-gold (photos 5, 8 and 9), and the text-block edges are plain cream with no publisher's topstain (photo 8).
- Rear jacket barcode — The rear panel carries ISBN 0-670-83538-2 with the 0 51488 02295 4 retail barcode, and the rear flap the Viking Penguin imprint — a trade jacket, not an unpriced club issue (photos 1 and 9).
- Dust jacket — first-state GOLD author name — The front panel appears in exactly one dim, warm-cast frame in which "STEPHEN KING" reads as flat pale cream, the same tone as the tan title (photo 0) — on a well-lit copy the name separates plainly as metallic gold — so the gold-vs-tan state is unresolved here, neither confirmed nor disproved; ask for the front panel shot straight-on in daylight or under neutral light.
- Binding — gilt "SK" board monogram — The boards are shown jacket-off but underexposed and at an angle, and no frame catches the gilt "SK" that sits at the front board's lower outer corner; ask for a straight-on, raking-light shot of the bare front board.
Genuine first/first, gold-name jacket, unclipped, well-photographed; $34 sits at or below fair. A clear discount.
- Dust jacket — "STEPHEN KING" in GOLD on the front (photos 0,1,6,18) = the decisive first-state jacket point.
- Number line — Copyright page "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" with the 1, clearly legible (photo 13) = true first printing.
- Jacket price — Front flap "U.S. $22.95 / Canada $29.50" with 0990 code, unclipped — rules out a clubbed jacket.
- Binding — Gilt "SK" monogram on the boards (photo 19); correct trade trim and sewn binding. Board side NOT ESTABLISHED — corrected 2026-08-11. This read "rear board", contradicting this title's own rubric (gilt SK on the FRONT board; a club blind-stamp is what may sit on the REAR). Boards were being named from photo order rather than the spine side, so the placement is withdrawn pending a plate re-read rather than flipped.
✓ Decisive marker pictured — nothing outstanding to request.
Genuine Viking first in gold-name jacket; flap price box present but blurry. A common-tier copy fairly priced at $35.
- Dust jacket — "STEPHEN KING" in GOLD on the front = the decisive first-state jacket (later states are tan).
- Number line — Full "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" ending in 1, under the Viking Penguin statement — the first-printing tell.
- Copyright — "First published in 1990 by Viking Penguin" (not Guild Publishing) = US trade first, not a UK club.
- Binding — Black boards, gilt SK monogram, black cloth spine; correct cosmic clock-face jacket art.
- Jacket price — Printed two-line price box is present and unclipped, but the digits aren't pin-sharp — ask for a crisp flap shot reading $22.95/$29.50.
- Endpapers / edges — Light foxing/toning along the top text-block edge (photo 04) — request a close shot to gauge how far it carries.
Genuine first/first, gold-name jacket, unclipped, thoroughly shot; $40 sits at the low end of the fine/fine band. Fair.
- Dust jacket — "STEPHEN KING" in GOLD on the front (photos 0,2,5) = the decisive first-state jacket, not the later tan state.
- Number line — Full "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" ending in 1 (photo 11) = true first printing; ISBN 0-670-83538-2, LCCN 90-50046.
- Jacket price — Two-line price block U.S. $22.95 / Canada $29.50 on the front flap (photo 6), unclipped — a trade, not BOMC, jacket.
- Binding — Gilt "SK" monogram on the front board (photo 7); full trade trim, no BOMC blind-stamp on the rear board (photo 8).
✓ Decisive marker pictured — nothing outstanding to request.
A genuine Viking 1990 first/first with the full number line and the gilt-"SK" front board both plainly photographed under a first-state gold-name jacket, but the front flap is never shown, so the printed price and its clip status remain unverified.
- Copyright — The copyright page reads "First published in 1990 by Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc.", with LC catalog card number 90-50046, ISBN 0-670-83538-2 and "Printed in the United States of America" (photo 1).
- Number line — The full "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" line is legible directly beneath that statement — the decisive first-printing tell (photo 1).
- Dust jacket — "STEPHEN KING" is plainly GOLD on the front panel against the tan title — the first-state point (photos 0 and 6) — and the Viking longship colophon sits at the spine foot (photo 5).
- Binding — With the jacket folded back, the black cloth spine carries the gilt title and moon-and-stars device and the black paper FRONT board shows the gilt "SK" monogram at its lower outer corner — the clearest binding shot among these copies (photo 2).
- Rear jacket barcode — The rear panel shows ISBN 0-670-83538-2 with the 0 51488 02295 4 barcode — a trade jacket (photo 7).
- Edges — The text-block edges are plain cream with no publisher's topstain, as the rubric requires (photos 3 and 4).
- Jacket price — No frame shows the upper front flap, so the printed U.S. $22.95 price and whether the corner has been clipped are both unverified; ask for the front flap laid flat with the price block and the flap-foot date code in frame.
- Endpapers — The orange-gold endpapers are never pictured — the white sheet beside the board in photo 2 is the folded-back jacket flap, not an endpaper; ask for the front cover opened flat.
A genuine Viking 1990 first/first — copyright page, full number line and an unclipped first-state gold-name jacket all photographed — carrying a period pencil gift inscription, with the boards never shown out of the jacket.
- Copyright — A clean, full-page shot of the copyright page reads "First published in 1990 by Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc.", with LC catalog card number 90-50046 and ISBN 0-670-83538-2 (photo 5).
- Number line — The complete descending row "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" is plainly legible on that page — first printing (photo 5).
- Dust jacket — "STEPHEN KING" is a rich GOLD on the front panel against the tan title — first state (photo 0) — with the Viking longship colophon at the spine foot (photo 1).
- Jacket price — The front flap is unclipped and prints "U.S. $22.95 / Canada $29.95" with the "0990" September-1990 code at the foot (photo 3).
- Endpapers — The orange-gold endpapers are shown across the open front cover (photo 3) and again behind the rear flap (photo 9).
- Rear jacket barcode — The rear panel carries ISBN 0-670-83538-2 with the 0 51488 02295 4 trade barcode (photo 2).
- Binding — The book is photographed only in its jacket, so the black boards, the gilt spine lettering with moon-and-stars and the gilt "SK" board monogram go unseen; ask for the jacket removed and the front board plus spine shot straight-on.
Copyright page and unclipped flap nail the first printing; just confirm the front name is gold to seal the first-state jacket.
- Number line — Copyright page (photo 5) fully legible: full "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" ending in 1 = true first printing.
- Copyright — "First published in 1990 by Viking Penguin"; ISBN 0-670-83538-2, LCCN 90-50046, "Printed in the U.S.A." = US trade first.
- Jacket price — Front flap (photo 3) U.S. $22.95 / Canada $29.50 intact/unclipped, with 0990 date code.
- Dust jacket — The decisive gold-vs-tan "Stephen King" front lettering isn't called out in the 5 photos — request a clear front-cover shot showing the name is GOLD, not tan.
Genuine first/first by the copyright page; the $400 ask rides on aftermarket gilt edges, not the edition — dear for a common title.
- Number line — Copyright page (photo 5) shows the full "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" with the 1 = true first printing.
- Copyright — "First published in 1990 by Viking Penguin"; ISBN 0-670-83538-2, "Printed in the U.S.A." — rules out UK and club issues.
- Jacket price — Front flap (photo 3) U.S. $22.95 / Canada $29.95 intact with 0990 date code = correct first-state trade flap.
- Binding — Black paper boards with gilt SK monogram (photo 2), standard trade binding — not a Library/Easton/club case.
- Dust jacket — The decisive gold-vs-tan "Stephen King" front lettering isn't confirmed in the 5 photos — ask for a front-cover shot proving the name is GOLD.
- Endpapers / edges — All-edges-gilt is aftermarket/private, not a Viking variant — the $400 hook, but it doesn't upgrade the edition; confirm it's a decorative add, not a defect.
A complete, unclipped copy in the first-state gold-name jacket whose book block was never opened for the camera — the copyright page and number line are simply not pictured, and the seller's "True 1st Edition 1st Printing" is his word, not evidence.
- Dust jacket — "STEPHEN KING" is a bright GOLD on the front panel against the tan title — the first-state jacket point — with the Viking longship colophon at the spine foot (photos 0 and 2).
- Jacket price — The front flap is unclipped and prints "U.S. $22.95 / Canada $29.95" with the "0990" September-1990 code at the flap foot (photo 5).
- Binding — spine — Jacket off, the black spine shows the gilt "Stephen KING / FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT" with the moon-and-stars device and VIKING at the tail, over black boards (photo 6).
- Endpapers / edges — The orange-gold endpaper is visible behind the turned-back flap (photo 5), and the text-block edges are plain cream with no publisher's topstain (photos 3 and 4).
- Rear jacket barcode — The rear panel carries ISBN 0-670-83538-2 with the 51488 02295 retail barcode — soft-focus but resolvable — ruling out an unpriced club jacket (photo 1).
- Copyright — No frame shows the copyright page at all, so the "First published in 1990 by Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc." statement is unproven — ask for the verso of the title page shot square-on and in focus.
- Number line — The decisive first-printing tell, the row "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" ending in 1, has never been photographed and cannot be assumed present — request a close, legible shot of that line on the copyright page.
- Binding — gilt "SK" board monogram — Photo 6 shows the spine but not the board face; ask for a straight-on shot of the bare front board showing the gilt "SK" at its lower outer corner.
All markers are seller testimony on a stock-image listing — needs the copyright page and a real jacket shot before trusting it.
- Dust jacket — No seller photos exist — only the generic ISBN stock cover. The decisive gold "Stephen King" front lettering is unproven; ask for a real front shot.
- Number line — Seller states the full "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" line, but no copyright-page photo backs it — request a clear shot of the number line.
- Jacket price — $22.95 intact is stated, not pictured — ask for a photo of the unclipped front flap.
- Endpapers / edges — A black remainder pen line is noted across the top edge — get a photo to gauge the condition hit.
Full identification detail & sourcescopyright · jacket · binding · book-club traps · print run · value · references
The Viking trade hardcover (1990) IS the true first edition, first printing. Unlike The Eyes of the Dragon (Philtrum precedes Viking) or The Talisman/Christine/Firestarter/Cujo (limiteds from Donald M. Grant / Phantasia / Mysterious Press), Four Past Midnight had NO signed/numbered small-press edition issued before or alongside the trade. Viking is the only US first. NOTE: the first printing was an enormous 1,500,000 copies (per stephenkingcollector.com), so true firsts are extremely common and command modest premiums. A US Book-of-the-Month Club (BOMC) edition and a UK book club edition (Guild Publishing, London, 1990) also exist and must be distinguished from the Viking trade first.
First-printing points at a glance
Dust jacket
Front: a large Roman-numeral clock face floating in a starry cosmos, hands set at four-past-midnight, with a burst of fire/light erupting from the center into the star field. Title "FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT" and author "STEPHEN KING" (author name in GOLD on the first-state jacket; TAN on later states). Spine and back continue the dark cosmic/starfield theme; author photo on rear flap/jacket.
Art / design: Jacket illustration by Rob Wood (clock-in-space concept). Interior/title-page illustrations by Lars Hokanson.
Also watch for: (1) Married jackets — a later-printing/club jacket (no $22.95) placed on a first-edition book, or a priced first jacket on a later/club book; verify the number line contains 1 AND the front-flap $22.95 AND the gold (not tan) jacket name together. (2) Later printings with TAN author-name lettering on the jacket sold as first state. (3) Price-clipped jackets hide the $22.95 and reduce value. (4) Ex-library copies (stamps, pockets, spine labels) — common, low value. (5) Remainder marks on the bottom text-block edge. (6) Facsimile/reproduction jackets. (7) Forged King signatures on inscribed copies — demand provenance/authentication. (8) Because the first printing ran ~1.5 million copies, beware listings inflating an unsigned trade first to small-press prices.
Print run & scarcity
Collector/dealer consensus figure (publisher never disclosed an audited count). stephenkingcollector.com (specialist King-collector reference) states the first edition of Four Past Midnight (Viking, 1990, 763 pp., (c)1990) "had a print run of 1,500,000 copies." This same 1,500,000 first-printing figure is repeated by the Stephen King Fand.
First-state points & errata
PRIMARY first-state point is on the DUST JACKET: the author's name "Stephen King" is printed in GOLD lettering on the front of the jacket on the first state. stephenkingcollector.com: "The first state has 'Stephen King' in gold on the front cover. The second state does not." Later printings/states show the author name in TAN (not gold) lettering on the jacket — a known tell used to catch later-printing jackets passed off as firsts (eBay/dealer sources). NOTE on the BOOK BOARD: the gilt "SK" monogram on the front board is STANDARD on the true first; copies LACKING the gold SK on the board are treated by collectors as an anomaly/error variant, NOT the normal second state. Do not conflate the jacket gold-name state with the board SK.
Limited & signed editions
None. No signed/numbered/traycased limited edition was published for Four Past Midnight. "Signed" copies on the market are author-inscribed/signed copies of the Viking trade first, not a publisher limited. (A later BOMC faux-leather "Stephen King Library / Red Leather Library" volume exists as a club product, not a publisher limited.)
Market value estimate
~$40–$90
Assumes a genuine first edition / first printing in near-fine to fine condition (clean copy, unclipped jacket). Lesser condition is worth less.
Sale evidence no verified realized price: Standard collector reference (stephenkingcollector.com) pegs the unsigned first edition at $10–$20 (current census value). Multiple eBay SOLD/completed first-printing copies in VG–NF, unclipped, cluster ~$20–$55 (2023–2025). Signed/inscribed first, fine/fine, first-state gold jacket: First and Fine (UK) inscribed 1/18/91 copy — fine/like dj, sold out (dealer range ~£1,000+); Bauman Rare Books signed first listed ~$2,000 (2023–2024). These are DEALER prices on the signed tier; no high-value Heritage/PBA auction record exists because the unsigned book is too common to consign.
No confirmed sale found, so this is rated at no less than its original jacket price — a true first/first should hold at least retail in near-fine/fine condition. Soft estimate from dealer listings (treat as approximate): $40–$90 (genuine first, fine/fine, unclipped, first-state gold-foil jacket) — UNSIGNED. Signed/inscribed firsts: ~$1,000–$2,200.
Book-club edition (the trap): $8–$20. The Book-of-the-Month/Viking book club edition is the dominant trap on this title — visually near-identical jacket art but it carries NO number line, the jacket has NO printed $22.95 price, the boards are lighter/thinner, and there is a blind-stamp (gutter dot/square) on the rear board. Constantly mislisted as a "first edition" on AbeBooks/eBay at $50–$300 asking. It is worth almost nothing. — a fraction of a true first; never pay first-edition money for one.
Condition sensitivity is LOW in absolute dollars because the floor is so low — but a fine/fine unclipped first-state copy still doubles a VG copy. The decisive points for a TRUE first on this specific title: (1) full number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on the copyright page (book club editions have NO number line); (2) FIRST-STATE dust jacket with "Stephen King" printed in GOLD foil on the front panel (a later-state jacket lacks the gold and is a second state, worth less); (3) printed $22.95 price on the front flap, UNCLIPPED (BCE jackets carry no price at all); (4) NO blind-stamp/gutter indent on the rear board and yellow endpapers present. THE SINGLE BIGGEST DIFFERENTIATOR: this title's traps are almost all book-club editions masquerading as firsts — confirm the full number line AND the printed cover price together; either one absent = not the trade first. The signed/inscribed premium is the whole game: a genuine King signature lifts a $40 book to $1,000–$2,200+, so authentication of the autograph (provenance, known dealer, or PSA/Beckett) is far more value-determinative than book condition. Beware "signed bookplate" and secretarial/auto-pen signatures, which carry little premium.
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Sources
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Verification notes: CORRECTIONS vs draft: (1) FIRST-STATE POINT REFRAMED — the draft attributed the gold/no-gold state to the front BOARD SK ("second state lacks the gold [SK on board]"). Sources put the true first-state point on the JACKET: first state has author name "Stephen King" in GOLD on the front of the dust jacket; later states show it in TAN (stephenkingcollector.com: "The first state has 'Stephen King' in gold on the front cover. The second state does not."; eBay/dealer: later prints have tan lettering). The gilt SK monogram on the front BOARD is standard on the true first; a board MISSING the gold SK is an error/anomaly, not the normal second state. firstStatePoints field (empty in draft) now populated. (2) VALUE RANGE CORRECTED DOWN — draft's $75-$200 for an unsigned fine/fine first is inflated; the first printing was 1,500,000 copies and stephenkingcollector.com values a clean copy at $10-$20. Revised to ~$20-$75 unsigned (signed premium retained). (3) PRINT RUN ADDED — 1,500,000 first printing (stephenkingcollector.com / search corroboration). (4) BOOK CLUB SCOPE EXPANDED — US BOMC main selection AND a UK book club edition by Guild Publishing, London (1990) both exist; UK club is stated on the copyright page. (5) ENDPAPERS — primary sources say YELLOW (stephenkingcollector.com, betweenthecovers); "golden"/"orange-mellon" also reported — recorded as variously reported. (6) "0990" flap code retained but flagged as dealer-sourced/unverified in this pass. (7) Copyright statement firmed to the full "Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc." form. Number line, price ($22.95/$29.50), 763 pp, ISBN 0-670-83538-2 / 9780670835386, Rob Wood (jacket) + Lars Hokanson (interior), black boards / black cloth spine / crescent-moon-and-stars gilt all re-confirmed across independent sources.