Novels

Twilight Eyes – First Edition

Advance Promotional Booklet

Release Date: 1985
Publisher: Land of Enchantment Publishing

28 page promotional booklet, stapled, 8.5”x11”

Wrap-around cover featuring the hardcover cover art with the Land of Enchantment address on the back. Inside front cover is promotional text and the inside back cover contains images of four of the book’s illustrated pages.

Inside front cover includes the following text: “BONUS SECTION To help familiarize you with TWILIGHT EYES, we have included 19 pages from the books [sic] first two chapters. This includes one of the two color fold outs which may be used for display purposes.”

Trade Hardcover

Release Date: November 1985
Copyright: Twilight Eyes © 1985 by The Land of Enchantment
Text © 1985 by Nkui, Inc.
Illustrations © 1985 by Phil Parks - Dust Wrapper, 2 interior fold-out illustrations, 8 color plates, 20 b&w illustrations
Publisher: Land of Enchantment Publishing
Page Count: 263
ISBN-10: 0-9603828-4-4
Cover Price: $32.00
States: No statement of printing

Limited Hardcover

Release Date: November 1985
Copyright: Twilight Eyes © 1985 by The Land of Enchantment
Text © 1985 by Nkui, Inc.
Illustrations © 1985 by Phil Parks - Dust Wrapper, 2 interior fold-out illustrations, 8 color plates, 20 b&w illustrations
Publisher: Land of Enchantment Publishing
Page Count: 263
ISBN-10: 0-9603828-3-6
Cover Price: $32.00 (Though not likely sold for this price.)
States: No statement of printing

Signed by author and artist.

Dean appears in the illustration on p. 62, left edge.

Signature Edition

50 numbered copies in a maroon and gold slipcase

Contains original illustration by Phil Parks and poem by Dean R. Koontz
Includes the publisher's 20-page "Bonus Section" booklet with a double-page folding color plate.

Stone auction description: 263, [1] pp. Numerous illustrations in color and black and white by Phil Parks; pictorial endpapers. (4to) 11x8½, gilt-decorated maroon cloth, color pictorial jacket, publisher's cloth slipcase. No. 17 of 50 copies designated as the "Collector’s Edition," with a special inscription by Koontz and an original drawing by Phil Parks, laid in. First Edition. Signed by Koontz and Parks in the colophon, with Koontz's signed inscription: "When the darkness speaks the evil listen." The original laid-in signed graphite drawing by Parks is also inscribed: "For Art - This proves you can't keep a good goblin down, Phil Parks." Includes the publisher's 20-page "Bonus Section" booklet with a double-page folding color plate and is inscribed and signed by both Koontz and Parks in the same gold ink: "To Art Stone - obsessive collector, obsessive, period! Dean R. Koontz" and "For Art. Keep Those Goblins Happy! Phil Parks." Also, other laid-in paper material, including an informational letter from the publisher and the publisher's ordering information sheet.

Original List Price:Unknown

Numbered

250 numbered copies in black and gold slipcase
Original List Price:Unknown

Parks Remarqued Edition

9 of the 250 numbered copies, contain an original color drawing by Phil Parks before the title page.

Stone auction description:
263, [1] pp. Numerous illustrations in color and black and white by Phil Parks; pictorial endpapers. (4to) 11x8½, gilt-decorated black boards, color pictorial jacket, publisher's gilt-decorated slipcase. No. 114 of 250 copies designated as the "Signature Edition," this copy being a special issue, one of 9 copies, which contains an original color drawing by Phil Parks before the title page. First Edition.
Signed by the author and artist in the colophon. Signed by the publisher on the title page. Original color drawing inscribed and signed: "To Art, Next trip to the carnival, it might be wise to exercise above average care, watching for guys in human disguise fixing rides that don't need repair! Phil Parks." Also, a typed letter signed by Parks, dated October 4, 1990, addressed to Art Stone, explaining that this copy "is one of nine in [a] small series and is not likely to be repeated elsewhere. Unless, of course, you give a thousand monkeys colored pencils and unlimited sheets of paper..." and the publisher's 20-page "Bonus Section" booklet with a double-page folding color plate signed by Koontz and Parks, laid in.

Cover image courtesy of Noah Mitchell.

Original List Price:Unknown

Notes

Full-page advertisement in Footsteps, December, 1985, p. 29

A Phil Parks promotional t-shirt was released with the image of the carousel horse head from this cover.

A promotional poster of the cover artwork was also released in two known states:

  • State A: Unnumbered, signed by both Dean and Phil. Quantity unknown.
  • State B: 350 numbered copies, some signed by both Dean and Phil, some signed by just Phil. The number of each are unknown.

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