Front Cover
Core Fiction Hardcover
Novel
1982
Dark Tower I:The Gunslinger
Donald M. Grant, Publisher
Synopsis
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger: Roland of Gilead, the last gunslinger, follows the Man in Black across a desolate landscape. Along the way he encounters isolated settlements, dangerous traps, and a boy named Jake, while fragments of Roland's past reveal his connection to a fading order and the distant Dark Tower.
Verification Summary
Verified Edition
Copyright page explicitly states Third Printing, 1998. This is the third Donald M. Grant trade issue, not the 1982 first trade edition. Michael Whelan illustrations are retained. The official bibliography states that 15,000 copies were printed for inclusion in a three-volume Dark Tower set.