This is the two‑volume Book‑of‑the‑Month Club (BOMC) Manuscript Edition of The Tommyknockers, an uncommon pre‑publication format produced exclusively for internal BOMC editorial review. These manuscript sets were never sold to the public, and were created for staff readers, selection committees, and production departments evaluating the novel for potential BOMC selection. Purported that less than ten exist. This is the first photocopied transcript submission with corrections from King’s typed original transcript submission for Tommyknockers.

Each volume is mechanically reproduced from the publisher’s working manuscript and bound in plain, utilitarian wrappers, typical of BOMC’s internal manuscript program. These sets often contain early‑state text, pre‑final formatting, and editorial notations or layout differences not present in the finished trade edition. As such, they represent a unique bibliographic stage between the publisher’s typescript and the commercial hardcover.

Complete two‑part sets are significantly scarcer than single volumes, as many were separated, discarded, or heavily used during the review process. Surviving examples—especially clean, intact sets—are highly desirable among collectors of King’s pre‑publication material and those documenting the full lifecycle of his 1980s works. This is being offered in near fine condition.