The Shining First Edition

Do first editions matter?  They do.  Why?  I'm not totally sure!  But I like first editions, and special editions (first editions of the special editions.)  The earliest book I have a first edition of is The Shining.

What surprised me is how much the book club edition is like the first edition.  The first edition states first edition, has a 8.95 price tag, has R49 in the gutter of page 447, and has tan boards.  Book club has black boards.  It is exactly the same size, and sitting beside one another in their dust jackets, the two books look exactly the same.