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THE TALISMAN.
West Kingston, Boston: Donald M. Grant Publisher, Incorporated, 1984. Octavo, two volumes, cream buckram stamped in blind and gold with pictorial paper inlays on front covers. Limited edition. One of 1200 numbered copies signed by King and Straub. This is copy 125. [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-152. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-178].
FEAR ITSELF: THE HORROR FICTION OF STEPHEN KING ...
San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1982. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-255 [256: colophon]. cloth. First edition, trade issue. Foreword by King, introduction by Peter Straub, afterword by George Romero, nine essays by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Fritz Leiber, Charles L. Grant and others, plus a bibliographical checklist. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 10-86. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 8-43].
THE SINS OF THE FATHERS.
Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1992. Octavo, boards. First U.S. hardcover edition. One of 400 numbered copies signed by Block and King. This is copy 261. The first Matt Scudder novel. New introduction by Stephen King. [Reference: Hubin, p. 82].
FEAR ITSELF.
SF/Columbia: Underwood-Miller, 1982. Octavo, cloth. First edition. [Reference: Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 8-43].
STEPHEN KING GOES TO HOLLYWOOD.
New York and Scarborough, Ont. A Plume Book / New American Library, [1987]. Octavo, printed wrappers. First paperback edition. Signed on the title page by Tim Underwood.
CARRIE.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Inscribed, signed and dated by King on the front free end paper to a well known early fan. Signed on 10/12/79, likely at the World Fantasy Convention in Providence, Rhode Island October 12-14, 1979. The author's first book. The correct first printing with "first edition" on copyright page, printing code "P6" on page 199, and dust jacket priced $5.95. Basis for the well received 1976 Brian de Palma film which made the novel a bestseller in its mass market paperback reprint format and made King a celebrity writer. A remake was broadcast in 2002 as a made for television film. The original film also spawned a sequel "The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999). [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-231. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-162. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 197-202. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-129].
THE DARK TOWER II: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE ...
[West Kingston, Rhode Island]: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., [1987]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 850 numbered copies signed by King and artist Phil Hale of which 800 copies were for sale. The second volume in the series. [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-150. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-164].
THE DARK TOWER III: THE WASTELANDS.
Hampton Falls, NH: Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc., [1991]. Octavo, illustration by Ned Dameron, cloth. First edition. Of 1250 copies of the limited edition this is one 1200 numbered copies offered for sale, signed by King and artist Ned Dameron. The third volume in the series. [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-194].
THE DARK TOWER V: WOLVES OF THE CALLA.
Hampton Falls, NH: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in Association With Scribner, 2003. Octavo, illustrations by Berni Wrightson, cloth. First edition. The trade edition. [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-194].
FIRESTARTER.
London: Macdonald, 1980. Octavo, Hardcover. First British edition. [Reference: Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-167].
FIRESTARTER.
London: Macdonald, 1980. Octavo, Hardcover. First British edition.
GERALD'S GAME.
New York: Viking, 1992. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Advance promotional copy issued at the 1992 American Booksellers Association convention. Reproduction of handwritten letter from King bound in.
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THE GREEN MILE PART ONE: THE TWO DEAD GIRLS [with] THE GREEN MILE PART TWO: THE MOUSE ON THE MILE [with] THE GREEN MILE PART THREE: COFFEY'S HANDS [with] THE GREEN MILE PART FOUR: THE BAD DEATH OF EDUARD DELACROIX [with] THE GREEN MILE PART FIVE: NIGHT JOURNEY [with] THE GREEN MILE PART SIX: COFFEY ON THE MILE.
[New York]: A Signet Book, [1996]. Small octavo, six volumes, pictorial wrappers. First edition, first printings of all six parts. Signet Fiction AE9049; Signet Fiction AE9052; Signet Fiction AE9054; Signet Fiction AE9055; Signet Fiction AE9056; and Signet Fiction AE9057 A novel published published in six self-contained monthly paperback installments. Made into a fine feature film in 1999, directed and screenplay by Frank Darabont. It starred Tom Hanks in the lead role with David Morse, Bonnie Hunt and Michael Clarke Duncan. The film was nominated for numerous awards including four Oscar nominations. "A Depression-era prison novel, as hauntingly touching as it is just plain haunted ... One of his freshest and most frightening works to date." - Tom De Haven.
NIGHT SHIFT.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by King on title page, and dated by him in 1980. The author's fourth book and first collection of short fiction. More than half the contents (twelve of twenty stories) have become the basis for films; The Boogeyman, Children of the Corn, The Last Rung on the Ladder, The Lawnmower Man, Graveyard Shift, Sometimes They Come Back, The Mangler, Night Surf, Strawberry Spring, Trucks, I Know What You Need and The Woman in the Room. Children of the Corn and Sometimes They Come Back have spawned numerous film sequels. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-170. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III, pp. 1116-20. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-132].
NIGHT SHIFT.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by King: "To Lucile Wilson / With best wishes and / great affection from your son / Kirby and from me - / Stephen King / July 7, 1978." The author's fourth book and first collection of short fiction. Four of the stories were previously unpublished, all the rest first appeared in non-genre magazines. More than half the contents (twelve of twenty stories) have become the basis for films; The Boogeyman, Children of the Corn, The Last Rung on the Ladder, The Lawnmower Man, Graveyard Shift, Sometimes They Come Back, The Mangler, Night Surf, Strawberry Spring, Trucks, I Know What You Need and The Woman in the Room. Children of the Corn and Sometimes They Come Back have spawned numerous film sequels. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-170. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III, pp. 1116-20. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-132].
ON WRITING...A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT.
[New York]: Scribner, [2000]. Octavo, boards. First edition. A biographical work.
'SALEM'S LOT.
[London]: New English LIbrary, [1976]. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Vampire novel set in a sleepy Maine town. Filmed twice as made for television films. [Reference: Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-172. Jones & Newman: Horror: 100 Best Books #72].
'SALEM'S LOT.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. The author's second novel. Vampire novel set in a sleepy Maine town. Filmed twice as made for television films. [Reference: Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-172. Jones & Newman: Horror: 100 Best Books #72].
THE STAND.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Inscribed, signed and dated by King on the front free end paper to a well known early fan. Signed on 10/12/79, likely at the World Fantasy Convention in Providence, Rhode Island October 12-14, 1979. "Apocalyptic horror novel and a cornerstone of modern horror fiction ... THE STAND represents King's most ambitiously imaginative novel and the most fulfilling exploration of a predominant theme in his work: the behavior of groups functioning under the pressure of extraordinary situations." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-206. Basis for the 1994 made for television miniseries starring Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Rob Lowe and others. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-601. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-175. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature IV, pp. 1801-06. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-135].
STORM OF THE CENTURY.
New York, London, Toronto... Pocket Books, [1999]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Screenplay of the television mini-series.
THE TOMMYKNOCKERS.
New York: Putnam, 1988. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. First state with "Permissions to Come" below the number line. Stephen King in gold letters on front panel of d/j.
STEPHEN KING AS RICHARD BACHMAN.
Mercer Island, Washington, 1985. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Starmont Studies in Literary Criticism No. 10. Paperback original. Critical study of the Bachman books.
KNOWING DARKNESS: ARTISTS INSPIRED BY STEPHEN KING.
[Lakewood, CO]: Centipede Press, [2009]. Large format, 11.5" x 15.5", cloth back pictorial boards. First edition, trade issue. Over four hundred page massive compilation of artists and illustrators of Stephen King material. Includes work by Stephen Gervais, J. K. Potter, Ned Dameron, Thomas Canty, Berni Wrightson, Michael Whelan and many others. Includes essays on the artists as well as several interviews. Introduction by film director Frank Darabont.
THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION.
Cornwall, CT: Mercury Press, Inc., 1984. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers, Digest sized magazine. Features the first publication of "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet" by Stephen King.
NIGHT VISIONS 5.
Arlington Hgts, IL: Dark Harvest, 1988. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Original anthology with seven stories. The Martin novella "Skin Trade" won a World Fantasy Award (1989).