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THE RUNNING MAN.
New York: A Signet Book / New American Libary, [1982]. First edition. Signet AE 1508. A paperback original. Made into a feature film in 1987 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
THINNER.
London: New English Library, 1984. Octavo, Hardcover. First British edition.
BLACK HOUSE ...
New York: Random House, [2001]. Octavo, boards. First edition. This copy signed on the title page by Straub and King. Sequel to the Talisman. The protagonist of that novel, Jack Sawyer, is now grown and encounters a serial killer with connections to The Territories and the Dark Tower. "...there's so much here to revel in, from expertly executed sequences of terror, awe or passion—the novel is a deep reservoir of genuine emotion—to some of the most wonderful characters to spring from a page in years, to a story whose energy is so high and craft so accomplished that most readers will wish it ran twice its great length. What is probably the most anticipated novel of the year turns out to be its most memorable to date, a high point in both the King and Straub canons." - Publisher's Weekly book review.
BLACK HOUSE.
Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc., 2002. Octavo, leather. First limited edition. One of 1520 numbered copies signed by King, Straub and artist Rick Berry. Sequel to the Talisman. The protagonist of that novel, Jack Sawyer, is now grown and encounters a serial killer with connections to The Territories and the Dark Tower. "...there's so much here to revel in, from expertly executed sequences of terror, awe or passion—the novel is a deep reservoir of genuine emotion—to some of the most wonderful characters to spring from a page in years, to a story whose energy is so high and craft so accomplished that most readers will wish it ran twice its great length. What is probably the most anticipated novel of the year turns out to be its most memorable to date, a high point in both the King and Straub canons." - Publisher's Weekly book review.
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THE TALISMAN [with] BLACK HOUSE.
Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc., [2003 & 2002]. Octavo, two volumes, boards. Later editions. One of 3500 numbered sets with limitation page in THE TALISMAN, signed by Straub and artist Rick Berry. (Note: Not signed by King). A new edition of THE TALISMAN boxed with it's sequel, BLACK HOUSE.
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. First edition. One of 1200 numbered copies signed by King and Straub. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-152. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-178.
GAUNTLET: EXPLORING THE LIMITS OF FREE EXPRESSION (Issue no. 2, 1991).
[Springfield, PA: Gauntlet, Inc., 1991]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Trade paperback format. Stephen King special issue. Also includes some Ray Bradbury material.
GAUNTLET: EXPLORING THE LIMITS OF FREE EXPRESSION (Issue no. 2, 1991).
[Springfield, PA: Gauntlet, Inc., 1991]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Trade paperback format. Stephen King special issue. Also includes some Ray Bradbury material.
THE STEPHEN KING PHENOMENON.
Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, 1987. Wrappers. First edition.
THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION.
Cornwall, CT: Mercury Press, Inc., 1990. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. The special Stephen King issue. Includes original two stories, "The Bear" and "The Moving Finger," an essay on King by Algis Budrys and a bibliography.
DISCOVERING STEPHEN KING.
Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 1985. Wrappers. First edition.
FEAR ITSELF.
SF/Columbia: Underwood-Miller, 1982. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 8-43.
KINGDOM OF FEAR: THE WORLD OF STEPHEN KING.
SF/Columbia: Underwood-Miller, 1986. Octavo, cloth. First edition.
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.
FEAST OF FEAR: CONVERSATIONS WITH STEPHEN KING.
San Rafael, CA, Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1989. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 600 copies of which this is one of 550 numbered copies. Collects forty-seven interviews with King. A companion volume to BARE BONES (1988).
STARMONT READER'S GUIDE TO STEPHEN KING.
Mercer, WA: Starmont House, 1982. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
TWILIGHT ZONE MAGAZINE.
New York: February, 1985. Wrappers. First edition. Magazine. Interview with Stephen King and Peter Straub on the Talisman.
THE BACHMAN BOOKS: FOUR EARLY NOVELS ...
New York and Scarborough, Ontario: NAL Books / New American Library, [1985]. Octavo, printed wrappers. First combined edition. Plume Fiction Z5774. Trade paperback issue, simultaneous with the hardcover issue. Collects RAGE, THE LONG WALK, ROADWORK and THE RUNNING MAN with new introduction, "Why I Was Bachman," by King.
CARRIE.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 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. Signed inscription by King dated 24 September 1980 to a mystery book publisher and bookseller on the title page. 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). 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.
CARRIE.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 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). 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.
CHRISTINE.
West Kingston: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth. First limited edition. One of 1000 signed by the King and the artist Stephen Gervais. Made into a feature film directed by John Carpenter in 1983.
CHRISTINE.
West Kingston: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth. Limited edition. One of 1000 signed by the King and the artist Stephen Gervais, this is an out of series unnumbered copy marked author's copy. Made into a feature film directed by John Carpenter in 1983.
CUJO.
New York: The Viking Press, [1981]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition, first printing of the trade edition. Released prior to the limited Mysterious Press issue. Signed inscription by King on the title page; "For Dick - / Don't let the dog bite! / Stephen King / 10/29/82." The Dick is Richard Fawcett, founder of the August Derleth Society. Filmed in 1983.
CYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF.
[Westland, Michigan]: The Land of Enchantment / Christopher Zavisa Publisher, [1983]. Large octavo, boards. First edition. One of 7500 trade copies. Basis for the 1985 film "Silver Bullet" from a screenplay by King starring Gary Busey.
THE DARK HALF.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1989. Octavo, Hardcover. First British edition. Precedes the U.S. edition by a few weeks.