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THINNER.
London: New English Library, 1984. Octavo, Hardcover. First British edition.
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. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 10-86. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 8-43.
KINGDOM OF FEAR: THE WORLD OF STEPHEN KING.
San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1986. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-267 [268-272: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], cloth. First edition. A collection of eighteen essays by King, Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, Clive Barker, Harlan Ellison, Michael McDowell, and others. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 10-87. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 8-44.
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.
THE STEPHEN KING COMPANION.
Kansas City, New York: Andrews and McMeel, [1989]. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Of 1000 copies signed by the editor, this copy is an overrun with no number.
DISCOVERING STEPHEN KING.
Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 1985. Wrappers. First edition.
STARTLING MYSTERY STORIES (with "The Reaper's Image.")
New York: Health Knowledge Inc., 1969. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. This issue includes "The Reaper's Image," Stephen King's second professional sale.
FEAR ITSELF.
SF/Columbia: Underwood-Miller, 1982. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 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.
STARMONT READER'S GUIDE TO STEPHEN KING.
Mercer, WA: Starmont House, 1982. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
THE BACHMAN BOOKS: FOUR EARLY NOVELS ...
New York and Scarborough, Ontario: NAL Books / New American Library, [1985]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First combined (and first hardcover) edition. 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. 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). 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. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-150. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-164.
THE DARK TOWER II: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE.
[West Kingston, RI]: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., [1987]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The second volume in the series. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-194.
THE DARK TOWER SERIES; VOLUMES I-VII: THE GUNSLINGER, THE DRAWING OF THE THREE, THE WASTELANDS, WIZARDS AND GLASS, WOLVES OF THE CALLA, SONG OF SUSANNAH, THE DARK TOWER and THE LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA.
[West Kingston, Rhode Island]: Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc., [1982, 1987, 1991, 1997], 2003, 2004, 2008. Octavo, eight volumes, cloth. First editions. Complete limited edition set of the Dark Tower series inlcuding THE LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA with matched number (#180), signed by King and the artists: Michael Whelan, Phil Hale, Ned Dameron, Dave McKean, Berni Wrightson, Darrel Anderson and Michael Whelan. Limitations are 500, 850, 1250, 1250, 1350, 1400, 1500 and 1250. All seven numbered volumes of the Dark Tower series and also THE LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA which contains the title novella, which is an early adventure of Roland Deschain, The Gunslinger and an expanded version of the first novel, THE GUNSLINGER. All volumes have matching numbers. "Different in tone from most of King's work – and perhaps more demandingly inventive than usual – these have an undeniable mythic charge, partly because of the alienated-adolescent theme that runs through them. As the series continued, it increasingly took on a quest structure typical of – and inhabited a landscape whose metaphysical pathos also evokes – pure Fantasy, though Post-Holocaust imagery also pervades the tale, and a self-aware AI is a major threat to the protagonists." - SFE online. Basis for a recent feature film and there is, according to the trade a television series, in the works. 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. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-194.
FIRESTARTER.
London: Macdonald, 1980. Octavo, Hardcover. First British edition. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-167.
FIRESTARTER.
London: Macdonald, 1980. Octavo, Hardcover. First British edition.
FULL DARK, NO STARS.
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney: Scribner, [2010]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Collects "1922," "Big Driver," "Fair Extension," and "A Good Marriage," with afterword by King.
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.
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.
HEARTS IN ATLANTIS.
[New York]: Scribner, [1999]. Octavo, two-part boards. First edition. Five interconnected narratives spanning the last four decades and affected in some way by the Sixties and the Vietnam War. Filmed in 2001 from a screenplay by William Goldman.
ON WRITING...A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT.
[New York]: Scribner, [2000]. Octavo, boards. First edition. A biographical work.
PUBLICITY PHOTOGRAPH, SIGNED BY KING.
Black and white photographic print (8 x 10 inches), a full-length shot of King wearing a smoking jacket and holding a candle and a raven. Inscribed and signed by King on the center right margin: "For Carolyn - / Best wishes, / Stephen King / 1-17-90."
'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. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-172. Jones & Newman: Horror: 100 Best Books #72.