Books

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1978. First Edition. Near Fine/Near fine. First edition stated, first printing with publisher's date code of T39 present at rear gutter. Signed by Stephen King and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's ocher paper-covered boards over black spine cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light wear to spine cloth at extremities and light creasing to backstrip, pages toned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning heaviest at the spine, light edge wear and light chipping at the spine ends, and the number "90" written in marker on the top corner of the front panel. A lovely copy, inscribed by the author.

A post-apocalyptic horror/fantasy novel that outlines the total breakdown of society after the accidental release of a strain of influenza that had been modified for biological warfare causes an apocalyptic pandemic, which kills off the majority of the world's human population.

For 'The Stand', a true first edition can be identified by the T39 code in the gutter on page 823.