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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A near-fine first edition of this apocalyptic novel of near-human extinction, inscribed by King, "For Barry-hoped you liked this tale of love and horror beyond the end of the world-Stephen King. 4/22/83." Barry [Brooks] was in the printing business and had some connection to King in the early 1980s. He was the recipient of copy 142 of The Plant, with all three volumes inscribed to him. One of King's best novels. 823 pages. First edition (first printing, a stated "First Edition" and yes, there is the code T39 on page 823, which is not a point of issue, all copies that state "first edition" have that code). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with the $12.95 price. For most of King's early books, he had a standard inscription that referenced the contents of the book. For The Stand these inscriptions referred to "this tale of love and horror beyond the end of the world." Inscriptions…

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.