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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1978. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition stated, first printing, with publisher's date code of T39 at rear gutter of last page. [xii], 823 pp. Bound in publisher's ocher paper-covered boards over black spine cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with short split to cloth at front joint, faint stain to bottom edge of front board and light rubbing to bottom of textblock edge. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light toning and edge wear. A fantastic copy of King's post apocalyptic epic fantasy.

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.