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First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Stephen - With all good wishes - Stephen King 9/9/79". This copy is from the estate of Dr Stephen R. Landan, an endodontist and sci-fi fan who regularly attended conventions in both America and Britain as a member of the World Science Fiction Society. This copy has the "T39" code printed in the gutter of the final page, as required for the first printing. King's dark fantasy novel marks the first appearance of the recurring antagonist Randall Flagg. It was adapted into the television miniseries of 1994 and 2020 and into a Marvel Comics series from 2008 to 2012. Octavo. Original black quarter cloth, spine lettered in gilt, buff paper-covered sides. With dust jacket. Contents clean; jacket spine lettering lightly sunned and rubbed, otherwise bright and sharp, unclipped: a fine copy in near-fine jacket. .

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.