Firestarter (First Edition)

A very handsome copy bound in finely woven red cloth spine stamped brightly in gold lettering; and black paper-covered boards. Very clean and tight throughout with some light fading and flecking to the spine. In a very good dust jacket with price of $13.95 and a slight vertical crease along the edge of the inside front flap. An attractive dust jacket and first edition. Firestarter is a science fiction-horror thriller novel by Stephen King, first published in September 1980. It tells the story of a young girl, Charlie McGee with the ability of pyrokinesis, whose destructive force a ruthless government agency tries to harness for their own purposes. In July and August 1980, two excerpts from the novel were published in Omni. In 1981, Firestarter was nominated as Best Novel for the British Fantasy Award, Locus Poll Award, and Balrog Award.[1] In 1984, it was adapted into a film. A miniseries follow-up to the film, Firestarter: Rekindled, was released in 2002 on the Sci-Fi Channel and a remake from Blumhouse Productions was released on 13 May 2022. The book is dedicated to author Shirley Jackson: "In Memory of Shirley Jackson, who never needed to raise her voice."[2] First Edition with "First Published in 1980" on the copyright page and no subsequent printings. A collector's copy. 1st Edition. With "First published in 1980 by Viking Press" on the copyright page.…