Blockade Billy - Hardcover

King, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1587672286 ISBN 13: 9781587672286

Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2010

Synopsis

This is a brand new/factory shrink wrapped 1st Edition hardcover with dustjacket of Stephen King's BLOCKADE BILLY. This true 1st edition with dustjacket had an extremely small limited print run of only 10,000 copies. This book as a first edition was NOT AVAILABLE IN STORES!! This 1st Edition of Blockade Billy comes with the authentic William "Blockade Billy" Blakely Baseball Trading Card. Best of all, this is one of just 1, 000 copies WORLDWIDE to include an authorized Limited Edition Slipcase with the Blockade Billy Home plate Logo. Book stores perfectly inside - protecting your investment for ages to come! An absolute must-have for any Stephen King fan!

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Even the most diehard baseball fans don't know the true story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first — and only — player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game's history.

Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional baseball, and with good reason. Blockade Billy had a secret darker than any pill or injection that might cause a scandal in sports today. His secret was much, much worse... and only Stephen King, the most gifted storyteller of our age, can reveal the truth to the world, once and for all.

This original, never-before-published novella represents Stephen King at his very best, and this Cemetery Dance World's First Hardcover Edition brings it into print for the very first time.

About the Author:

Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are Full Dark No Stars, Blockade Billy, Under the Dome, Just After Sunset, the Dark Tower novels, Cell, From a Buick 8, Everything's Eventual, Hearts in Atlantis, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Lisey's Story and Bag of Bones. His acclaimed nonfiction book, On Writing, was recently re-released in a tenth anniversary edition. King was the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2007 he was inducted as a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America.  He lives in Maine with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1587672286
• ISBN 13: 9781587672286
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 112