'The Shining', US signed first edition

King, Stephen

Published by Doubleday, 1977

Condition: Near Fine Hardcover

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Stephen King (1977) The Shining , US first edition, first printing, published by Doubleday. Signed by the author on the title page. Housed in a cloth solander case for protection. Condition: a near fine copy in like dust jacket. The book is square and tight, the boards clean. The spine s lettering is NOT rubbed out as often seen. The book bears no previous owner s inscriptions, no bookplates and no stamps. It is NOT remaindered without any spray to the page block edges. The page block edges are a little toned commensurate with age. No foxing. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped showing the correct USD 8.95 price on the flap. No chips and no tears. Usual light fading to the spine and ghosting to reverse along the folds where the dust jacket touched the black cloth spine of the book. A beautiful specimen of a landmark book. The Shining had a first edition print run of 25,000 copies which is low for Stephen King novels nowadays where the first print run goes into the hundreds of thousands if not millions. Curiously, the first print run seems not not have been should out as there are many copies around which were remaindered with a black dotted coat of spray. The Shining is perhaps King s most famous novel not least due to Stanley Kubrick s film adaptation (1980). First and Fine. Seller Inventory # ABE-1687420222056

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Title: 'The Shining', US signed first edition

Publisher: Doubleday

Publication Date: 1977

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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