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NEAR FINE with some minor marks to page edges. Clear graphics on spine that are not faded. Square and tight spine. Sharp corners that are not bumped. No other marks, writing or stamps. Near Fine dust-jacket as shown. Personally signed by Stephen King with a personal inscription one month before the official publication: "To Cheri and Bill - with all best - Stephen King 8/21/80." Authentic - Original - Vintage King. The Viking Press (September 29, 1980). Stephen King "Firestarter" Signed First Edition. Hardcover book with dust-jacket. Signed by the author with a personal inscription on the FFEP (first free end paper). Signed and dated in 1980, the same year and one month before publication. An original collector's grade hardcover book with original dust-jacket. All the correct First Edition , First Printing issue points: Copyright page stated "A limited first edition of this book has been published by Phantasia Press." No extra number line to indicate later printing. Original Dust jacket price of $13.95 ISBN # 0-670-31541-9. Dust-jacket code: 0980 FIRESTARTER. Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic #1 New York Times bestseller now a major motion picture! Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson were once college students looking to make some extra cash, volunteering as test subjects for an experiment orchestrated by the clandestine government organization known as The Shop. But the outcome unlocked exceptional latent psychic talents for the two of them manifesting in even more terrifying ways when they fell in love and had a child. Their daughter, Charlie, has been gifted with the most extraordinary and uncontrollable power ever seen pyrokinesis, the ability to create fire with her mind. Now the merciless agents of The Shop are in hot pursuit to apprehend this unexpected genetic anomaly for their own diabolical ends by any means necessary.including violent actions that may well ignite the entire world around them as Charlie retaliates with a fury of her own. 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. 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." ABOUT THE AUTHOR. Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books. As of 2011, King has written and published 49 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, five non-fiction books, and nine collections of short stories. Many of his stories are set in his home state of Maine. King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, British Fantasy Society Awards, his novella The Way Station was a Nebula Award novelette nominee, and in 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He has also received awards for his contribution to literature for his whole career, such as the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement (2004), the Canadian Booksellers Association Lifetime Achievement Award (2007) and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America (2007). More photos available. Seller Inventory # 76-129
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