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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.,, 1977. Signed on Halloween First edition, first printing, signed by King on the front free endpaper and dated Halloween 1981. The Shining is among the most popular horror stories, and movies, of all time. The author's third novel, it was adapted into the classic Stanley Kubrick film of 1980, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. This copy has the required printer's code "R49" printed in the gutter of the final page. Octavo. Original black cloth-backed brown boards, spine lettered in gilt, fore edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Remainder spray to lower edge of text block; jacket exceptionally sharp, with only a little surface wear near head of spine panel, not price-clipped: a near-fine copy in like jacket, not price-clipped.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1977. First edition First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed and signed by King on the front free endpaper; "For Jake - Best, Stephen King 8/22/80." First printing with gutter code R49 on page 447. States First Edition on the copyright page. $8.95 price present on the front flap. Basis for the classic 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, and Danny Lloyd. "The Shining is one of King's best books and one of the major horror novels of the 1970s." Barron: Horror Literature, 4-173. Just a mere hint of toning to the edges of the text block, else fine in a fine dust jacket with the merest hint of rubbing. A superior, very handsome copy.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1977. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition stated, first printing with publisher's date code of R49 present at rear gutter. Signed by Stephen King and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's ocher paper-covered boards over black spine cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with with wear to spine ends with a short tear to the head and light creasing to backstrip, toning to pages with a few dog-ears. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning, light rubbing and edge wear, with a taped repair to the bottom of the front panel to the recto, creasing to the rear flap and a tiny split to the rear flap fold. A lovely copy, inscribed by the author.

New York: Signet - New American Library, 1978. Stated First Signet Printing, January, 1978; ninth printing indicated by 9 below this statement. Code E7872 at cover and spine. Beautifully signed by Stephen King at title page: "Stephen King, 5/3/80." Underscored, and with line through printed name. Rare early signature contemporaneous with the printing of this title. Very attractive. Signed at the Kubla Khan-ate Convention held May 2-4, 1980 which featured Stephen King, artist Boris Vallejo, and 4E Ackerman. Included is ephemera from signee: an original 3.5" X 4.5" photograph of SK and Vallejo with printed details at back, and an event name tag. Kubla Khan were a series of conventions in Nashville founded by Ken Moore under the auspices of the Middle Tennessee Science Fiction Society. There were thirty conventions in the series from 1973 to 2002 and sci-fi author Andrew Offutt was emcee for all. Pictorial wraps moderate cover, corner, edge wear, cant, spine crease.… Read More

New York: Signet - New American Library, 1978. Stated First Signet Printing, January, 1978; numberline beginning w/21. Signet number E-9216. Signed and inscribed by Stephen King at title page: "For Andrea - Best - and shine on! Stephen King 9/23/80." Rare early signature and inscription near contemporaneous with the origination of this title and the height of SK's early fame. Original classic cover design with bold black titles over yellow b.g. with horrified face in big letter "T." Back cover features movie poster-like credits and blurbs. Moderate cover, corner, edge wear, crease, rub, discoloration. Pages very good; attractive toning. Interestingly, final page of photos falls adjacent to page 237; a room number that has gained notoriety from the Stanley Kubrick adaptation. Original yellow exterior text block. Bind good, square. Solid signed early printing. From cover: "The masterpiece of modern horror - now a Stanley Kubrick film from Warner Bros.… Read More

New York: TV Guide , 1997. Presented here is the TV Guide Collector's Edition for April 26 - May 2, 1997, the Brooklyn-Queens Edition, with signed cover art by Berni Wrightson for Stephen King helmed series of The Shining. Front cover of this classic periodical is beautifully signed in black felt-tip by illustrator Berni Wrightson. Dynamic pictorial design, moderate shelf wear. Pages near fine; no writing. Bind fine; moderate wear to exterior spine. Near fine signed rarity. This issue promoted the ABC mini-series for The Shining which starred Steven Weber as the alcoholic writer, Jack Torrance. In this special issue, the master of modern horror unearths the lost prologue to The Shining and takes you on a bone-chilling behind-the-screams tour of this macbre series. The cover features the chilling SK influenced art by horror master Bernie Wrightson. Previously, Wrightson had drawn the poster for the Stephen King-penned horror film Creepshow, as well as illustrating the comic book… Read More

New York: TV Guide , 1997. Front cover of collector's issue beautifully signed in black felt-tip by illustrator Berni Wrightson in fine frame. Dynamic pictorial design, moderate wear. The original Wrightson cover art was created in acrylic on illustration board with an image area of 14" x 20.5". This cover from the periodical measures approximately 5.5" x 7.5" and is preserved for display in the 6.25" x 8.25" frame. A chilling piece of Stephen King influenced art by horror master Bernie Wrightson for the April 26th- May 2nd, 1997, TV Guide Stephen King special. This issue promoted the ABC miniseries for The Shining which starred Steven Weber as the alcoholic writer, Jack Torrance. Previously, Wrightson had drawn the poster for the Stephen King-penned horror film Creepshow, as well as illustrating the comic book adaptation of that film. This led to several other collaborations with King, including art for the novella "Cycle of the Werewolf," the… Read More