Bachman, Richard; Pseudonym of Stephen King (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Dutton, an imprint of Dutton Signet, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1996. "First Trade Printing, October, 1996" with a full number line to 1, of the First (1st) Edition. Fine in an As New Dust Jacket. Appears Unread. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square, with no markings of any kind, and very light foxing to the top-edge. The Binding is tan quarter cloth to red-orange boards, colors uniform throughout, with the author's initials debossed on the lower right of the front board, bright blue title, etc., to the spine, unmarked light blue endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. The pictorial Dust Jacket is flawless - bright, colors uniform throughout, and fully intact with the original price ($24.95) intact on the front flap. See the photos. 466, [ix] pages. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Published in 1996 contemporaneously with its "mirror" novel, Desperation by Stephen King, the two novels represent parallel universes where most of the characters present in one novel's world also exist in the other's. NOTE: We also have Desperation for sale. NOTE: This is a heavy book, weighing 841 grams / 1 lb., 13.7 ounces, and may, when packaged, require extra postage for international shipment. ISBN 10: 0525941908 / ISBN 13: 9780525941903.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 2007. First (1st) Printing (full number line down to 1) of the "First Scribner Hardcover Edition June 2007" (stated). As New in an As New Dust Jacket. Unread. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight but slightly canted, with no markings of any kind. The Binding is light blue quarter cloth to gray boards, colors uniform throughout, with bright copper title, etc., to the spine, unmarked white endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. The pictorial Dust Jacket is flawless - colors bright and uniform throughout, and fully intact with the original prices (US $25.00 Canada $32.00) intact on the front flap. See the accompanying photos. 285, [i] pages. 6" x 8 3/4". The last (?) of the Bachman Books, the author wrote it before Carrie. The book also has an annex containing "Memory", a short story that was first published in 2006 and which King has since worked into Duma Key. The story of a sympathetic criminal. ISBN 10: 141655484X / ISBN 13: 9781416554844.

First UK editions, first printings. Four volumes. Paperback originals. Publishers original pictorial card covers. 'Rage' is a very good copy the binding square and firm with just minor creasing, the colours bright. The contents, with mild toning of the paper-stock are otherwise clean throughout. 'The Long Walk' is in very good condition, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing to the spine edges, the colours bright and fresh. The contents, with a little toning of the paper-stock are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. 'Roadwork' is in near very good condition, the binding firm with rubbing and creasing to the edges and corners, the spine a touch concave and with vertical reading creases. The contents, with a little toning of the paper-stock and some wrinkling to the lower right corner (probably from moisture but without staining) are otherwise clean throughout. The bottom edge of the closed text block has a faint circular ink stamp in red. 'The Running Man' is a very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing at the extremities, the clolour and bright and fresh. The contents, a little toned to the paper-stock are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. An attractive set of paperback originals of novels written by Stephen King under his Richard Bachman pseudonym. Scarce in this form 'The Running Man' has twice been adapted for film, first in 1987 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and María Conchita Alonso, and again in 2025 starring Glen Powell and Katy O'Brian. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Uncorrected proof copy of the UK first edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue card with black titles to the upper cover and spine. [iv] + 309 pages. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the covers ever so slightly rubbed at the corners with a couple of faint marks or shadows to the upper cover. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The fifth of seven books by Richard Bachman, later revealed to be bestselling horror writer Stephen King. The UK uncorrected proof is decidedly scarcer than its US counterpart. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.