Bachman Books by Stephen King, First Edition (14 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First printing with the new introduction. Front cover has 1"x2" chip missing from lower corner of front cover. 2" closed tear on front cover, repaired with tape on the inside. Repaired with tape on top corner of front cover. Edges are worn. Otherwise, clean and unmarked. 923 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing with number line '123456789', and stated 'First Plume (Omnibus) Printing, October, 1985', a very good condition example with minor corner creasing, a bit of edge discoloration, NO interior markings what-so-ever. Black, gilt and silver titled wrappers. NOTE: The beginning of each chapter/Title shows an illustration of the original PB book front cover, all of these are very scarce indeed!

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated "First Plume (Omnibus) Printing, October, 1985. Softcover. Complete number line reading 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. The extremities show some wear\creasing, fore-edges lightly soiled, else clean and unmarked internally. A previous owner name, address and date on title page. A Very Good copy. ROBUST SHIPPING.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A Near Fine copy in the softcover edition of The Bachman Books. Stated "First Signet (Omnibus) Printing, November, 1986" with number line reading 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Only light wear, NO internal marks or names, spine with faint crease only. A touch of wear to tips of cover pages. Feels unread. Includes Rage, The Long Walk, Roadwork, The Running Man. With an Introduction, "Why I Was Bachman." A very nice copy indeed. ROBUST SHIPPING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First (Omnibus) printing October 1985 stated with 4 5 6 7 8 9 to number line. 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 Book; binding firm with near fine gilt titles to spine, mild soil spot to bottom front edge else boards straight and clean; mild toning and soiling to edges with name in blue pen and few soil spots to front free end page, appears gently read. Price clipped dust jacket has mild to moderate bumping and chipping with small paper loss to mostly spine and flap fold ends and 1 1/2" crease to front flap. Color sharp with minor and mild gilt loss to front cover titles. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. True FIRST EDITION.Advance Reading Copy. October 31, 1985. Near Fine softcover book. Bright clean tight square. No creases. Very slight darkened spots to bottom edge of book (half inch by quarter inch and smaller at corners) and one inch closed tear at bottom of spine . Shelf 1073. We ship within one business day of receiving your order. Boards and spine are straight // Binding is tight.//Pages are clean, legible, and bright // No writing in the book margins or blank spaces // No highlighting// No foxing// Not remainder marked // Not Ex Library// Not a Book Club.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London, New English Library / NEL, 1980-1983. First edition, first impression. Paperback. A very good set. The complete run of early Bachman books. Increasingly difficult to find, these are the UK first editions. Rage was published first in the US in 1977, but in the UK Roadwork was published first, in 1980, with the other three coming in 1983. Some general edge wear to all volumes, spine on Long Walk a little creased, moreso on Roadwork and Running Man. Blocks tanned. Roadwork is water stained. Rage is the best of the four. [11384, Hyraxia Books]. 1980-1983.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight carefully read copy. This copy has some light tanning/soil to the edges of the text block and the erasure of a price to the ffep else fine. The19.95 priced jacket has some lightish rubbing wear, some edge wear, bit of chipping to the area at the top and heel of the spine. It has been awhile since I have had one of these in stock especially in a First Printing of the First Omnibus Edition, the true hardcover first. Kind of a rare bird. A compilation edition of the first four Bachman Books which were originally published as PBOs with an introduction by King "Why I was Bachman". Damn nice copy with a so-so jacket. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. I do not upload pictures of my books but if it is pictures that you need they are only an email request away. The picture shown with my listing was supplied by the listing website. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, Second printing (states First Printing but number line starts at "2"). Near Fine in VG jacket; slight edge-wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The dust-jacket has some tears as seen but is holding together well. Book with full numberline 10-1. Original dust-jacket with 19.95us price +25.95 canadian price. The book has small dust-stains and minor scratchmarks on boards but is in very good condition. Fresh inside.

Octavo, cloth backed boards. Collects RAGE, THE LONG WALK, ROADWORK and THE RUNNING MAN with new introduction, "Why I Was Bachman," by King. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the corner tips and a touch of shelf wear to the spine ends. An excellent copy. (27616) First combined (and first hardcover) edition.

First U.K. Editions. First Impressions. Four octavo volumes (18cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [x],211,[3]; [8],9-253,[3]; [viii],273,[7]; [iv],219,[1]pp. Rage and Roadwork are Fine, sharp-cornered, and with creamy, supple pages; The Long Walk shows light wear to extremities, with a hint of tanning to text edges, else Near Fine; The Running Man shows some mild surface wear, rubbing to joints and extremities, a few vertical stress creases to spine, with the verso of the front wrapper showing a slightly abraded rubber-stamp and ink price of a Birmingham book shop; Very Good. An attractive set of the first four books written under King's Richard Bachman pseudonym, originally issued as paperback originals by Signet between 1977-1982. With exception to Rage, nice copies of the UK editions appear with less frequency than their American counterparts. Brooks A5.2, A9.2, A11.2, A15.2.

OCT first edition. fine book, near fine jacket, some rubbing, bumping; THE RAGE, THE LONG WALK, ROADWORK, THE RUNNING MAN.