Shining Signed Inscribed Dated by King Stephen (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Doubleday, Garden City, New York. 1977. 447 pages. First edition stated, first printing. Signed, inscribed, and dated by Stephen King, directly to the front endpaper, To __, Best Wishes.and Shine on! Stephen King 7/17/96. Requisite printer's code of R49, printed in the gutter of page 447. Original dust jacket with requisite T.S. initials (The Shining) printed above the $8.95 price. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Mustard paper-covered boards quarter bound in black cloth with title stamped in gold on spine. Flaws limited to minimal light shelf-rubbing, and a small space at crown. Dust jacket shows a tiny edge chip on rear shoulder, rear heel, and one tiny closed edge tear. With only 25,000 copies printed in the first printing, and most being remaindered, which this is not, these first printings are scarce. And considering Mr. King no longer signs his backlog, The Shining is arguably, the most elusive signed first edition, first printing, in Mr. King's impressive canon. A plum for any serious collector. VG+/VG+. Signed by Author(s).…