King, Stephen (1978) ‘The Stand’, US signed and inscribed first edition

Stephen King (1978) ‘The Stand‘, US first edition, first printing, published by Doubleday. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: “For Jim – with best wishes,  Stephen King. 1/11/94” .

Condition: a fine unread book in a near fine dust jacket. There are no previous owners’ scribbles, no names, no stamps. The boards are square and clean. The cloth spine is free of rubbing and the lettering vibrant. The page block is clean. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped, clean, with minuscule edge wear  A beautiful copy of a landmark King book.

One of 70,000 copies printed with all first issue points present: ‘First Edition’ statement on the copyright page and T39 gutter code in the margins of the last page. The dust jacket is correctly priced at USD 12.95.

Adapted as a TV-series in 1994, and once more in 2019/20. Considered by many King fans as his best novel. Gained almost prophetic qualities following the Covid-19 pandemic.