Moth (The Dark Man, etc.)

by Stephen King, Tabitha Spruce

$27,495 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · Signed

The Blanket Conspiracy, 1970. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. ***THIS IS THE RAREST OF STEPHEN KING BOOK PUBLICATIONS*** Signed by both Stephen King and fellow Maine author Sanford Phippen (who previously owned this book). CONDITON: VG+. ONE OF ONLY A FEW SIGNED COPIES KNOWN AND ONLY A FEW DOZEN KNOWN UNSIGNED COPIES. Only three copies can be found at institutions by WorldCat. PROVENANCE This copy was once owned by author Sanford Phippen who, like King, is a graduate of the University of Maine and fellow Maine-based published author. He has signed the book on the inside front cover. RARITY I have sold Stephen King books for over a decade. I have sold some of the rarest of King's works. This is rarer than The Plant (signed copies sell between $20k-30k), lettered limited edition sets, and even a signed copy of Rage (sells for up to $30k). There are only five or six known unclipped TRUE first state dust jackets of Salem's Lot and they used to sell with first edition copies for $40,000 - $50,000 TEN YEARS AGO before King's book prices skyrocketed in value and before being snatched up and hoarded away by prominent King collectors. A signed copy of Moth is *possibly* just as rare or even rarer than these legendary unclipped true first state Salem Lot copies! Keep in mind, Stephen King no longer signs his older work. There are only a few known signed copies that have come to market, and perhaps a few more unknown signed copies being hoarded away by top King collectors - whose co

• Publisher: The Blanket Conspiracy
• Year: 1970
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: first
• Binding: unknown

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