Stephen King's First Published Work - SIGNED and INSCRIBED by King - The Glass Floor

by Startling Mystery Stories (Fall No. 6, 1967) - Acme Publishers

$20,552 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · Signed

USA: Acme (Startling Mystery Stories), 1967. KING, Stephen. The Glass Floor , in Startling Mystery Stories , Fall No. 6. New York: ACME, 1967. Octavo pulp magazine, original pictorial wrappers (measuring 18cm x 13.2cm) - in very good rubbed condition with a small 1967 date to the front panel; signed and inscribed by the author in blue ink on the opening page of his story, To Debi, All best, Stephen King, 7/25/82 . The first commercial Stephen King appearance, featuring the first published of his short stories, originally written while still a student and preceding his breakthrough novel Carrie (1974). The Glass Floor represents an important formative work, illustrating themes and narrative techniques that would later come to define King s career. Copies of this fragile pulp magazine seldom survive in collectible condition, having been produced as ephemeral reading material. The present example is further distinguished by King s signature and dated inscription from 1982, a period during which he had already achieved international recognition, lending an added layer of historical interest. A scarce and evocative item, combining an early appearance in a now-elusive pulp publication with a contemporary authorial inscription, and the holy grail of the most influential writers of modern fiction.

• Publisher: Acme (Startling Mystery Stories)
• Year: 1967
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: unknown

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