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Misery Stephen King 1st Edition 1987 HCDJ Horror Viking Vintage LN Mylar

by Stephen King

£69 · Offered by eBay · No longer available

First edition

​Collector Features & Identification ​◦ Author: Stephen King ◦ Cover Artist: Bob Giusti ◦ Book Series: Standalone (Castle Rock / Derry Universe) ◦ Publisher & Year: Viking (1986) ◦ Format: Hardcover with Dust Jacket (Trade Edition) ◦ Edition: 6th Printing (Early Print / Reader Copy) ​◦ Identification: This is a verified, early 6th printing of Stephen King's massive horror epic, It. The volume is bound in black boards featuring a bright red "SK" monogram stamped on the front cover, with a black quarter-cloth binding. The spine features red lettering denoting "Stephen King," "It," and "Viking." Features standard gray paste-downs and endpapers. ​◦ A Note on Edition: Please note that while this presents beautifully on a shelf, the copyright page explicitly marks this as a 6th printing. It is being priced and sold as an excellent, highly preserved "Reader Copy" rather than a true First Edition collector's premium. ​◦ Genre: Horror, Supernatural Thriller, Coming-of-Age ​◦ Topics: • Pennywise the Dancing Clown • The Losers Club • Derry, Maine • The Macroverse and Maturin • Childhood Trauma • Shapeshifting Entities ​◦ Exact Page Count: • It: 1,138 Pages ​About the Book (Synopsis) ​Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry, the haunting is real. Seven teenagers, known affectionately as the Losers Club, first stumbled upon the horror in the summer of 1958. They faced a shapeshifting, ancient evil that hunted from the

  • Publisher: Viking
  • Year: 1987
  • Condition: Fine

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