Desperation Stephen King Viking Supernatural Horror Nevada Desert 1996 HCDJ 1st

by Stephen King

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First edition

CONDITION: Fine in Fine dust jacket. First Edition. 1996. Viking, NY. Hardcover. (photos taken with protective cover, any scratches are to mylar, jacket is unmarred). Dust jacket unclipped, $27.95. Jacket art by Mark Ryden. Lovely, minimal wear. Quarter tan cloth spine over turquoise blue paper boards; debossed SK monogram to front cover. Unmarked. 690 pp. 6.25x9.5". Stephen King's supernatural horror novel set along Nevada's Highway 50, released simultaneously w/ companion novel The Regulators under the Richard Bachman pseudonym. Ships in box from the USA, quickly & w/care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: Published in 1996 by Viking, Desperation is a major work of modern apocalyptic horror by Stephen King, exploring themes of spiritual faith, cosmic malice, and survival along a desolate stretch of Nevada's Highway 50. The narrative follows an ensemble of unsuspecting travelers abducted by a rogue lawman possessed by Tak, an ancient subterranean entity unleashed from an abandoned mining pit. Trapped within the dying desert town of Desperation, the survivors, guided by the spiritual conviction of young David Carver, navigate a harrowing struggle against a force that controls the native desert fauna and corrupts its human hosts. Presented in a quarter-bound tan cloth spine over turquoise paper-covered boards, the volume carries front cover debossing with Stephen Kin

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Year: 1996
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780670868360
• Condition: Fine

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