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KING, Stephen (b. 1947). The Shining. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1977.
8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth-backed boards (light spotting to endpapers) in unrestored dust jacket (light spotting to dust jacket). Provenance: "Marvin" (presentation inscription).
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY KING. FIRST ISSUE, with publisher's code R49 in gutter of p.447. King's third published novel, The Shining, helped establish his reputation as a horror writer. Looking for a change from his native Maine, King and his wife went to Colorado, where they checked in to the Overlook Hotel on 30 October 1974; the hotel was preparing to close for the season, and they were the only guests that night. King later recalled: "It was like God had put me there to hear that and see those things. And by the time I went to bed that night, I had the whole book in my mind." Collings A19.
8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth-backed boards (light spotting to endpapers) in unrestored dust jacket (light spotting to dust jacket). Provenance: "Marvin" (presentation inscription).
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY KING. FIRST ISSUE, with publisher's code R49 in gutter of p.447. King's third published novel, The Shining, helped establish his reputation as a horror writer. Looking for a change from his native Maine, King and his wife went to Colorado, where they checked in to the Overlook Hotel on 30 October 1974; the hotel was preparing to close for the season, and they were the only guests that night. King later recalled: "It was like God had put me there to hear that and see those things. And by the time I went to bed that night, I had the whole book in my mind." Collings A19.
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KING, Stephen (b. 1947). The Shining. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1977.
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