Stephen King
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According to the writer’s blurb in The Spirit of Writing (below), Stephen King’s books have sold over 100 million copies. A recent study from Popular Press (The Gothic World of Stephen King), states that his popularity “lies in his ability to reinterpret the standard Gothic tale in new and exciting ways.” But King also writes about the “little murders” — the insults and indignities — that occur in everyday life, translating them (as we sometimes do when they happen to us) into a melodramatic netherworld of the horrific and bizarre. Anyone who went to public high school in a small town can identify with Carrie’s sense of powerlessness in trying to deal with her weird mother and who, faced with rude drivers and road rage, wouldn’t just love to have a car like Christine? King has become Everyman’s Walter Mitty, and his books represent a welcome outlet for our anxieties and frustrations in coping with an unstable world.
Some books and tapes by & about Stephen King:
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Signed Books:
8410 King, Stephen Desperation Traycased Edn. Don Maitz Donald M. Grant 1996 Hardcover First Edition Black leather binding in black leather-lidded box lined with red felt. Red foil titles and scorpion design, pictorial endpapers. No DJ as issued. Signed, numbered edition in traycase. Pub's errata slip laid in. Of 2,000 numbered copies, this is #1216. Signed by both Stephen King and Don Maitz. As new in pub's shrinkwrap. 524 pp. $850 Buy Now!
8412 King, Stephen Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass, Vols 1 and 2 Dave McKean Donald M. Grant 1997 Hardcover First Edition First printing. Two volumes in DJs in slipcase. Signed by both author and illustrator. Limited to 1250 signed and numbered copies, of which this is #1148. As new in pub's shrinkwrap. RARE. $1850 Buy Now!
Other Books:
8503 Bachman, Richard (Stephen King) The Regulators E.P. Dutton 1996 Soft Cover First Edition Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman. FIRST STATE uncorrected proof. Generally subject to rubbing because of the photostated cover, this copy near fine with only a bit of rubbing to folds. First state copies have misordered content on pp. 468-469. This error was corrected in the second state proof and the endmatter pagination was removed. Unread, near new. 474 pp. $450 Buy Now!
2203 King, Stephen On Writing Viking Press 2000 Hardcover First Edition Second printing. Unread, as new in like DJ. 288 pp. $15 Buy Now!
2204 King, Stephen On Writing Viking Press 2000 Soft Cover First Edition Advance Reader's Copy. As new. 288 pp. $30 Buy Now!
4493 King, Stephen The Green Mile: Coffey's Hands New Amer Library 1996 Mass Market Paperback First Printing Part 3 of the serial thriller. Unread, as new with some aging to paper. 90 pp. $10 Buy Now!
4494 King, Stephen Dark Tower II: the Drawing of the Three Phil Hale Donald M. Grant 1985 Hardcover First Edition First edition, first printing. Black cloth binding, copper gilt titles. Color plate illustrations, B&W illustrated endpapers. Unread, near new with tiny spot to top edge. DJ near fine with a couple of scratches. With pub's order form laid in. 400 pp. $165 Buy Now!
4495 King, Stephen The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower) Michael Whelan New Amer Library 1988 Trade Paperback First Printing Color plate illustrations by Whelan. Unread copy with some aging to paper, spotting to edges and a slight bump to top corner at foreedge. $12 Buy Now!
4496 King, Stephen Night Shift Doubleday 1978 Hardcover Book Club Edition Tan binding, black titles. Intro by John D. MacDonald. Near fine in very good DJ with some aging at edges. 336 pp. $35 Buy Now!
4619 King, Stephen The Long Walk Signet 1999 Mass Market Paperback Fifth Printing With an introduction by the author, "The Importance of Being Bachman." Unread, near fine copy with slight aging to paper. 370 pp. $15 Buy Now!
6040 King, Stephen Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands Ned Dameron Donald M. Grant 1991 Hardcover First Edition First edition, first printing. Red cloth, black titles, decorative endpapers. Color plate illustrations on coated paper. Book unread, near fine. DJ has shelfwear to edges, one 1/2" tear to back panel. 512 pp. $125 Buy Now!
7060 King, Stephen Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing Book of the Month Club 2000 Hardcover BOMC Edition Originally published as a BOMC edition. With an Introduction by Peter Straub. Fine, unread copy in like DJ in Mylar. 433 pp. $75 Buy Now!
7859 King, Stephen The Green Mile, Part 4: The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix Signet /NAL 1996 Mass Market Paperback First Edition First Signet printing. Unread, near-fine copy with aging to paper. 90 pp. $20 Buy Now!
7860 King, Stephen The Green Mile, Part 2: The Mouse on the Mile Signet / NAL 1996 Mass Market Paperback First Edition First Signet printing. Unread, near fine with aging to paper. 92 pp. $15 Buy Now!
7861 King, Stephen The Green Mile, Part 1: The Two Dead Girls Signet / NAL 1996 Mass Market Paperback First Edition First Signet printing. Near fine, unread copy with some aging to paper. 92 pp. $15 Buy Now!
7862 King, Stephen The Green Mile, Part 6: Coffey on the Mile Signet / NAL 1996 Mass Market Paperback First Edition First Signet printing. A near-fine, unread copy with aging to paper. 138 pp. $20 Buy Now!
7863 King, Stephen The Green Mile, Part 5: The Night Journey Signet/ NAL 1996 Mass Market Paperback First Edition First Signet printing. Unread, near fine with aging to paper. 90 pp. $25 Buy Now!
8411 King, Stephen Desperation Gift Edn. Don Maitz Donald M. Grant 1996 Hardcover First Edition Limited Gift Edition of 4,000 copies. First printing thus. Maroon binding, gilt titles. Precedes the Viking edition. Illustrated by Don Maitz. Book in DJ in faux leather slipcase. As new in pub's shrinkwrap. 525 pp. $145 Buy Now!
8413 King, Stephen Gerald's Game Viking Press 1992 Hardcover First Edition Black cloth, red/gilt titles. In cardboard slipcase; no DJ as issued. True first edition. Special limited edition of 2,000 distributed at the 1992 A.B.A convention and intended as an appreciation to booksellers from the author and publisher. Handwritten letter to booksellers from King printed on ffep. Fine in fine slipcase. 332 pp. $245 Buy Now!
8414 King, Stephen Dark Tower II the Drawing of the Three Phil Hale Donald M Grant 1985 Hardcover First Edition First edition, first printing. Black cloth binding with gilt titles to spine. As new in pub's shrinkwrap. 399 pp. $175 Buy Now!
8449 King, Stephen The Green Mile: A Novel in Six Parts Plume 1997 Soft Cover First Edition The complete serial novel in one trade paperback volume in slipcase. With a new introduction by the author. First printing thus. Near fine copy in fine slipcase. 464 pp. $25 Buy Now!
8502 King, Stephen Dolores Claiborne Viking Press 1992 Soft Cover First Edition Uncorrected proof. Correction label pasted over original pub date on ffep. Unread & fine in printed cream-colored wraps.303 pp. $165 Buy Now!
8505 King, Stephen Desperation Viking Press 1996 Soft Cover First Edition Unrevised unpublished proofs. With King's first name misspelled on cr page. Unread, near fine in printed white wraps. 688 pp. $275 Buy Now!
8871 King, Stephen Before the Play (TV Guide 05/02/97) TV Guide 1997 Soft Cover First Edition Special Stephen King Issue: Illustrated (cover & article) by Berni Wrightson. This special (localized) collector's edition of TV Guide contains an article on the TV remake of The Shining and the King story Before the Play, originally published in Whispers Magazine. Also includes an introduction by Stephen King and a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of The Shining. A near-new, unread copy with a small closed tear to back cover at top of binding edge. 225 pp. $100 Buy Now!
8907 King, Stephen The Stand Doubleday & Co. 1978 Hardcover First Edition Black cloth spine over mustard boards, gilt titles. Stated first edition with T-39 code to p. 823. Book near fine despite poor production and clumsy binding. DJ very good minus with large wrinkle-tear to head of spine, split/taped at front flap fold, other minor edgewear. Price of $12.95 intact. 823 pp. $475 Buy Now!
8998 King, Stephen The Dark Tower Series: The Gunslinger, Drawing of the Three, the Waste Lands Michael Whelan Plume 1992 Soft Cover First Thus Three trade paperback volumes in slipcase. Vols. 1-3 of the Dark Tower series. Illustrated by Michael Whelan. Unknown printing. Unread, as new, in pub's shrinkwrap. 224, 422 & 399 pp. $60 Buy Now!
9084 King, Stephen One Past Midnight: The Langoliers Highbridge Co 1990 Audio Book (Cassette) Six cassettes, 8 hr 41 min running time. Complete and unabridged. Read by Willem Dafoe. Very good with shelfwear to box. $35 Buy Now!
9192 King, Stephen The Eyes of the Dragon David Palladini Viking Press 1987 Hardcover First Edition First printing. Ivory cloth spine, green boards, green/gilt titles & dragon stamp to front board. B&W drawings by Palladini. Book unread, near fine with sticker mark to ffep, remainder dot to bottom edge. DJ very good plus with slight edgewear, one 1/8" tear at top edge back panel. 326 pp. $30 Buy Now!
9443 King, Stephen From a Buick 8: A Novel Scribner 2002 Hardcover First Edition First printing. A fine copy in like DJ. Advertising poster replicating DJ illustration laid in. 356 pp. $35 Buy Now!
9450 King, Stephen Pet Sematary Doubleday 1993 Hardcover First Edition First printing. Black cloth binding, gilt titles. A fine copy in like DJ in Mylar. 373 pp. $75 Buy Now!
9457 King, Stephen Insomnia Viking Press 1994 Hardcover First Edition First printing. White cloth spine over grey boards, copper gilt titles. Book near fine with rubbing to title block at spine and a soil mark at bottom foreedge from pages scraping the shelf (because of book's length). DJ also very good with slight rubbing. 787 pp. $30 Buy Now!
9461 King, Stephen It Penguin Group USA 1986 Hardcover First Edition Black cloth spine, black boards, red gilt titles. First edition (FP). Book very good minus. Although it does not look read, it has several small bumps/rakes at foreedge with consequently edge-curled pages. DJ (now in Mylar) is likewise VG-, with rubbing, wrinkles to lamination and overall wear. 1138 pp. $40 Buy Now!
9540 King, Stephen, Ed. The Best American Short Stories 2007 Houghton Mifflin 2007 Hardcover First Edition First printing. Blue textured paper binding, gilt titles. An eclectic selection by King, including: Richard Russo, T.C. Boyle, Ann Beattie, John Barth, Mary Gordon, Joseph Epstein, Louis Auchincloss, Alice Munro and Lauren Groff. Includes Contributors' Notes, addresses of literary magazines in N. America, list of 100 other distinguished stories of 2006. Fine in like DJ. Rare in hardcover. 428 pp. $75 Buy Now!
Audiotapes:
4725 King, Stephen Blood and Smoke Simon & Schuster Audioworks 2000 Audio Book (Cassette) Three short stories, available only as an audiobook. Three cassettes, 3.5 hours time. Read by the author. As new, still in shrinkwrap. $35 Buy Now!
4762 King, Stephen Dolores Claiborne Penguin/Highbridge 1992 Audio Book (Cassette) Six cassettes, 9+ hours playing time. Read by Frances Sternhagen (Equus, Little Murders, On Golden Pond). Very good with slight shelfwear to box. Becoming rare. $55 Buy Now!
4956 King, Stephen The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower, Book One New Amer Library Audio 1988 Audio Book (Cassette) Four cassettes, 6 hrs. 16 min playing time. Read by the author. Unabridged. Very good with some shelfwear & sliight bump to corner of box. $45 Buy Now!
5065 King, Stephen Skeleton Crew: The Monkey Warner Audio 1986 Audio Book (Cassette) One cassette, 100 min. playing time. Read by the author. Very good in packaging. $55 Buy Now!
7766 King, Stephen The Green Mile 3: Coffey's Hands Penguin Audiobooks 1996 Audio Book (Cassette) Two cassettes, 3 hours running time. Read by Frnak Muller. Very good: shrinkwrap has been removed but looks like box unopened. $35 Buy Now!
8147 King, Stephen The Mist: In 3 D Sound, Abridged Simon & Schuster Audioworks 1986 Audio Book (Cassette) One cassette, 80 minutes running time. Abridged. Very good with slight shelfwear to box. $20 Buy Now!
Critical Studies:
7832 Platt, Charles, Ed. Dream Makers Volume II: The Uncommon Men & Women Who Write Science Ficiton Berkley Books 1983 Soft Cover First Edition First printing. A collection of interviews with such notables as: Harry Harrison, William S. Burroughs, Joanna Russ, Kit Reed, Stephen King, James Tiptree, Jr., Janet Morris, Fritz Leiber, Keith Laumer, Joe Haldeman, L. Ron Hubbard, Poul Anderson, Andre Norton, Jerry Pournelle, Arthur C. Clarke, Edward L. Ferman, Larry Niven, others. Near fine unread copy with some aging to paper. 300 pp. $45 Buy Now!
2250 Underwood, Tim and Chuck Miller, eds Fear Itself: The Early Works of Stephen King Underwood/Miller 1993 Soft Cover First Edition First pb printing. Contributions by Fritz Leiber, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, George Romero, Charles Grant and others. As new; minor shelfwear to cover. 239 pp. $15 Buy Now!
Magazines/Anthologies including:
8796 Blaine, Michael, Ed. The Twilight Zone Vol 5 No 6 TZ Publicatins 1986 Soft Cover February 1986. Special issue: Stephen King, including story The Fifth Quarter, interview by Douglas E. Winter, commentary on King's direction of Overdrive and Douglas E. Winter on Collecting King. Also: fiction by F. Paul Wilson, Patricia Stoll, Jeffrey Whitmore, Peter Heyrman, Richard Partlow, A.R. Morlan and Larry Tritten. Very good with 1" tear to cover at bottom of binding edge. 102pp. $35 Buy Now!
9506 Carr, Terry, Ed. Fantasy Annual IV Pocket Books 1981 Mass Market Paperback First Edition First printing. Contains the story "The Monkey" by Stephen King, as well as fiction by Suzy McKee Charnas, Richard Cowper, Thomas M. Disch, Mary C. Pangborn, Robert Aickman, others. Very good plus with aging to paper, light hinge crease to front cover, edgewear, rubbing. 341 pp. $25 Buy Now!
4701 Datlow, Ellen; Windling, Terri The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection St Martins Pr 1999 Soft Cover First Printing Includes A.S. Byatt, Charles de Lint, Karen Joy Fowler, Neil Gaiman, Lisa Goldstein, Stephen King, Ellen Kushner, Patricia A. McKillip, Steven Millhauser, Michael Marshall Smith, Peter Straub, Jane Yolen and many others. Near new with minor shelfwear. 496 pp. $15 Buy Now!
4345 Ferman, Edward L., Ed. Fantasy & Science Fiction Mercury Press 1990 Soft Cover December 1990. Special Stephen King Issue with two stories: The Bear & The Moving Finger. Also contains King bibliography, short fiction by S. Newman, Paul Di Philipo, Ronald Anthony Cross and Stephen Kraus. Has been well cared for: Looks virtually new, unread & unaged. 160 pp. $45 Buy Now!
6987 Halpern, Daniel, ed. Antaeus: The Final Issue 75/76 Antaeus 1994 Soft Cover Featuring new work by Stephen King (Blind Willie), Nadine Gordimer, Joyce Carol Oates, Edward Gorey (Serious Life). Also, excerpts from the pre-election notebook of Bill Clinton, an open letter from Paul Bowles, the unpublished opening of The Sun Also Rises, fiction and poetry by most of the notable writers of our time. Unread, near new with a remainder mark to bottom edge. 409 pp. $55 Buy Now!
8777 King, Tappan, Ed The Twilight Zone Vol 6 No 5 TZ Publications 1986 Soft Cover December 1986. In this issue: interviews with Stephen King, Dean R. Koontz; fiction by Koontz (The Black Pumpkin), Rinaldi, Schow, Sheffield, others; TZ teleplay Her Pilgrim Soul. Very good plus copy. 102 pp. $25 Buy Now!
7564 Klein, T.E.D., Ed. The Twilight Zone Magazine Premiere Issue TZ Publications 1981 Soft Cover First Edition In this issue: Interview with Stephen King by Charles L. Grant, original stories by Harlan Ellison, Robert Sheckley, Joyce Carol Oates, George R. R. Martin, Ramsey Campbell, Felice Picano and Ron Goulart. Also: Gahan Wilson On Films and Theodore Sturgeon on Books. Cover art by Jim Warren. Additional illustrations by Gahan Wilson. Near fine with slight rippling to back cover, minor shelfwear. 106 pp. $75 Buy Now!
7895 Klein, T.E.D., Ed. The Twilight Zone Vol 2 No 4 TZ Publications 1982 Soft Cover First Edition July 1982. In this issue: fiction by Robertson Davies, Joe R. Landsale, Robert Silverberg, Joan Aiken, others. Interview with Robertson Davies, film review by Stephen King. Very good with aging to paper. 102 pp. $15 Buy Now!
8455 Klein, T.E.D., Ed. The Twilight Zone June 1981 TZ Publications 1981 Soft Cover In this issue: Stephen King's "The Jaunt" (original publication). Also: Interview with Robert Bloch about Psycho sequel, Rod Serling's TZ script "The After Hours," 2 supernatural tales by Anthony Boucher and other fiction by Phylklis Eisenstein, Mary Kittredge, Peter St. Alterman, Alan Ryan and others. Very good with some spotting to paper at edges, shelfwear to cover. 104 pp. $25 Buy Now!
8872 TV Guide TV Guide ("Solutions" 08/30/86) TV Guide 1986 Soft Cover First Edition In this issue: "Help for Dallas: Exploring the Mystery of Bobby's Return" with an article titled "Solutions" from various writers, including Judith Krantz, Stephen King, Erich Segal, George Plympton and Roy Blount, Jr. Also, article on the emergence of TV personality Oprah Winfrey. A fine copy. Rare. 40 pp + listings $35 Buy Now!
7760 Van Hise, James, Ed/Pub Midnight Graffiti Dark Fantasy James Van Hise 1989 Soft Cover First Edition Special Stephen King issue, containing the story The Rainy Season and a review of then-current King titles. Also, fiction by Rex Miller, Cliff Burns. Fine copy with slight bump to bottom edge. 80 pp. $40 Buy Now!
2278 Waldman, Mark, ed. The Spirit of Writing: Classic and Contemporary Essays Celebrating the Writing Life G. P. Putnams' Sons 2001 Soft Cover First Edition Uncorrected proof. Contributions by Annie Dillard, Stephen King, Henry Miller, Sylvia Plath, Robert Pinsky, others. As new. 309 pp. $20 Buy Now!
8451 Wiater, Stanley Dark Dreamers: Conversations With the Masters of Horror Avon Books 1990 Soft Cover First Edition First pb printing. Interviews with Clive Barker, Robet Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, Charles L. Grant, James Herbert, Stephen King, Dean R. Koontz, Joe R. Lansdale, Graham Masterton, Richard Matheson, Anne Rice, Gahan Wilson, Whitley Streiber, Peter Straub, others. Very good unread copy with some shelfwear. 227 pp. $20 Buy Now!