Bag of Bones: A Novel [Signed]

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1998. First printing; full numberline beginning w/1. Stated: "First Published in Great Britain in 1998 by Hodder & Stoughton." Beautifully signed with bold underscore by Stephen King at title page: "Stephen King". Very attractive. Includes original Waterstone's bookstore ticket for Writers at Waterstone's signing event; numbered and dated in hand: "67" and "25/8/98." Blue boards, bold gilt spine titles, light shelf wear. Pages near fine, clean. White pictorial dust wrapper, near fine; unclipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Dramatic jacket design with profile of screaming woman with lake cabin in background. Back flap features laid back author's photo in brown bomber by Virginia Sherwood; back panel repeats vignette motif of small cabin on lake. Rare near fine signed British first edition in same wrapper. A haunted love story set in the Maine territory King has made mythic, 'Bag of Bones' recounts the plight of forty-year-old bestselling novelist Mike Noonan. He cannot stop grieving even four years after the sudden death of his wife and no longer can face the bland screen of his word processor. Now his nights are suddenly plagued by vivid nightmares of the cabin by the lake. Despite, or perhaps because of, Mike returns to the Noonan's isolated summer home in Sara Laughs. He finds the town familiar on the surface, but much changed underneath. The town is held in the grip of a powerful magnate, Max Devore, who twists the very fabric of the community for his purpose: to take his three-year-old granddaughter away from her widowed young mother. As Mike is drawn into the struggle, he falls in love with both of them and begins to rediscover his creative juice. All the while being further drawn into the ghostly visitations of Sara Laughs and his escalating nightmares! Printed and Bound in Great Britain by Mackay's of Chatham. 529 pages. Insured post. Combining elements from THE SHINING and REBECCA, BAG OF BONES is at once a first-rate suspense novel, a legal thriller, a haunted house story and a love story - it is King at his most accessible and compelling.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.