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Carrie; Salems Lot; The Shining/ Stephen King / Three Complete Novels
by King, Stephen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0517219026
- ISBN 13
- 9780517219027
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Wings, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Carrie / Salem's Lot / The Shining New York: Wings Books [Random House], 2002. First Edition and First Printing thus (of this collection), with a number line starting with "1" (unusual for a Random House affiliate). Octavo, 1,096 pp. Red cloth boards, silver imprinting. Pictorial jacket, art by Tim Jacobus. Very Good Plus, really very close to Near Fine, for jacket and book. Jacket, which is not clipped, shows small scale curling at top; the book has trace dust on top page edges. Does not appear to have been read. A first printing and first edition of this Wings Books collection of King's first three novels. Handsome condition which many graders would call near fine, as well they might. Hefty; extra shipping may apply to some addresses. L41n
Synopsis
First published in 1974, Carrie was Stephen King's first published novel. This dark tale introduces the reader to Carrie White, a social outcast in her highschool, menaced by bullies while at school, and her religious nut of a mother at home. Carrie gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers, and woe to her tormentors...
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Reviews
On Dec 27 2021, a reader said:
This book is a short one and a good one. Super quick read with all my favorite King-isms. It's amazing that it's his first. I'd recommend it to anyone for a heartbreaking snow day read -- once you've finished the Shining and Misery, of course.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001251
- Title
- Carrie; Salems Lot; The Shining/ Stephen King / Three Complete Novels
- Author
- King, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0517219026
- ISBN 13
- 9780517219027
- Publisher
- Wings
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 1096
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Classics, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern and Hypermodern Fiction; Fantasy and Horror;
Terms of Sale
Singularity Rare & Fine
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About the Seller
Singularity Rare & Fine
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Baldwinsville, New York
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- Edges
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