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The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)
by Stephen King
- Used
- hardcover
- Condition
- Collectible - Good
- ISBN 10
- 093798650X
- ISBN 13
- 9780937986509
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Frederick, Maryland
Item Price:
£2,096.48
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About This Item
Donald m Grant Pub Inc. Collectible - Good. West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1982. The Dark Tower, Book 1. 1st edition. Sm 4to hardcover. Terra cotta colored cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, pictorial endpapers and dust jacket. 224pp. Illustrations, 5 full-page and in color, by Michael Whelan. Near Very Good book and Near Good dust jacket. A 2.5"x .25" dampstain to the lower rear joint, and a dime-sized stain and pencil eraser-sized stain to the bottom edge of the text block next to the spine foot. Otherwise Very Good with a very lightly toned interior. A portion of the dust jacket that corresponds with the book's lower joint stain has been neatly excised. Otherwise the dust jacket is Very Good with very minor shelf wear. In protective mylar cover. The Gunslinger is a dark-fantasy "fix-up" novel inspired by Robert Browning's poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" which joins five short stories published between 1978 and 1981. (Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Gunfighters, Roland Deschain of Gilead) Inquire if you need further information.
Synopsis
A lavishly funded, security-conscious nanotechnology institute in the foothills of the Rockies, Nano is ahead of the curve in the competitive world of molecular manufacturing, including the construction of microbivores, tiny nanorobots with the ability to gobble up viruses and bacteria. But when Pia Grazdani takes a job there, she’s shocked by the secretive corporate culture. She’s warned by her boss not to investigate the other work being done at the gigantic facility, nor to ask questions about the source of the seemingly endless capital that funds the institute’s research. And when Pia encounters a fellow employee on a corporate jogging path suffering the effects of a seizure, she soon realizes she may have literally stumbled upon Nano’s human guinea pigs. Is the tech giant on the cusp of one of the biggest medical discoveries of the twenty-first century—a treatment option for millions—or have they already sold out to the highest bidder?
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Details
- book dealer
- Wonder Book
(US)
- Bookseller’s Inventory #
- MA05A-09060
- Title
- The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)
- Author
- Stephen King
- Book condition
- second hand - Collectible - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 093798650X
- ISBN 13
- 9780937986509
- Publisher
- Donald m Grant Pub Inc
- Place of Publication
- West Kingston, Ri
- This edition first published
- 1982
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With 3 stores less than 1 hour outside the DC/Metropolitan area (1 in Gaithersburg, 1 in Frederick and 1 in Hagerstown, MD), we have the largest selection of books in the tri-state area. Wonder Book and Video has been in business since 1980 and online since 1997. We have over 1 Million books for sale on our website and another 1 Million books for sale in our 3 locations. We have a very active online inventory and as such, we can receive multiple orders for the same item. We fill those orders on a first come first serve basis, but will refund promptly any items that are out of stock. Since 1980 it has always been about the books. ALL kinds of books from 95 cent children\'s paperbacks to five figure rare and collectibles. A merging of the old and new is where we started, and it is where we are today. Our retail stores have always been places where a reader can rush in looking for a title needed for a term paper that is due the next day, or where bibliophiles can get lost \"in the stacks\" for as long as they wish. In 2002 USAToday recognized us as \"1 of 10 Great Old Bookstores\", and we have been featured in numerous other newspaper and TV stories including Washington Post and CSpan.
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