Misery - by Stephen King ( Basis for the Kathy Bates / James Caan Movie )( Canadian 1st Edition -read about variant points in description below ) by King, Stephen (aka: Richard Bachman ) - 1987

Markham, Ontario: Markham, ON: Viking, 1987, 1st Canadian Edition, First Printing, 1987. ----------hardcover, about 6.25w x 9.5h inches, a Near Fine example, one corner is lightly rubbed, a few small spots of foxing on the fore edge of the text block ---in a Near Fine dustjacket, some light rubbing, looks new especially with the jacket in a hi-quality mylar protector, there are three hardcover issues in this format, there is the US Viking 1st edition, the Canadian Viking 1st edition and the Viking Book Club Edition, all 3 of those issues are the same size and have the same cover art, ---the US 1st edition has a $18.95 price on the front flap, the ISBN to the left of the price and a publisher code on the lower edge of the front flap, rear flap shows the US Viking address ---the Canadian 1st edition was issued simultaneously as the US Viking edition and does not have a price on the front flap (a common practice in Canadian publishing ) but does have the ISBN to the left upper side of the front flap, the CDN issue does not have the publisher code on the front flap, the rear flap shows the Canadian Viking address, ---THE BCE does not have a price, a publisher code, nor an ISBN on the front flap, the rear flap shows the New York address, ---all three issues have the same bar code information on the rear panel, all three issues have black boards with black cloth spines, all three issues have the same copyright page information, if the book is without a dustjacket it would be very difficult to ascertain whether or not a copy was a 1st or a book club edition ---THE COPY BEING offered here is the Canadian 1st Edition, ---basis for the Kathy Bates / James Caan movie ---JACKET is now in a new hi-quality MYLAR protector, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see desciption)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Bob Giusti Cover Art. 6.25w x 9.5h Inches. Flap Not Clipped.