The Shining - Deluxe Slipcased Gift Edition by KING STEPHEN - 2016

Cemetery Dance, 2016. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (Forest Hill, Maryland: Cemetery Dance 2016). Limited Edition (Limited to 3000 Copies). ISBN: 978-1-58767-530-0. This is the third volume in the Stephen King Doubleday Years set from Cemetery Dance Publications. Afterword by Mick Garris, colour paintings by Don Maitz. A fine copy in like dust wrapper in a fine publisher's slipcase. Afterword by Mick Garris. Introduction by Stephen King and with his long-lost 40 page prologue (Before the Play) which has been restored to its proper place at the beginning of the story. This is the very first edition of The Shining published anywhere in the world to include Before the Play". This may end up being the only edition to ever present the complete story of the Overlook Hotel as King originally wrote it. In addition, there is a Deleted Material section, which contains HUNDREDS of sentences, paragraphs, and even scenes not included in the final book. Of particular interest is a four page section (Deleted Chapter) toward the end known as "After the Play," which even Stephen King believed had been lost forever because he didn't have a copy in his archives! The basis for the 1980 movie of the same name directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicolson and Shelley Duvall. A beautiful production. Photographs/scans available upon request.