The Shining: Deluxe Special Edition Book Three of the Doubleday Years Signed Traycased Artist's Numbered Edition #/750 Copies by Stephen King - 2017

Cemetery Dance Publications, 2017. Book. Illus. by Don Maitz, Glenn Chadbourne. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). First Edition/First Printing. Special Features For This Deluxe Special Edition: . an introduction by Stephen King . an after word by Mick Garris . the complete text of "Before the Play," Stephen King's 40 page prologue that has never appeared in any edition of The Shining, restored at the beginning of the book where King originally intended it to be published . a Deleted Material section, which contains HUNDREDS of sentences, paragraphs, and even scenes not included in the final book we all know and love. Of particular interest is a four page section 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! . an essay entitled, "The Shine Manuscript: An Early Draft of The Shining" by Jon Page, the collector who discovered all of the text we're including in the Deleted Material section . deluxe oversize design (7 inches X 10 inches) featuring two color interior printing as part of the page design . printed on a heavy interior specialty paper stock that is much thicker than the paper in a normal trade edition . custom-made slipcase for the Gift Edition . epic wrap-around full color dust jacket artwork by Don Maitz . a different full color dust jacket for the Numbered Artist Edition painted by Don Maitz . full color interior paintings by Don Maitz . interior artwork will be printed on a heavy glossy stock and tipped into the book . special limitation page artwork for all three editions by Glenn Chadbourne . high-quality end papers and fine bindings . extremely collectible print run that is a tiny fraction of the TENS OF MILLIONS of copies of this novel you've seen in bookstores over the years! This copy as fine. Two exceptions are the signing page is not trimmed squarely due to a binding error. The book was handled by some one while holding a ballpoint pen resuting in a small mark to the edge of text block. An unnumbered copy signed by Maitz and Chadbourne. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY.