Copyright page has the full number line 1-10 with the wording "Permissions to Come" underneath. clean and tight, book is near fine jacket is vg+not price clipped.
Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations, top edge has moderate foxing, hard cover and pages are in great condition, dust jacket has moderate wear. LF.
The chance discovery of a ship buried underground for millions of years transforms the inhabitants of a New England town into one evil, homicidal entity. First edition, second state, with a full 1 through 10 number line but without the "permissions to come" statement printed beneath as a true first printing would have. This copy features the author's name in red, though it should be noted that both the red and the gold versions are equally desirable. Aside from some browning to the pages and textblock edges, this is a very clean copy with no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Not an ex-library copy. Spine is tight and crisp. Corners are square, and the boards are flat and true with minimal wear. Dust jacket is unfortunately price-clipped and has a 1" tear with associated creasing in the back cover that is mirrored in the rear jacket flap. The jacket also has some scratching on the back cover, some browning to the flaps, and some bumping to the corners but otherwise shows only minor edge wear/scuffing. The red lettering on the front cover, which can be quite worn on these books, is in beautiful condition with only very slight rubbing to the letter "S." This collectible, very good+/very good, first edition/second printing copy is protected with an archival mylar dust jacket cover. Satisfaction guaranteed!
First edition. First printing, with full number line (second state, without "permissions to come" on copyright page). A fine copy in a fine jacket. Two jackets were issued simultaneously, one with author's name in gold lettering and another with author's name in red lettering. This is the gold copy. A clean copy with price ($19.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector.
First Edition. Second issue, without "Permissions to Come" below number line on copyright page. A spaceship is found in the forest where it has been buried for millions of years but it is still vibrating faintly. Gift inscription on front endpaper, else fine in fine dustjacket with usual tarnishing to King's name on front panel.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons [0-399-13314-3] 1987, 1st edition, 1st impression. (hardcover) 558pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Tall 8vo. Quarter faux-cloth black paper over green paper, lettering in gold to spine. King's signature blindstamped at foot of top board. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, price clipped. Less common white lettered variant of dust jacket. True 1st / 1st with all points: 8711 at foot of front flap of jacket, ISBN at rear of jacket, full number line with "Permissions to Come" beneath. Bright, tight, and clean..
A square solid tight clean very carefully read copy. Red metalized lettering with no tarnish and light creasing in the spine area. Very nice copy. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. Permissions to come.
The chance discovery of a ship buried underground for millions of years transforms the inhabitants of a New England town into one evil, homicidal entity. First edition, second state, with a full 1 through 10 number line but without the "permissions to come" statement printed beneath as a true first printing would have. This copy features the author's name in red, though it should be noted that both the red and the gold versions are equally desirable. Aside from some browning to the pages and textblock edges, this is a very clean copy with no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Not an ex-library copy. Spine is tight and crisp. Corners are square, and the boards are flat and true with minimal, if any, wear. Dust jacket is not price-clipped but does have some scuffing and edge wear including some small tears along the upper and lower spine extremes and a 1/2" tear along the lower edge of the front cover. There is also a light crease that runs the length of the spine as well as some browning to the flaps and to the inside of the jacket. The red lettering on the front cover, which can be quite worn on these books, shows only very light rubbing to a few of the letters. This collectible, very good+/very good, first edition/second printing copy is protected with an archival mylar dust jacket cover. Satisfaction guaranteed!
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