1978 The Stand Stephen King Stated First Edition Original Dust Jacket Stephen King Rare Book Room

Stephen King. The Stand. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. Stated First Edition. 823 p, original dust jacket. 8.5 x 5.5 , 8vo. Points of First Edition: First Edition on copyright page. T39 on page 823. In fair condition. Dust jacket: price clipped (front flap s top corner); normal toning and creasing at hinges; small chipping at heads and tails of hinges; scuffing at edges with some toning. Binding shaken, boards scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine collapsed; gilt lettering on spine dulled/soiled, but legible. Previous ownership signature, in ink, on top edge of front end-page. Normal toning in margins; some spares age-staining or finger-soiling. Binding intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. The Stand is an epic post-apocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by American author Stephen King and first published in 1978 by Doubleday. The plot centers on a deadly pandemic of weaponized influenza and its aftermath, in which some of the few surviving humans gather into factions that are each led by a personification of either good or evil and seem fated to clash with each other. King started writing the story in February 1975, seeking to create an epic in the spirit of The Lord of the Rings. The book was difficult for him to write because of the large number of characters and storylines. The novel marks the first appearance of Randall Flagg, King's recurring antagonist, whom King would reintroduce several times in his later writings. First Edition, Original Dust Jacket. RAREA1978JOPC - 10/25 - HK2844