Stephen King

The Stand By Stephen King First English edition, first impression (New English Library, 1979). Originally published in the US the previous year. One of a very small print run, thought to consist of around 1,000 copies or fewer and, consequently, hard to find in superior condition. Due to be adapted into a TV series in 2020. Boards and contents nice and clean; faint dark line to front endpaper and light spotting to top edge; small area of soiling to bottom fore-edge, near fine otherwise. The original dust jacket, which is often found clipped, still bears the original £6.95 price; some chipping and general wear to extremities with area of loss to top corner of upper panel; tear to spine head with a couple of smaller nicks to top edge of lower panel; fore-edge and lower panel a little rubbed with laminate starting to lift slightly in places, as is common; very small slither of loss to spine foot and mild spotting to dust jacket verso. A very good copy overall, free from stamps, names or inscriptions.