BAG OF BONES - INSCRIBED
New York: Scribner, 1998. First Edition. Item #8323
First Printing. Octavo (24.25cm); orange and white paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xii],529,[3]pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "For Shirley – Nice to meet you! Stephen King." Base of spine gently nudged, else a clean, very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $28.00), with light wear to extremities and some mild dust-soil to rear panel; Near Fine.
The first book to be published by King's then-new publisher Simon & Schuster, billed as "a haunted love story" borrowing several plot elements from Du Maurier's Rebecca. Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel, the British Fantasy Award, and the Locus Award in 1999. Basis for a TV miniseries directed by Mick Garris, starring Pierce Brosnan and Annabeth Gish. Brooks A65.2.
Price: $1,500.00