Dolores Claiborne [Signed]
by King, Stephen
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670844527
- ISBN 13
- 9780670844524
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1993. Beautifully signed by Stephen King to front dust wrapper panel: "Stephen King". Includes signed certification of authenticity from Mobile Authentication Network of Sarasota, Florida. According to original recipient, specific request was made for SK to sign front wrapper panel for ultimate display purposes. Signature received on November 14, 2011 at the Sarasota Barnes & Noble following release of 11-22-63 on November 8, 2011. Photo print-outs of event included. SK held six events for signing tour following this release. Stated First Published in 1993 by Viking at copyright page. Full number-line beginning w/1 at copyright page. Black boards, red metallic SK to front and spine titles w/gilt eclipse, slight shelf wear. Deckled pages near fine. Dust wrapper, near fine; unclipped 23.50, protected in new clear sleeve. Dramatic jacket illustration by Rob Wood portraying Dolores peering into well with solar eclipse above. Chiaroscuro title page imagery and ornamentation throughout. Map of 1963 eclipse by Virginia Norey and unique book design by Amy Hill. Rare near fine signed first edition. Suspected of murdering the crippled widow for whom she worked as a housekeeper and companion, Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell. But it isn't the one the police are expecting to hear. It's a little darker, a little stranger - and a lot more horrifying. By her own account she's an old Yankee bitch, Dolores Claiborne: foul temper, foul mouth, foul life. Did Dolores Claiborne murder her abusive husband on July 20, 1963, the day of a solar eclipse in Maine? Did she push her elderly, ailing employer on a fatal trip down the staircase over 30 years later? As her daughter lies in bed, her mother's voice tells the story of the events that shaped her life. Unique 6" x 9 1/2" tall design. 305 pages. Insured post.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Russell, Bill (Illustrations). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Synopsis
Dolores Claiborne is a 1992 psychological thriller novel by Stephen King. The novel is narrated by the title character. Atypically for a King novel, it has no chapters, double-spacing between paragraphs, or other section breaks; thus the text is a single continuous narrative which reads like a transcription of a spoken monologue. It was the best selling novel of 1992 in the United States.
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- Bookseller
- BiblioStax (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021518
- Title
- Dolores Claiborne [Signed]
- Author
- King, Stephen
- Illustrator
- Russell, Bill (Illustrations)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670844527
- ISBN 13
- 9780670844524
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FICTION HORROR MAINE CLAIBORNE DOLORES
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