IT
by Stephen King
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0670813028
- ISBN 13
- 9780670813025
- Seller
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About This Item
VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Wear & tear to top and bottom edges, spine, panels folds and flaps. Minor chipping to bottom of spine, right corner and top outside corner of front panel. Very minor peeling of laminate face in spots, top edge. BOARDS: Minor scuffing to face, front and back, primarily quarter bound spine. Minor creasing to spine; gilt loss to title script on same. BOOK: Minor soiling/spotting to textblock, primarily head. Ink markings top of FEP. Slightly shaken binding. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
This is a very nice copy of Stephen King's horror novel, IT. It is a true 1st American trade edition, 1st printing of the book published in 1986 by Viking Penguin. The original dustjacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.
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"Stephen King's terrifying, classic #1 New York Times bestseller, 'a landmark in American literature' (Chicago Sun-Times)—about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled on as teenagers…an evil without a name: It.
Welcome to Derry, Maine. It's a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real.
They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty-eight years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city's children. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that terrifying summer return as they prepare to once again battle the monster lurking in Derry's sewers. . . .
"Stephen King's most mature work" (St. Petersburg Times), 'It will overwhelm you…to be read in a well-lit room only' (Los Angeles Times)."
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"Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", his books have sold more than 350 million copies as of 2006, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. King has published 64 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books. He has also written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections.
King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, and British Fantasy Society Awards. In 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He has also received awards for his contribution to literature for his entire bibliography, such as the 2004 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and the 2007 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. In 2015, he was awarded with a National Medal of Arts from the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts for his contributions to literature."
The above text was taken from Scribner publishing (via Google Books).
Synopsis
IT weaves a supernatural tale of seven socially outcast kids who find themselves brought together one summer to battle an ancient and deadly shape-shifter known as IT. IT emerges from the sewers once every 27 years, using it's polymorphic abilities to terrify and prey upon children in the rural town of Derry, Maine - often in the form of the demonic Pennywise the Clown. IT was made into a television mini-series in 1990, starring Tim Curry and more recently as a blockbuster film (2017).
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 230
- Title
- IT
- Author
- Stephen King
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670813028
- ISBN 13
- 9780670813025
- Publisher
- Viking Penguin
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- 1st printing
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