"LIFE IS MORE THAN JUST STEERING A COURSE AROUND PAIN": SIGNED LIMITED SIGNED FIRST EDITION OF STEPHEN KING'S DESPERATION

KING, Stephen. Desperation. Hampton Falls, NH: Donald M. Grant, (1996). Thick octavo, original full black morocco, original matching clamshell box. $2500.

Signed limited first edition of King's terrifying epic of good and evil, number 901 of 2050 copies signed by King and by Hugo Award-winning illustrator Don Maitz on the limitation page, with three full-page and two double-page color illustrations by Maitz.

King's apocalyptic novel, set in Nevada, "is fabulous storytelling… knockout classic horror" (Kirkus Reviews). Issued as a companion to the "same-day dual publication" of The Regulators (the latter as Richard Bachman), Desperation features an unforgettable "evil demiurge who violently invades a succession of human bodies and vents cataclysmic murder" (New York Times). The book was the basis for the 2006 TV movie starring Ron Perlman and Tom Skerritt. With publisher's errata slip laid in. Brooks A59.

Fine condition.