"BECAUSE A MAN WITHOUT A SENSE OF PURPOSE, EVEN ONE WHOSE BANK ACCOUNTS ARE STUFFED WITH MONEY, IS ALWAYS A SMALL MAN": SIGNED FIRST EDITION WITH THE SCARCE DECK OF 27 CHARACTER CARDS

KING, Stephen. Under the Dome. New York: Scribner, (2009). Thick octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket with wraparound title band. With character card set in black cardboard case. $2800.

Signed limited first edition of this novel about a town cut off from the world by the appearance of a mysterious dome, signed by Stephen King on a tipped-in leaf and including the desirable deck of character cards included only with this issue.

"Readers can wallow in this glorious novel's metaphoric and oh-so au courant messages about U.S. domination, freedom of the press, torture and environmental abuse, but they also can come to this novel just for the story" (USA Today). "A nonstop thrill ride as well as a disturbing, moving meditation on our capacity for good and evil" (Publishers Weekly). "Hard as this thing is to hoist, it's even harder to put down" (New York Times). Published simultaneously with a Collector's Edition (25,000 copies) and a trade edition. This edition included a collection in an unopened cardboard case of 27 character cards with illustrations and summaries; the illustrations, by Matthew Diffee, are the same as those at the chapter headings.

Fine condition.