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Price: US$1061.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Bound in black leather with silver lettering to the front board and spine, illustrated endpapers and interior art. Number 719 of 1520 copies signed on the limitation page by King, also signed by co-author Peter Straub and illustrator Rick Berry. Issued in a matching clamshell case.; 638 pages; Signed by Author & Illustrator
Seller: Bungalow Books, ABAA, Pueblo, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$1184.50 + shipping
Description: Large Octavo. 638 pages, Limited to 1520 copies signed by both authors and the artist, Rick Berry. This is copy 237. In this sequel to The Talisman, Jack Sawyer is now in his late thirties and has taken early retirement from the LAPD, retreating to a small town in Wisconsin. He has no memory of his adventures as a twelve-year-old boy, when he traveled into a parallel universe in search of the talisman that would save his mother's life. A series of murders involving young children force him out of retirement. There is more to these cases than murder, though, and Jack must retrieve his childhood memories to rescue the latest victim, who is coveted by the killer's evil overlord, a powerful force from End-World, in Roland the gunslinger's universe. Bound in full black leather lettered in silver, spine lettering silver. A fine bright copy housed in publisher's flet lined black leather clamshell with to lightly bumped cornes. An exceptionally nice copy.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1195.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: VERY FINE GUARANTEED. Unread book with square and tight spine. Sharp corners. The condition is of the highest quality. A wonderful bright clean copy. Free of markings, writings, or stamps. No attached bookplates or indication of any removed. Personally signed by Stephen King, Peter Straub, and Rick Berry. Signed First Edition of only 1,520 . Sealed without any flaws. Donald M. Grant Publisher Inc, 2002. Stephen King & Peter Straub, "Black House". Signed Limited First Edition. This luxury edition is bound in full genuine leather and comes housed in a black leather wrap-around tray-case with green velvet interior. Stated first edition on the copyright page. Lavishly illustrated through out by Rick Berry. The book is signed on the limitation page by Stephen King, Peter Straub & artist Rick Berry. No dust-jacket as issued. Sealed and new without any flaws. An ideal gift for the Stephen King collector of rare books, limited to only 1,520 signed & numbered copies. This is number 234 of only 1,520 produced. ABOUT BLACK HOUSE Black House is a horror novel by American writers Stephen King and Peter Straub. Published in 2001, it is the sequel to The Talisman. This is one of King's numerous novels, which also include Hearts in Atlantis and Insomnia, that tie in with the Dark Tower series. Black House was nominated to the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel. The novel is set in Straub's homeland of Wisconsin, rather than in King's frequently used backdrop of Maine. The town of "French Landing" is a fictionalized version of the town of Lacrosse County, Wisconsin. Also, "Centralia" is named after the nearby small town of Centerville, Wisconsin, located at the intersection of Hwy 93 and Hwy 35. A chapter of the book is written around Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven". STEPHEN KING Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction and fantasy. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television series, and comic books. King has published 58 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and six non-fiction books. He has written around 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections. PETER STRAUB Peter Francis Straub is an American novelist and poet. He has written numerous horror and supernatural fiction novels, including Julia and Ghost Story, as well as The Talisman, which he co-wrote with Stephen King. Straub has received such literary honors as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award. RICK BERRY Rick Berry is a contemporary American expressionistic figure artist based in the Boston area. Berry creates art for galleries, illustration, and paintings for theatrical performances. Berry's work has appeared in many science fiction, fantasy and comic books, including Neil Gaiman's Sandman, Magic: The Gathering cards, and Stephen King novels. In 1985, Berry created the first digitally painted book cover worldwide for William Gibson's Neuromancer. Berry has also written under the names Sam Rakeland, R.R. Berry, Rich Berry, Richard Berry, and O. Berry.
Seller: veryfinebooks, Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The second Straub-King collaboration in which a retired Los Angeles homicide detective is asked to help with a series of grisly murders. This limited edition, illustrated by Rick Berry, was issued in an edition of 1500 copies, signed by King, Straub, and Berry. A fine copy in a fine traycase. This is copy 1001, signed by King, Straub, and Berry, identified by a number affixed to the bottom of the traycase.
Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
King, Stephen & Peter Straub. Black House. Donald M. Grant, 2002.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Description: Full black leather, author/title lettered in silver, matching leather clamshell, lined in green velvet. Limited #713/1520. Signed by King, Straub, and Berry. Fine in fine publisher's clamshell.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$1375.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: VERY FINE. Sealed without any flaws. Original number sticker. NEW. Personally signed by Stephen King, Peter Straub, and Rick Berry. Signed First Edition. Number 929 of only 1,520. Donald M. Grant Publisher Inc, 2002. Stephen King & Peter Straub, "Black House". Signed Limited First Edition. This luxury edition is bound in full genuine leather and comes housed in a black leather wrap-around tray-case with green velvet interior. Stated first edition on the copyright page. Lavishly illustrated through out by Rick Berry. The book is signed on the limitation page by Stephen King, Peter Straub & artist Rick Berry. No dust-jacket as issued. VERY FINE and sealed without any flaws. Original number sticker. An ideal gift for the Stephen King collector of rare books, limited to only 1,520 signed & numbered copies. This is number 929 of only 1,520 produced. BLACK HOUSE. Black House is a horror novel by American writers Stephen King and Peter Straub. Published in 2001, it is the sequel to The Talisman. This is one of King's numerous novels, which also include Hearts in Atlantis and Insomnia, that tie in with the Dark Tower series. Black House was nominated to the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel. The novel is set in Straub's homeland of Wisconsin, rather than in King's frequently used backdrop of Maine. The town of "French Landing" is a fictionalized version of the town of Lacrosse County, Wisconsin. Also, "Centralia" is named after the nearby small town of Centerville, Wisconsin, located at the intersection of Hwy 93 and Hwy 35. STEPHEN KING. Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction and fantasy. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television series, and comic books. King has published 58 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and six non-fiction books. He has written around 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections. PETER STRAUB. Peter Francis Straub is an American novelist and poet. He has written numerous horror and supernatural fiction novels, including Julia and Ghost Story, as well as The Talisman, which he co-wrote with Stephen King. Straub has received such literary honors as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award. RICK BERRY. Rick Berry is a contemporary American expressionistic figure artist based in the Boston area. Berry creates art for galleries, illustration, and paintings for theatrical performances. Berry's work has appeared in many science fiction, fantasy and comic books, including Neil Gaiman's Sandman, Magic: The Gathering cards, and Stephen King novels. In 1985, Berry created the first digitally painted book cover worldwide for William Gibson's Neuromancer. Berry has also written under the names Sam Rakeland, R.R. Berry, Rich Berry, Richard Berry, and O. Berry.
Seller: veryfinebooks, Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2950.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Rare signed limited edition in matching leather tray case. From limitation page: "This special edition of Black House is signed by authors Stephen King and Peter Straub and artist Rick Berry. It is limited to 1,520 copies. This is copy: 'Publishers Copy'. 'Stephen King, Peter Straub, Rick Berry'". Stated First Edition at copyright page. Illustrations copyright 2002 by Rick Berry. Deep black textured leather boards, silver impressed cover and spine titles, design, fine. Thick heavy stock pages, fine. Haunting pictorial endpapers at front, back. Bind fine; hinges intact. Preserved and protected in matching textured black leather clamshell case w/silver impresssed cover and spine titles, fine. Several vignettes in silver of silhouetted house and golden fly. Interior lined in green velvet. An immaculate copy designed by Rick Berry with interior art that owes as much to Kokoschka as it does to the emergency unit of your local hospital. Many smooth semi-glossy color plates of paintings by Rick Berry. In addition are smaller vignettes throughout. Published 10 minutes after the Space Odyssey year and in the wake of the millennium bug non-event. Sequel to "The Talisman", published by Donald Grant in 1984. In the long-awaited sequel to "The Talisman", retired homicide detective Jack Sawyer is drawn back to a parallel universe called The Territories, where he must find the soul strength to enter a terrifying house at the end of a deserted track of forest, there to encounter the obscene and ferocious devils sheltered within it. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper. Large 7 1/2" x 10 1/4" design weighing over five lbs. 628 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.