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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft / Berni Wrightson (illusts.) / Stephen King (intro.). Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein. Dodd, Mead & Co., c.1983,, 1983.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Dodd, Mead & Co., NY, c.1983, stated first, 8-1/2"x11", 192pp., many full page illusts., foxed foredges, G in badly chipped & torn dj $

Seller: Harry Alter, Sylva, NC, U.S.A.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1983.

Price: US$145.62 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Acceptable

Seller: dsmbooks, liverpool, United Kingdom

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus (Brilliantly Illustrated) The first trade edition with Stephen King introduction. And illustrations by Berni Wrightson. Dodd, Mead, New York, 1983.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: A fine copy splendidly bound in maroon spine and green boards printed brightly in gilt with title and design on the front boards. In a fine dust jacket with the original price of $14.95 at the top of the inside front flap. Wrightson's llustrations are dynamic, atmospheric, and super-charged with a life of their own. A Collector's copy. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821. Shelley travelled through Europe in 1815, moving along the river Rhine in Germany, and stopping in Gernsheim, 17 kilometres (11mi) away from Frankenstein Castle, where, two centuries before, an alchemist had engaged in experiments.[2][3][4][note 1] She then journeyed to the region of Geneva, Switzerland, where much of the story takes place. Galvanism and occult ideas were topics of conversation for her companions, particularly for her lover and future husband Percy Bysshe Shelley. In 1816, Mary, Percy, John Polidori, and Lord Byron had a competition to see who wrote the best horror story.[5] After thinking for days, Shelley was inspired to write Frankenstein after imagining a scientist who created life and was horrified by what he had made.[6] Frankenstein is infused with elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement, and the novel has had a considerable influence on literature and on popular culture, spawning a complete genre of horror stories, films, and plays. Since the publication of the novel, the name "Frankenstein" has often been used, erroneously, to refer to the monster, rather than to his creator/father. (Wikipedia) First Edition, thus, with "First Edition" stated on the copyright page.

Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.

Shelley, Mary; Wrightson, Berni, illustrator. Frankenstein. Dodd, Mead & Co, New York, 1983.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Description: Fine, special limited to 500 copies, signed by Steven King (introduction) and Berni Wrightson (illustrator) on limitation page. The book also has the original tissue issued by the publisher, it's sunned and but for chip at top of spine, intact. The publishers box is fine. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 192 pp

Seller: Beasley Books, ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Stephen King. Frankenstein" Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Signed by Stephen King Unread. Dodd, Mead, NY, 1983.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: "Frankenstein" Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Signed by Stephen King Unread Unread Limited Edition wrapped in glassine and slipcased. Unread Limited Edition, 1st Printing, 1983. Wrapped in Velum and slipcased. Berni Wrightson(illustrator). Stephen King introduction. Signed by KING and WRIGHTSON. No. 484 of 500 copies of this edition. Scarce glassine wrap is present with edge tears.

Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. FRANKENSTEIN: OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION). Dodd Mead & Company, NY, 1983.

Price: US$1750.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First printing of this special Limited Edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Stephen King, who wrote the four-page introduction, and artist Berni Wrightson. This is number 226. Exterior covers are clean and unmarked. Foxing to text block and scattered throughout. Musty smell. Slip case is soiled, rubbed and scuffed. Scarce original glassine jacket is present with chips, creasing and toning. Pictures available upon request.

Seller: Atlanta Vintage Books, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.