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Stephen King. The Shining (Signed & PSA Authenticated). Doubleday, 1977.
Price: US$1925.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED BY STEPHEN KING & PROFESSIONALLY AUTHENTICATED BY PSA/DNA. Includes their ironclad certificate of authenticity. Also nicely inscribed and dated as shown. Lovely near-fine condition: the book appears unread and there's only mild blemishes on the boards and dust jacket. Extremely scarce with authenticated signature. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.
Seller: Bookcharmed Books IOBA, Roselle Park, NJ, U.S.A.
KUBRICK, STANLEY & STEPHEN KING. The Shining - By Stephen King. Garden City Doubleday 1977, 1977.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Signed and inscribed by actor Joseph Turkel who played the spooky and haunting bartender in director Stanley KubrickÕs film version of The Shining. Turkel has written a long full page inscription: ÒStanley Kubrick was a man who did not believe in Religion. God yes, Religion no. what is the one thing that all the major religions of the world find difficulty with ??? SEX, RightÓÓ In ÔEyes Wide ShutÕ the orgy scene was led - - - if you paid attention - - - by the three major religions. The costumes were that of a Rabbi, priest, and minister & the one thing that stuck out above all, were some of the loveliest high hipped full boobed (Is there such a word) beauties that ever graced the screen and were nude with full frontal nudity. In your face religion. Stanley got his revenge at Religious hypocrisy. Joseph Turkel.Ó Turkel has had a long distinguished career in film most notably working with film director Stanley Kubrick in The Killing, Paths of Glory, and The Shining, as well as playing Dr. Tyrell the creator of the androids in Bladerunner, the classic science fiction film. Near fine copy in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some ink numbers on the front flap.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Stephen King. The Shining. Doubleday, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1977.
Price: US$4700.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: A fine book in a jacket with traces of wear and tiny chips at the top and bottom outer corners of the front panel. a book plate SIGNED by King is laid in. A very pretty copy that meets all first printing points. All jackets in mylar wraps.
Seller: Copper Dragon Books, Cambria, CA, U.S.A.
King, Stephen. The Shining', US signed first edition. Doubleday, 1977.
Price: US$5876.80 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stephen King (1977) The Shining, US first edition, first printing, published by Doubleday. Signed by the author on the title page. Housed in a cloth solander case for protection. Condition: a near fine copy in like dust jacket. The book is square and tight, the boards clean. The spines lettering is NOT rubbed out as often seen. The book bears no previous owners inscriptions, no bookplates and no stamps. It is NOT remaindered without any spray to the page block edges. The page block edges are a little toned commensurate with age. No foxing. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped showing the correct USD 8.95 price on the flap. No chips and no tears. Usual light fading to the spine and ghosting to reverse along the folds where the dust jacket touched the black cloth spine of the book. A beautiful specimen of a landmark book. The Shining had a first edition print run of 25,000 copies which is low for Stephen King novels nowadays where the first print run goes into the hundreds of thousands if not millions. Curiously, the first print run seems not not have been should out as there are many copies around which were remaindered with a black dotted coat of spray. The Shining is perhaps Kings most famous novel not least due to Stanley Kubricks film adaptation (1980). First and Fine
Seller: First and Fine, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Price: US$6995.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, Second Early impression: A Fine signed copy with an IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION. Signed, inscribed and dated 1980 to re-known Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror artist Steven Fabian, with an early signature, by Stephen King!! “For Steve Fabian / With Respect and Admiration / For your fine work /Stephen King / 11/1/80” in black ink on the title page. The book will come with a COA from PSA/DNA. The book is in beautiful crisp, clean condition with mustard paper and black quarter cloth boards. The boards has sharp corners, and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. Bright, unfaded gilt titles to the spine. Stephen King signed and inscribed the book “For Steve Fabian / With Respect and Admiration / For your fine work /Stephen King / 11/1/80” in black ink on the front fly leaf page. The interior of the book is in crisp clean condition with bright, flat pages with no handling marks, no stains, no foxing, no bent pages and no age toning to the pages. Delicate remainder spray along lower page block. Beautiful condition book internally appearing as crisp and unread. Please see images. The book will come with a COA from PSA/DNA, one of the two premier authentication houses. The original unrestored dust jacket presents in fine/near fine condition. The dust jacket has vibrant colors with no nicks, no chips, no edgewear, no rips, no stains, and just a touch of slight fading to the spine. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $8.95. A beautiful stunning dust jacket. A very handsome example of this scarce signed title with a beautiful very early signature with a SUPERB AND IMPORATANT ASSOCIATION! Would make a wonderful special gift for a Stephen King collector. The Shining, helped establish King’s reputation as a horror writer. Looking for a change from his native Maine, King and his wife went to Colorado, where they checked in to the Overlook Hotel on 30 October 1974; the hotel was preparing to close for the season, and they were the only guests that night. King later recalled: “It was like God had put me there to hear that and see those things. And by the time I went to bed that night, I had the whole book in my mind.” Collings A19. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark Horror titles.
Seller: Meier And Sons Rare Books, New Canaan, CT, U.S.A.
Stephen King. The Shining. Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977.
Price: US$7250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed and dedicated "For Alex- Best. and Shine On! Stephen King" The Shining is among the most popular horror stories, and movies, of all time. The author's third novel, it was adapted into the classic Stanley Kubrick film of 1980, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. This copy has the required printer's code "R49" printed in the gutter of the final page. Octavo. Original black cloth-backed brown boards, spine lettered in gilt, fore edge untrimmed. With dust jacket.
Seller: Do Electric Sheep dream of books, Laguna Niguel, CA, U.S.A.
King, Stephen. THE SHINING (signed 1st). Doubleday, Garden City New York, 1977.
Price: US$7499.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED 1st edition, 1st printing. Doubleday, 1977. 447 pages. 8vo. Garden City, NY. Meets all 1st edition points. States FIRST EDITION on copyright page. Printer's code of R49 printed in gutter on the last page of text. 1st issue DJ still has $8.95 price intact with T.S. printed right above the price. This is 1 of 25,000 first printings of The Shining pressed by Doubleday in 1977. Much more rare however is that this is signed by Stephen King who no longer signs his backlog (old books). Books produced by Doubleday in the 1970s are notoriously fragile and this volume is no exception. This copy of the shining is SIGNED by Stephen King directly to front free endpaper: To __, Best Wishes.and Shine on! Stephen King 7/17/96. Mustard colored front panel is clean and bright. rear panel has a tiny mark and scuff. 2 of the corners show some rubbing. Base of backstrip shows shelf-wear. Black cloth binding has gold lettering that has rubbed in a few spots. Page edges are fairly clean with a touch of soiling to top edges. Some space between crown of backstrip and binding. Book is still tight. A few pages show a minor indentation at top which is visible from the top page deck. 1st issue DJ is nice. DJ has $8.95 price intact on flap. Tiny chips to foot and crown of DJ backstrip. Tiny chip to edge and 2 at flap corners. Condition description is hyper-critical. ALL FLAWS ARE STATED. A desirable copy!
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
King, Stephen. The Shining.. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1977.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of King's third novel, the basis for one of the greatest horror films ever made. Octavo, original half black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To George - Best, Stephen King 9/8/79." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Dave Christensen. Jacket typography by Al Nagy. An exceptional example. Inspired by Poe's short story "The Masque of the Red Death," King's first hardcover bestseller is "his consummate ghostly tale" about "the haunted house to end all haunted houses" (Underwood & Miller, 174, 184) "The fact is that The Shining is a masterwork, a bold product of an original vision, a novel of astonishing passion, urgency, tenderness, understanding, and invention In its uniting of an almost bruising literary power, a deep sensitivity to individual experience, and its operatic convictions, it is a very significant work of art" (Peter Straub). The novel was made into the 1980 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall which is widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films ever made.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Stephen King. The Shining. (Signed with JSA Authenticated signature). Doubleday, 1977.
Price: US$8900.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Doubleday, Garden City N.Y. 1977. Hardcover. First Edition. Book condition: Very good/Near fine. Dust jacket condition: VG/NF. Stated First Edition. Signed by Stephen King on the title page. Just Stephen King's signature, nothing else. Meets all First Edition points. Printers code R49 in gutter of page 447. Original first issue dust jacket has intact price of $8.95. Binding is tight. Clean front panel, back panel has small dents to corner. Black cloth binding is clean with bright gold lettering. Page edges and text block are clean with no tanning or foxing. Minor rippling to top and bottom of spine and dust jacket. An outstanding copy of this classic - and fragile - book. Signed in person by Stephen King at Pen/Faulkner lecture event, Washington D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library on Friday, April 4, 2008, an event which included a book signing by Stephen King. This book comes with the event booklet "Pen Faulkner Presents Three Kings: Stephen, Tabitha and Owen King" and the event ticket stub. This book has signature authentication by JSA Agency and includes that documentation. Questions are welcome. This book is only available for sale to customers in the United States. This book is available to be shipped to addresses in the United States only.
Seller: White Ink Books, Washington, DC, U.S.A.