Stephen King himself had a near-fatal run-in with an automobile after finishing the first draft, an eerie coincidence he addresses in an afterword. And, most importantly, a damn creepy story. A wonderful example of how King's plotting skills and literary finesse matured over his career. This is no ordinary car, but one with an inter-dimensional element. Young Ned Wilcox begins investigating this mysterious vintage vehicle in the hope of uncovering the sinister secrets surrounding it - years after his police trooper father was killed in the line of duty. In this terror tale, SK's villain is one rotten car, a Buick Roadmaster penned up behind the state police barracks and seemingly responsible for the disappearance of several people. Rare near fine signed first edition in same wrapper. This jacket illustration by Mark Stutzman and the book design is by Erich Hobbing. Beautifully vibrant raised cover titles, headlight, and red hot growling grill and bumper on the sinister '53 Roadmaster in brilliant blue, wrapping around at back panel to a contemporary white Buick squad car. Dust wrapper, light shelf wear, rub unclipped 28.00, protected in new clear sleeve. Light grey boards, purplish-blue cloth spine wrap, gilt spine titles, light shelf wear, bump. Signature contemporaneous with the original publishing of this title. Beautifully signed by Stephen King at title page: "Stephen King" Includes Beckett Authentication Services certification card and B.A.S. First printing with full number-line beginning w/1. Stutzman, Mark (Jacket Illustration) (illustrator). PLEASE SEE OUR ABE STORE FOR MORE HORROR TITLES. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Would make a wonderful special gift for a Stephen King collector. A very handsome clean, crisp example of this scarce signed title. A bright vibrant jacket which presents beautifully on the shelf. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $28.00. The dust jacket has strong vibrant colors with no chips, no nicks, no tears, no edgewear, no stains, no fading and no foxing.
The stunning original unrestored dust jacket is in beautiful fine condition. Beautiful condition book internally appearing as crisp and unread. The interior of the book is in crisp clean condition with bright pages with no handling marks, no stains, no foxing, no bent pages and no age toning to the pages.
Stephen King signed the book in blue ink on the title page. Strong unfaded silver titles to the spine. The boards have sharp corners, and no edgewear. The book is in beautiful crisp, clean fine condition with white paper and blue quarter cloth boards. All first edition points present including the complete number line on the copyright page. Signed by Stephen King on the title page in vibrant blue ink.
First Edition, First impression A FINE signed example with a FINE condition original jacket.
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