Signed by Stephen King and the illustrator Don Maitz on a special title page.
Stephen King "Desperation". Signed Limited Edition. Hampton Fall, NH:
Donald M. Grant, 1996. black leather, in red velvet-lined, leather
traycase. Limited First Edition. Signed by Stephen King and Don Maitz,
the illustrator. In As New condition, never taken out of its original shrink-wrap. Tray Case the same. Signed by
Author and Illustrator. First Edition. Full-Leather in Tray Case. Fine.
Illus. by Maitz, Don. Donald M. Grant US. This copy is #77 of only 2050 total.
Condition
As New. Mint condition. No markings, writings, or stampings.
Background
A notice to those who feel that Stephen King has lost his magic touch: Desperation
is the genuine goods. The ensemble cast of ordinary Americans thrown
together by chance, including a disgruntled alcoholic writer and a
child who is wise beyond his years, may be a bit too familiar. But the
nearly deserted Nevada mining town with an enormous haunted mine pit
and an abandoned movie theatre where the survivors hang out makes for a
striking battleground, and the grisly action rarely flags. Best of all,
though, are the characters of Tak, the ancient body-hopping evil who
emerges from the mine, and of "God"--whom the New York Times describes as "the edgiest creation in Desperation.
Remote, isolated, ironic, shrouded behind disguises, perhaps 'another
legendary shadow,' this deity forms a sly foil, and an icy mirror, to
Tak."
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