KING, Stephen. Carrie. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. PRESENTATION COPY.
Sale 1242 - Fine Books from the Dorros Family Collection
Nov 9, 2023
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Live / Chicago
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KING, Stephen (b. 1947). Carrie. Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Co., Inc., 1974.
8vo. Original purple cloth (light rubbing); dust jacket (light rubbing); folding case. Provenance: L. Jack Powell (presentation inscription, see below).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING with P6 gutter code on p. 199. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY KING: "With best wishes...11/7/80." Famously rescued from the garbage can by King's wife, Tabitha, Carrie was a massive success upon its initial publication and served as the basis of Brian De Palma's classic 1976 film of the same name.
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