KING, Stephen. The Shining. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE.
Sale 2037 - Summer Reading
Lots Open
Jun 25, 2024
Lots Close
Jul 16, 2024
Timed Online / Chicago
Estimate
$700 -
$900
Sold for $1,080
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Lot Description
KING, Stephen (b. 1947). The Shining. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1977.
8vo. Original cloth; dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with publisher's code R49 in gutter of p.447. King's third published novel, The Shining, helped establish his 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." An exceptionally fine copy. Collings A19.
This lot is located in Chicago.
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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