BAG OF BONES

(New York): Scribner, 1998. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket.. Inscribed first printing of King's middle-career masterpiece, winner of the Bram Stoker Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the Locus Award. BAG OF BONES, King's first novel published by Scribner after leaving Viking, marked the beginning of a new period of productivity and critical acclaim for an author who had long been classed as a mere crowd-pleaser. Packed with allusions to high-, low-, and middle-brow culture — Melville and Tales From the Crypt, Du Maurier and Guns N' Roses — and starring a Maine novelist with writer's block, BAG OF BONES is both an absorbing novel and an ostentatious demonstration of self-awareness by a writer making clear that he knows what he's doing. After more than 20 years and over 30 books, Elizabeth Hand wrote, "Stephen King has finally arrived as an author to be taken seriously." 9'' x 6''. Original quarter white cloth with pumpkin boards and copper spine lettering. In original unclipped ($28.00) dust jacket. 529, [3] pages. Inscribed by King on title page: "For Roger / Stephen King." Original admission ticket to a 1998 "Meet the Master of Horror" book signing at the Magicopolis Theater in Santa Monica laid in, along with printed venue card. Contemporary price sticker on rear panel. Faint edgewear, a few spots of soil. Book with only minor shelfwear. (Inventory #: 52190)