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Carrie

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Carrie

by King, Stephen

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Near Fine/Very Good
ISBN 10
0385086954
ISBN 13
9780385086950
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About This Item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First printing of Stephen King's first book. First Edition stated on copyright page, with P6 code printed in the gutter of p. 199 of the text indicating the first state. A great copy, which I will try to describe thoroughly to prospective buyers. This is a bright and square copy in maroon cloth that has a few minor spots of rubbing/soil remnants, perhaps as if the book was handled a bit outside of the jacket. The book seems too tight to have been read. The gilt titling to the spine is bright, with a few small rubbed imperfections in "Carrie". Light rubbing to cloth at bottom of boards, but not nearly worn through. Rear paste-down has a small, 5mm defect at the corner, where it is torn but still pasted down. Original, price-clipped dust jacket is bright with some edgewear, crinkling at lower front flap fold, with a piece of scotch tape also having been applied to the inside of a 1cm closed tear at the lower flap fold. Small closed tear to rear lower flap fold, and general edgewear and softening with minor loss to paper at corners. A whitening crease line runs up the front flap fold. Some light apparent sunning to spine and a few other spots and imperfections to the jacket panels, with toning inside it. Presents nicely overall, and now in new mylar dust jacket protector.

Synopsis

First published in 1974, Carrie was Stephen King's first published novel.  This dark tale introduces the reader to Carrie White, a social outcast in her highschool, menaced by bullies while at school, and her religious nut of a mother at home.  Carrie gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers, and woe to her tormentors...

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On Dec 27 2021, a reader said:
This book is a short one and a good one. Super quick read with all my favorite King-isms. It's amazing that it's his first. I'd recommend it to anyone for a heartbreaking snow day read -- once you've finished the Shining and Misery, of course.

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Details

Bookseller
Third Season Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
000299
Title
Carrie
Author
King, Stephen
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
ISBN 10
0385086954
ISBN 13
9780385086950
Publisher
Doubleday & Company
Place of Publication
Garden City, New York
Date Published
1974
X weight
0 lbs

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Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Copyright page
The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
First State
used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
Tight
Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
New
A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Paste-down
The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
Gutter
The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.

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