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Night Shift
by King, Stephen
- Used
- hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. Signed by Stephen King and inscribed to former owners on front free endpaper, dated 11/12/93. Complimentary copy from publisher with laid in slip. First edition stated, first printing with code S52 in gutter of last page. xxii, (2), 336 pp. Publisher's black cloth and orange paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in fine dust jacket, lightly rubbed. An excellent copy. King's first short story collection. Many of these stories were made into feature films: "The Lawnmower Man," "Children of the Corn," "Trucks" (the basis of Maximum Overdrive), "The Mangler," and "Graveyard Shift." Also includes "Strawberry Spring.
Synopsis
Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are Full Dark, No Stars; Under the Dome; Just After Sunset; Duma Key; Lisey’s Story; Cell; and the concluding novels in the Dark Tower saga: Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah, and The Dark Tower. His acclaimed nonfiction book On Writing is also a bestseller. In 2003, he was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2007 he received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Maine with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 180821010
- Title
- Night Shift
- Author
- King, Stephen
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- New Like New
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date published
- 1978
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
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About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in American and British literature, and rare nonfiction. We are located in downtown Portland, Oregon and open by appointment.
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- jacket
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- spine
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- inscribed
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