Signed on Book Tour
The Dead Zone
Publication: New York: The Viking Press, 1979. First Edition.
Notes: A signed copy of King's sixth novel that became a celebrated David Cronenberg film starring Christopher Walken and Martin Sheen.
The Dead Zone follows Johnny Smith, who awakens from a five-year coma with psychic abilities that force him to confront a rising political demagogue. The novel marked King's first venture into political themes and his first book for Viking after leaving Doubleday.
[16], 426, [2:blank] pages.
Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing, stating "First published..." with no subsequent printings noted on the copyright page). A near fine copy in a very good to near fine jacket with light shelfwear and the correct $11.95 price. The red lettering on the spine has not faded.
Signed by King on the front free endpaper and dated 9/17/79. King went on a book tour for this novel; he was in Omaha on September 18; your cataloguer could not determine his location the day this copy was signed.
ISBN: 0670260770
Item No: #366255
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