Carrie.
by King, Stephen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in a fine dust jacket.
- Seller
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Garden City. : Doubleday. , No date but circa 1990. Reprint, presumed book club edition with no price on dust jacket.. Quarter burgundy cloth,over black boards, gilt spine title, black endpapers. . Fine in a fine dust jacket.. 24x15.8 cm.. Last book listed on rear dustjacket flap is “Misery”. No gutter code. weight: 1.0 lb.
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...
Read More: Identifying first editions of Carrie.
Reviews
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
- Seller
- Zephyr Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 293243
- Title
- Carrie.
- Author
- King, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Quarter burgundy cloth,over black boards, gilt spine title, black endpapers.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in a fine dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint, presumed book club edition with no price on dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City.
- Date Published
- No date but circa 1990
- Pages
- 199 pp.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Horror;
- Size
- 24x15.8 cm.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Zephyr Books
Biblio member since 2018
Reno, Nevada
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About Zephyr Books
Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
This Book’s Categories
- Fiction & Literature Individual Authors Stephen King
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