8vo. Original cloth; dust jacket.

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with publisher's code R49 in gutter of p.447. King's third published novel, The Shining, helped establish his reputation as a horror writer. Looking for a change from his native Maine, King and his wife went to Colorado, where they checked in to the Overlook Hotel on 30 October 1974; the hotel was preparing to close for the season, and they were the only guests that night. King later recalled: "It was like God had put me there to hear that and see those things. And by the time I went to bed that night, I had the whole book in my mind." An exceptionally fine copy. Collings A19.