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Lot 55
Sale 6330 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 8, 2025
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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KING, Stephen (b. 1947). Carrie. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1974.
8vo. Original purple cloth; dust jacket; folding case.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with P6 gutter code on p.199. Famously rescued from the garbage can by King's wife, Tabitha, Carrie was a massive success upon its initial publication and served as the basis for Brian De Palma's classic 1976 film of the same name.
[With]: KING. Carrie. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1974. 8vo. Original half cloth; publisher's dust jacket (light scratches, minor tear to rear dust jacket). Book Club edition.