Stephen King. THE EYES OF THE DRAGON. Philtrum, 1984. 1st ed. Signed, Numbered!

Description: Normal.dotm 0 0 1 1279 7292 Lincoln Public Schools 60 14 8955 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false King, Stephen. THE EYES OF THE DRAGON. Bangor, Maine: Philtrum Press, 1984. 1st edition. With no mention of edition or printing on the copyright page, which indicates that this is the correct 1st edition, 1st printing. Signed, numbered, limited edition. From the colophon page: copy #339/1250. An oversized hardcover book measuring 13” x 8 1/4” x 1 7/8” in a matching slipcase. This is NOT a book club book. This is NOT an ex-library book. From the colophon page [317]: THE EYES OF THE DRAGON was printed and bound in Lunenburg, Vermont, by The Stinehour Press. This first edition was de- signed and cared for by Michael Alpert. One thou- sand two hundred fifty copies were printed in the fall of 1984. One thousand copies are for sale and are numbered in black, 1 through 1000. Two hun- dred fifty copies are reserved for private distribu- tion and are numbered in red, 1 through 250. This is copy 339 Stephen King Buyer beware: there was a trade edition of THE EYES OF THE DRAGON, but this is the correct, famous, very scarce, and very collectible signed, numbered, limited edition from Philtrum Press. SCROLL DOWN THIS PAGE IMMEDIATELY TO SEE THE CONDITION OF THIS BOOK AND THIS SLIPCASE. Stephen King is one of the best and most famous fiction writers in the world. He may be the best-selling author of all time. He is the author of such great and famous books as CARRIE (his 1st book), ‘SALEM’S LOT, THE SHINING, THE STAND, CUJO, FIRESTARTER, CHRISTINE, THE DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER (and the rest of the “Dark Tower” series), DESPERATION, DIFFERENT SEASONS, THE BACHMAN BOOKS. THE TOMMYKNOCKERS, IT, SKELETON CREW, NIGHT SHIFT, INSOMNIA, PET SEMATARY, NEEDFUL THINGS, MISERY, HEARTS IN ATLANTIS, THE TALISMAN (with Peter Straub), THE EYES OF THE DRAGON (offered here [the Philtrum Press signed, numbered, limited edition]), GERALD’S GAME, DOLORES CLAIBORNE, ROSE MADDER, CYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF, FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT, NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES, THE GREEN MILE, and many, many more. Some of the awards and award nominations that Stephen King has been honored with: 1976: ‘SALEM’S LOT. World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Novel. 1978: THE SHINING. Gandalf Award nominee for Best Book- Length Fantasy. 1978: ‘SALEM’S LOT. American Library Association Award winner for Best Books for Young Adults. 1978: THE SHINING. Locus Award nominee for Best Fantasy Novel. 1979: THE STAND. Locus Award nominee for Best Novel. 1979: “The Gunslinger.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1979: THE STAND. Gandalf Award nominee for Best Book- Length Fantasy. 1979: THE STAND. Balrog Award nominee for Best Novel. 1979: THE STAND. World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Novel. 1979: NIGHT SHIFT. World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Collection/Anthology. 1980: “The Way Station.” Nebula Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1980: NIGHT SHIFT. Balrog Award winner for Best Collection/ Anthology. 1980: Stephen is a Balrog Award nominee for Professional Achievement. 1980: THE DEAD ZONE. Balrog Award nominee for Best Novel. 1980: Stephen King is the University of Maine Alumni Career Award winner. 1980: Stephen King is the World Fantasy Convention Award winner. 1981: FIRESTARTER. Balrog Award nominee for Best Novel. 1981: FIRESTARTER. American Library Association Award winner for Best Books for Young Adults. 1981: Stephen King is honored by being named a British Fantasy Society Award winner for Outstanding Contribution to the Genre. 1981: “The Mist.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novel. 1981: “The Way Station.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1982: CUJO. Balrog Award nominee for Best Novel. 1982: DANSE MACABRE. Locus Award winner for Best Related Nonfiction Book. 1982: DANSE MACABRE. Hugo Award winner for Best Nonfiction. 1982: FIRESTARTER. New York Public Library Award winner for Best Books for the Teen Age. 1982: Stephen King is Us Magazine Best Fiction Writer of the Year. 1982: “Do the Dead Sing?” World Fantasy Award winner for Best Short Fiction. 1983: “Apt Pupil.” British Fantasy Society Award nominee for Best Short Fiction. 1983: “The Raft.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1983: “The Breathing Method.” World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Novella.1983: “Christine.” The famous film directed by John Carpenter, Christine,“” based on the novel CHRISTINE, is a huge hit in movie theaters. 1986: Stephen King is the Spokane Public Library Golden Pen Award winner. 1986: SKELETON CREW. Locus Award winner for Best Collection. 1987: IT. British Fantasy Society Award winner for Best Novel. 1987: IT. Locus Award nominee for Best Fantasy Novel. 1987: MISERY. Bram Stoker Award co-winner for Best Novel. 1987: “The End of the Whole Mess.” World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Short Fiction. 1988: MISERY. World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Novel. 1988: “The Night Flier.” Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Long Fiction. 1988: THE DARK TOWER II: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE. Locus Award nominee for Best Novel. 1990: “The Langoliers.” Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Long Fiction. 1990: FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT. Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Collection. 1991: NEEDFUL THINGS. Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Novel. 1991: THE DARK TOWER III: THE WASTE LANDS. Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Novel. 1992: THE DARK TOWER III: THE WASTE LANDS. Locus Award nominee for Best Novel. 1992: Stephen King is honored by being named a World Horror Convention Grandmaster Award winner for Lifetime Achievement. 1993: NIGHTMARES & DREAMSCAPES. Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Collection. 1994: INSOMNIA. Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Novel. 1995: “Lunch at the Gotham Café.” Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Long Fiction. 1995: “The Man in the Black Suit.” World Fantasy Award winner for Short Fiction. 1996: THE GREEN MILE. Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Novel. 1996: “The Man in the Black Suit.” O. Henry Award winner for Best American Short Story. 1997: “Everything’s Eventual.” Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Long Fiction. 1997: DESPERATION. Horror Guild Award winner for Best Novel. 1997: DESPERATION. Locus Award winner for Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel. 1998: BAG OF BONES. Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Novel. 1998: “Autopsy Room Four.” Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Short Fiction. 1999: “Low Men in Yellow Coats.” Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Collection. 1999: BAG OF BONES. British Fantasy Society Award winner for Best Novel. 1999: BAG OF BONES. Locus Award winner for Best Dark Fantasy/ Horror Novel. 1999: “Storm of the Century.” International Horror Guild Award winner for Best Television Episode. 2000: “Riding the Bullet.” Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Long Fiction. 2000: “Riding the Bullet.” International Horror Guild Award nominee for Best Long Story. 2000: ON WRITING: A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT. Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Nonfiction. 2001: ON WRITING: A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT. Locus Award winner for Best Nonfiction Book. 2001: BLACK HOUSE. Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Novel. 2001: “Riding the Bullet.” Horror Guild Award winner for Best Long Story. 2001: ON WRITING: A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT. Horror Guild Award winner for Best Nonfiction. 2002: FROM A BUICK 8. Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Novel. 2002: EVERYTHING’S EVENTUAL. Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Collection. 2002: Stephen King is honored by being named a Bram Stoker Award winner for Lifetime Achievement. 2002: BLACK HOUSE. Horror Guild Award winner for Best Novel. 2003: THE DARK TOWER V: WOLVES OF THE CALLA. Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Novel. 2003: “Harvey’s Dream.” Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Short Fiction. 2003: FROM A BUICK 8. Horror Guild Award winner for Best Novel. 2003: EVERYTHING’S EVENTUAL. Horror Guild Award winner for Best Collection. 2003: Stephen King is honored by being named an International Horror Guild Living Legend Award winner for Lifetime Achievement. 2003: Stephen King is honored by being named a National Book Foundation Medal winner for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. 2004: THE DARK TOWER V: WOLVES OF THE CALLA. Locus Award nominee for Best Fantasy Novel. 2004: THE DARK TOWER VII: THE DARK TOWER. Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Novel. 2004: “Lisey and the Madman.” Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Long Fiction. 2004: “Kingdom Hospital.” International Horror Guild Award nominee for Best Television Episode. 2004: Stephen King is honored by being named a World Fantasy Award winner for Lifetime Achievement. 2005: THE DARK TOWER VI: SONG OF SUSANNAH. Locus Award nominee for Best Fantasy Novel. 2005: “The Things They Left Behind.” Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Long Fiction. 2005: THE DARK TOWER VII: THE DARK TOWER. British Fantasy Society Award winner for Best Novel. 2005: THE DARK TOWER VII: THE DARK TOWER. Quill Award nominee for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Novel. 2006: LISEY’S STORY. Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Novel. 2006: CELL. Quill Award nominee for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/ Horror Novel. 2007: Stephen King is honored by being named a Canadian Booksellers Association Award winner for Lifetime Achievement. 2007: Stephen King is honored by being named a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award winner for Lifetime Achievement. 2009: DUMA KEY. Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Novel. 2009: JUST AFTER SUNSET. Bram Stoker Award winner for Superior Achievement in a Collection. 2009: JUST AFTER SUNSET. Alex Award winner for Fiction. 2009: JUST AFTER SUNSET. British Fantasy Award nominee for Best Collection. 2009: DUMA KEY. Black Quill Award winner for Best Dark Genre Novel of the Year: Readers’ Choice.2010: UNDER THE DOME. Locus Award nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel. 2010: UNDER THE DOME. British Fantasy Award (August Derleth Award) nominee for Best Novel. 2010: “Morality.” Shirley Jackson Award winner for Best Novelette. 2011: FULL DARK, NO STARS. Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Collection. 2011: “1922.” British Fantasy Award nominee for Best Novella. 2011: FULL DARK, NO STARS. British Fantasy Award winner for Best Collection. 2012: “The Little Green God of Agony.” Locus Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2012: 11/22/63. Locus Award runner-up for Best Science Fiction Novel. 2012: 11/22/63. World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Novel. 2012: 11.22.63. British Fantasy Award nominee for Best Novel. 2012: “Herman Wouk Is Still Alive.” Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Short Fiction. 2014: JOYLAND. Locus Award nominee for Best Fantasy Novel. 2014: DOCTOR SLEEP. Locus Award nominee for Best Fantasy Novel. 2014: DOCTOR SLEEP. Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Novel. 2014: DOCTOR SLEEP. Phantastik Preis Award nominee for Best Foreign Novel. 2015: REVIVAL. Locus Award nominee for Best Fantasy Novel. 2016: “Obits.” Hugo Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2016: THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS. Shirley Jackson Award winner for Best Collection. 2018: SLEEPING BEAUTIES. (co-written with Owen King). Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Novel. 2019: THE OUTSIDER. Locus Award runner-up for Best Horror Novel. Clearly Stephen King is not only one of the greatest of all dark fantasy and horror writers in the world, he is also one of the greatest of all time. He is the logical successor to Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft. And, he is also one of the greatest of all modern fiction writers, regardless of genre. From the first paragraph of the book: “Once, in a kingdom called Delain, there was a King with two sons. Delain was a very old kingdom and it had had hundreds of Kings, perhaps even thousands; when time goes on long enough, not even historians can remember everything. Roland the Good was neither the best nor the worst King ever to rule the land. He tried very hard to do great works, but, unfortunately, he didn’t succeed so well at that. The result was a very mediocre King; he doubted if he would be remembered long after he was dead. And his death might come any time now because he had grown old, and his heart was failing. He had perhaps one year left, perhaps three. Everyone who knew him, and everyone who observed his gray face and shaking hands when he held court, agreed that in five years at the very most a new King would be crowned in the great plaza at the foot of the Needle . . . and it would only be five years with God’s grace. So everyone in the Kingdom, from the richest baron and the most foppishly dressed courtier to the poorest serf and his ragged wife, thought and talked about the King in waiting, Roland’s elder son, Peter. And one man thought and planned and brooded on something else: how to make sure that Roland’s younger, Thomas, should be crowned instead. This man was Flagg, the King’s magician.” ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I grade books and dust jackets: fine, near fine, very good, good, fair, and poor. I describe all faults. If you sell books on EBAY (or anywhere else), it is de rigueur not to list 1st printings of book club books as 1st editions (unless they ARE the 1st edition, which occurs only occasionally); also, a 1st edition, 7th printing, is not a 1st edition. Ex-library books must be noted as such since generally they are of little value to the collector of 1st editions. Condition is also very important to those collectors. Books and dust jackets must be described in detail. In other words, it is incumbent upon the SELLER to know what is and is not a 1st edition. Mistakes can be made (and corrected), of course, but if you DON'T KNOW, don't try to sell a book as a 1st edition. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONDITION: A FINE book in a FINE slipcase; the book was issued without a dust jacket. The book is tight and square in its black quarter-cloth and red decorated boards binding with gilt lettering on the spine of the book. The book has the correct gray endpapers. There are many black and white illustrations placed throughout the book. There is no writing in the book (except for Stephen King's signature); no bookplates; no remainder marks. The corners of the book are not bumped. Again, there is no dust jacket; this book was issued without a dust jacket. The slipcase has black cloth on each of the three edges with the same decorated boards as the binding of the book itself. The many gorgeous black and white illustrations are by the great artist Kenneth R. Linkhauser. A MUST FOR THE COLLECTOR OF IMPORTANT MODERN DARK FANTASY/HORROR FICTION 1st EDITIONS AND/OR THE COLLECTOR OF STEPHEN KING LIMITED EDITIONS AND/OR THE COLLECTOR OF STEPHEN KING 1st EDITIONS! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Additional photos are available upon request. I am continuing to list some of my best books (especially science fiction, fantasy, and horror 1st editions) on EBAY not so much as auctions (due to the fact that EBAY charges quite a bit to list items for reserve auctions), but more along the lines of listing my “catalogue” of books that I have for sale. I'm not going to “give” these books away, but my opening bids and Buy-It-Now prices are usually a fair amount below market value. Furthermore, however, for certain scarce books in great condition, I do expect to get close to what they’re worth. Stay with me; I always have a number of important, collectible, cornerstone science fiction, fantasy, and horror 1st editions listed. Many thanks! All items are being offered for sale elsewhere; I reserve the right to end this listing early if this item sells elsewhere. __________________________________________________________________________________ Note: I own the following two books: Leckie, Anne. ANCILLARY JUSTICE. Subterranean Press, 2014. 1st limited edition. (#2/500). Leckie, Anne. ANCILLARY MERCY. Subterranean Press, 2016. 1st limited edition. (#2/500). I am looking for: Leckie, Anne. ANCILLARY SWORD. Subterranean Press, 2015. 1st limited edition. (#2/500). I would like to round out this set by acquiring the #2/500 copy of ANCILLARY SWORD. If anyone has this copy and is willing to sell it on EBAY, I would be highly interested in obtaining it so that all my copies would have matching numbers. Many thanks. __________________________________________________________________________________ Contact me if you’re looking for a particular title or titles. I have thousands of books for sale that may or may not show up in my EBAY listings. I am happy to set up flexible PAYMENT and/or HOLD PLANS for any book(s) that you bid on and win. Shipping: $4.00 for USPS Media Mail shipping. $10.00 for USPS Priority Mail shipping. I will always combine shipping charges if you obtain two or more of my items. Buyers who wish to have packages sent to addresses outside of the U.S. are required to pay for the postage necessary to send such packages. 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