The Stand, Stephen King. First Edition.

The Stand, Stephen King First edition, first printing of King's apocalyptic horror novel, with the T39 gutter code and the first state dust jacket priced at $12.95. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1978. Publisher's original ocher paper boards, black cloth spine lettered in gilt; pp. (xii), 823. A very good copy in a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains tight and sturdy with a light concavity to spine, minor shelfwear to boards. Internally clean with no markings. Jacket shows light shelfwear and and rubbing with a closed tear and pinhole near spine heel, neatly reinforced with archival tape to verso. A presentable copy, protected in archival mylar.