"NEVER BELIEVE A WRITER. LISTEN TO THEM, BY ALL MEANS, BUT NEVER BELIEVE THEM": SIGNED BY STEPHEN KING
KING, Stephen. Four Past Midnight. (New York): Viking, (1990). Octavo, original half black cloth, original dust jacket. $2000.
First edition of this collection of four novellas, boldly signed by King on the half title and dated 11/3/90.
The Bram Stoker Award-winning second collection of King novellas includes "The Langoliers," "Secret Window, Secret Garden," "The Library Policeman," and "The Sun Dog," each accompanied by an introduction by King discussing the story's inception and composition. "The Langoliers" was made into a television miniseries that aired in 1995, and "Secret Window, Secret Garden" was the basis for the 2004 film "Secret Window" starring Johnny Depp. "The Sun Dog" is set in King's fictional town Castle Rock, and serves as a prologue to the novel Needful Things, which would follow in 1991. Brooks A42.
A fine signed copy.