"ONE OF KING'S TRUE MASTERPIECES": DELUXE SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF STEPHEN KING'S INSOMNIA

KING, Stephen. Insomnia. Shingletown, California: Mark V. Ziesing, 1994. Thick octavo, full maroon leatherette gilt, pictorial endpapers, original dust jacket, publisher's matching full leatherette traycase. $3500.

Signed limited first edition, number 276 of 1250 deluxe leather-bound copies signed on the special limitation page by Stephen King, illustrator Phil Hale, and designer Arnie Fenner, in original maroon leatherette traycase.

"A spiritual successor to It, and a Dark Tower novel in all but name, this meditation on time, ageing, free will and predestination is one of King's true masterpieces" (Guardian). King's return to long-form horror, following the shorter psychological thrillers Gerald's Game and Dolores Claiborne, features numerous references to the author's other works as well as direct connections to the mythos of the world of Roland the Gunslinger: "Insomnia is a unique hybrid, at once one of King's more down-to-earth and one of his more 'cosmic' novels … due to its explicit ties to King's The Dark Tower series" (The Stephen King Universe, 158). Published simultaneously with a gift edition (which lacked the traycase and signatures) and the first trade edition. Brooks A50.

A fine signed copy.