"USUALLY YOU CAN'T FIND THE BOOKS IN THE FACES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WROTE THEM… BUT SOMETIMES YOU CAN": SIGNED BY STEPHEN KING AND MANY OTHER AUTHORS

KING, Stephen. Lord John Signatures. Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1991. Oblong octavo, original dark blue cloth gilt, autograph-print endpapers. $1100.

First edition of an unusual autograph book, number 275 of 400 copies, signed by Stephen King and dozens of popular writers.

This compilation of authors' photographs accompanied by their original signatures is signed by Norman Mailer, Eudora Welty, John Updike, Gerald Ford, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ray Bradbury and John Barth, among many others. It opens with an intriguing essay on collecting autographs and authorial memorabilia written by Stephen King (and signed by him) and, following the section of author's autographs, closes with a section of facsimiles of autographs and autographed objects from noted literati, presidents, and others—including a reproduction of a page from King's manuscript for the story "Secret Window, Secret Garden." The William Everson and Richard Yates signatures are in facsimile, as in all copies. Brooks C288.1.

Without publisher's slipcase. Contents and binding in fine condition.