The Shining, 'Salem's Lot, Carrie (First UK Omnibus Edition)

KING, Stephen. The Shining, 'Salem's Lot, Carrie. London: William Heinemann/Octopus, 1983.

8vo. Original red leatherette boards. Original pictorial dust jacket, clipped. 747 pp. First UK omnibus edition of this three-title configuration, first printing.

This omnibus brings together, in a single substantial volume, the three novels that established Stephen King as the defining voice of American popular horror fiction: Carrie (1974); 'Salem's Lot (1975); and The Shining (1977).

The dust jacket for this edition serves as a movie tie-in, its front panel reproducing a composite image from the "Here's Johnny" scene of Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film adaptation of The Shining, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall.

Very good in like dust jacket. Dust jacket clipped. Some toning along upper edge. Spine a bit shelf faded. Volume well preserved, binding a trifle cocked. Contents a bit browned, otherwise in good order throughout. Christmas gift inscription to FFEP.

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Catalogue Number: HH000696