 Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author, screenwriter, musician, columnist, actor, film producer and director. Having sold over 350 million copies of his books, King is best known for his work in horror fiction, in which he demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the genre's history.
He has also written science fiction, fantasy, short-fiction, non-fiction, screenplays, teleplays and stageplays. Many of his stories have been adapted for other media, including movies, television series and comic books. King has written a number of books using the pen name Richard Bachman and one short story where he was credited as John Swithen. In 2003 he received The National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Source Wikipedia
This edition sold at Bloomsbury New York Auction in March 2008 for $550
The Shining. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1977. 8vo (216x133 mm). Publisher’s black cloth backed tan boards, in publisher’s dust jacket. Condition: jacket very lightly chipped at head and foot; head of cloth spine with light wear; else fine. [With:] Pet Sematary. Doubleday & Company, 1983. 8vo. (152x230 mm). First Edition, uncorrected galley proof. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. Fine. first editions (one galley proof) of these two king horror classics.
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