Stephen King's apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by virus and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as when it was first published. Soon to be a television series. 'THE STAND is a masterpiece' (Guardian). Set in a virus-decimated US, King's thrilling American fantasy epic, is a Classic. First come the days of the virus. Then come the dreams. Dark dreams that warn of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death, his worn-down boot heels tramping the night ...
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Stephen King's apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by virus and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as when it was first published. Soon to be a television series. 'THE STAND is a masterpiece' (Guardian). Set in a virus-decimated US, King's thrilling American fantasy epic, is a Classic. First come the days of the virus. Then come the dreams. Dark dreams that warn of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death, his worn-down boot heels tramping the night roads. The warlord of the charnel house and Prince of Evil. His time is at hand. His empire grows in the west and the Apocalypse looms. When a man crashes his car into a petrol station, he brings with him the foul corpses of his wife and daughter. He dies and it doesn't take long for the virus which killed him to spread across America and the world.
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Good+ in Good+ jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Both the book and dust jacket are in good+ condition. The covers have moderate wear, there is light soiling to the page edges and the pages are clean. The dust jacket has moderate wear and the dust jacket is in a high quality Demco protector.
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Very Good. 824 p. When a man crashes his car into a petrol station, just north of Arnette, he brings with him the foul corpses of his wife and daughter. He dies and it doesn't take long for the plague which killed him to spread across America and the world. Material edited out of the first edition is restored here.
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Fine; Collectible. THE STAND: THE COMPLETE & UNCUT EDITION by Stephen King.......................The master of horror sells lemonade.......................This is the MASSIVE OVERSIZED softcover only stated DOUBLEDAY COMPLETE & UNCUT FIRST Edition FROM 1990. Other than the slightest hint of cover creasing (no dj), the book is in excellent reading condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc. ---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe. So bid now for this magnificent, impossible-to-find LITERARY / HORROR COLLECTIBLE.
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Good. First Edition. Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Used books may not include companion materials, some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, and may not include cd-rom or access codes. Customer service is our top priority!
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Very good minus in very good jacket. 822pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 black cloth with mustard paper over boards. The backstrip has an indentation which runs from the head to the foot, and the covers are cocked. There is a previous owner's name, along with the notation "Logan 1978, " on the front pastedown. In a dust jacket, with mild rubbing, general toning, and a handful of 1" closed tears to the edges. Stephen King's fifth novel, and the sixth book published by King, an epic of final confrontation between Good and Evil.
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Very good. 8vo, hardcover. Vg condition in vg dj. Thin fold line, with no loss, along front bottom edge of dust jacket; jacket now in a removable mylar protector. Covers and contents clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. First edition, so stated; $12.95 dust jacket price; publisher's code: T39 at rear gutter.
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Good+, Good++ 8VO, Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition, first printing with "First Edition" stated on the copyright page. Gutter code T39 present on page 823. Two tone boards in mustard yellow and black. Title on spine in gold is rubbed. Boards show soil and foxing, faint water marks. Edge wear/rubbing. Spine is a bit wavy/concave from use. Fore edge soil. Upper fore edge water marked, and has marked the upper margin edge of approximately 50 pages. 6 pages have noticeable water marks down the pages in varying degrees. Texts are all legible and there is no sticking or rubbing. Occasional foxing to text. Color illustrated dust jacket is tanned. Some soil and rubbing. Tanned spine is creased, with chipping at head and tail of tanned spine. $12.95 price is intact on fly leaf. Looks good in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.
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Cayea, John (Wrapper Illustration) Good in Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" Tall. First printing. Stated first edition at copyright page; code T39 at page 823. Slate blue buckram boards, small white spine titles in standard font, light shelf wear. Deckled pages very good, moderate toning. Small red stamp inside front and back cover: "Discard". Bind solid; hinges intact. Scarce original wrapper, some edge wear, rub, clear adhesive mend; unclipped 12.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Classic jacket design of battle between sword and sickle by John Cayea. Rare true first printing in this apparently re-bound form for a long life in the original intact wrapper. A classic from SK! A devastating flu escapes from its containment in a military biowarfare lab, killing most of the population of the United States, and by implication, the world. When a man escapes from a biological testing facility, he sets in motion a deadly domino effect, spreading a mutated strain of the flu that will wipe out 99% of humanity within a few weeks. The survivors who remain are scared, bewildered, and in need of a leader. Two emerge--Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a community in Boulder, Colorado; and Randall Flagg, the nefarious "Dark Man, " who delights in chaos and violence. 823 pages. Insured post.
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Like New in Very good+ with slight wear jacket. Stated 1st edition and 1st printing: $12.95 price listed on dust jacket and code T39 is on page 823/ the book itself appears unread/ the dust jacket has one small tear and a few nicks/ this is the best copy I've seen in person.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 1200 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Doubleday, USA, 1978. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Signed. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. SIGNED First Edition USA hardcover book club edition in ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET! Hand signed and inscribed "To Kevin, Best, Stephen King ". This is The Stand. This book was obtained via the Skemer system (Stephen King EMailER). The Stand is one of Stephen King's classic early novels and remains one of the most desired and valuable from the famous author! Fantastic similarities to the true USA First printing. Despite being a book club edition it is hard to tell on first looking! Identical size, jacket, graphics etc. The condition on this book and jacket are outstanding. The jacket is the best I have ever seen with hardly any wear. The book is square with very clean pages. A very rare personal hand signed STEPHEN KING book as shown. A GREAT ORIGINAL STEPHEN KING AUTOGRAPH. Genuine STEPHEN KING HAND SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOKS ARE HARD TO COME ACROSS. Here is stunning original hand signed STEPHEN KING. RAREANDSIGNED. Signed by Author.
I'm not Stephen King's biggest fan, but I've always had a weakness for THE STAND. One thing I've always appreciated about Stephen King is his liberal doses of gallows humor -- and that is very much in evidence here (particularly in the early chapters as a plague is passed from one unsuspecting victim to the next).
I first read THE STAND during the summer of either 1979 or 1980. I recently decided to reread it and dutifully bought the "uncut" version for my Kindle. Unfortunately King didn't just put back pages from his original manuscript, he also updated the action and references. I found this very distracting, so I immediately came to Alibris to purchase a copy of the original version of the novel... which I think is much better.
whitey
Jul 30, 2010
i have really enjoy the book the stand I feel it is one of the b est books that he had written also I would reconned it to anyone. the book actually give more stuff than the movie. It keep you on your seat wondering what going to happen next. thanks for getting it for me kathy cox.
nathaniel
Apr 16, 2009
stand
another great book....also series on tv....will add to collection for birthday gift.
DavidM
May 11, 2007
Good Read for summer
This is a long and detailed tail in the King tradition. You must be a dedicated reader in order to start this one. But it's worth it.
DrBones
Apr 6, 2007
Possibly the greatest novel?
Well in my humble opinion it is the greatest piece of fiction I have read. The depth that you get to go into the lives and mins of each one of these characters is staggering. What a more over-played out theme (the struggle of good verses evil) to take onand truely do something original with. I can't say enough about the style this book was written in. The attention to detail the history of each player laid out so that the reader can form whole opinions based the merit or character flaws of every piece on the chess board. no stone left unturned so that when the books apocalyptic theme starts to develope you are actually in a position to feel like you can pass judgement on who should triumph or fal.
It is often hard for me to find characters in mass market novels that really scare me, and make my skin crawl. The killer who takes on the identity of Vincent Mungo in the Shane Stevens novel "By Reason of Insanity", or the pretyy rich boy nut job in Bret Easton Elliss' "American psycho" both hit the mark. But evil pound for evil pound, the "waking dude" in "The Stand" scared the crud out of me. With an understated grace almost he draws people in to a living nightmare that surrounds him and dictates his every move and thought.
And on the good side of the Rocky Mountains,lovable heroes by the truck load. a team of misfits that despite being as mixed up and challenged as the scumbags out to get them, mange to succeed in winning the readers hearts and leave them cheering.
Just great entertainment for hours and hours. I've reread it 6 times since my first go around the lonely highways of Stephen Kings imagination.
