Stephen King "Cujo" Slipcased Signed First Edition, First Printing [F/NF]

Personally signed and dated by Stephen King only one year after publication.

SIGNED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING

The Viking Press (September 8, 1981) Stephen King. "Cujo". Signed and dated by Stephen King on 1/15/82 directly onto the FFEP (First Free End Paper). First Edition, First Printing with original dust-jacket.  "First published in 1981..." as required on the copyright page with no mention of later printing. The original dust-jacket is not price clipped, still showing $13.95 on the top of the flap.

The #1 bestseller for King's rabid fans - A unique book for the serious Stephen King collector.

Early Stephen King signed books such as this one are collectible due to the combination of the author's immense and lasting popularity, the scarcity of his early, and smaller-print-run editions.

Quality vs. Quantity: While King has signed thousands of books over the years, the early signed first editions are the most valuable because they are rare first editions that were signed when King was not yet the household name he is today.

"He builds up the suspense, holds back the dynamite until you're screaming for it, and then lets you have it." -- Minneapolis Tribune

"It grabs you and holds you and won't let go...excruciating suspense...a genuine page-turner." -- Chattanooga Times

About "CUJO"

Cujo is so well-paced and scary that people tend to read it quickly, so they mostly remember the scene of the mother and son trapped in the hot Pinto and threatened by the rabid Cujo, forgetting the multifaceted story in which that scene is embedded. This is definitely a novel that rewards re-reading. When you read it again, you can pay more attention to the theme of country folk vs. city folk; the parallel marriage conflicts of the Cambers vs. the Trentons; the poignancy of the amiable St. Bernard (yes, the breed choice is just right) infected by a brain-destroying virus that makes it into a monster; and the way the "daylight burial" of the failed ad campaign is reflected in the sunlit Pinto that becomes a coffin. And how significant it is that this horror tale is not supernatural: it's as real as junk food, a failing marriage, a broken-down car, or a fatal virus.

Cujo is a 1981 horror novel by American writer Stephen King about a rabid Saint Bernard. The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1982 and was made into a film in 1983. Cujo's name was based on the alias of Willie Wolfe, one of the men responsible for orchestrating Patty Hearst's kidnapping and indoctrination into the Symbionese Liberation Army. King discusses Cujo in On Writing, referring to it as a novel he "barely remembers writing at all." King wrote the book during the height of his struggle with alcohol addiction. King goes on to say he likes the book and wishes he could remember enjoying the good parts as he put them on the page.

Stephen King

Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His first crime thriller featuring Bill Hodges, MR MERCEDES, won the Edgar Award for best novel and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award. Both MR MERCEDES and END OF WATCH received the Goodreads Choice Award for the Best Mystery and Thriller of 2014 and 2016 respectively.

King co-wrote the bestselling novel Sleeping Beauties with his son Owen King, and many of King's books have been turned into celebrated films and television series including The Shawshank Redemption, Gerald's Game and It.

King was the recipient of America's prestigious 2014 National Medal of Arts and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for distinguished contribution to American Letters. In 2007 he also won the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives with his wife Tabitha King in Maine.