Stephen King "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger" Slipcased Signed Limited First Edition No. 63 of 500 [F/F/F]

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Personally signed by Stephen King and Michael Whelan. The combination of limited availability, condition, and the cultural significance of "The Dark Tower" series makes this signed limited edition of "The Gunslinger" a highly prized item among collectors and fans of Stephen King's work.

PERHAPS THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL SIGNED LIMITED EDITION BY THE MASTER OF MODERN HORROR

From Stephen King's epic The Dark Tower. A unique opportunity to own one of the most highly sought after  Stephen King signed limited editions. This is the one that started the series in 1982. A rare signed limited edition for the serious and discerning collector. This book will enjoy a special status in your collection and will be the focal point of your library. Signed by Stephen King and Michael Whelan on a special limitation title page.

If you're looking for the signed limited edition of "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger", then this is the one! It is in the ideal Fine/Fine/Fine condition without any flaws.

Number 63 of only 500 produced

Donald M. Grant Publishers 1982. Stephen King "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger" Signed Limited Edition. A signed limited First edition and the first book in The Dark Tower series. Limited to only 500 signed and numbered copies, this being number 63. Dust-jacket artwork by Michael Whelan. The original cover price was $60. Fine/Fine in a Fine slipcase. Photos of actual item.

The limitation sheet reads: "This special edition of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger is limited to 500 copies, signed by the author and artist. This is copy __63__"

Exclusive Features

• Signed by Stephen King and Michael Whelan directly onto the limitation page.
• Donald M. Grant Publishers 1982
• Limited to 500 copies.
• Signed Limited First Edition, First Printing. 
• Condition: Fine/Fine/Fine
• Hardcover book with dust-jacket
• Original publisher issued slipcase
• Free gift wrapping
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This signed limited edition of Stephen King's "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger," which was limited to 500 copies, is highly valued and sought after for several reasons:

Rareness: Limited to only 500 copies, this edition is inherently rare. Rarity often drives up the value of collectible items, especially when they are part of a highly popular series like "The Dark Tower."

Author's and illustrator's Signature: Each copy is personally signed by Stephen King and Michael Whelan. Autographed books are generally more valuable to collectors because they add a personal touch from the author and authenticate the edition.

Collectibility: Stephen King has a vast and dedicated fan-base, and collectors often seek out rare editions to complete their collections. Limited editions like this one are particularly desirable because they are both rare and exclusive.

Cultural Impact: "The Dark Tower" series is one of Stephen King's most acclaimed works, blending elements of fantasy, horror, and Western genres. The series has a significant cultural impact and a devoted following, which contributes to the value of limited editions associated with it.

Condition and Quality: Often, limited editions are produced with high-quality materials, such as premium paper, binding, and cover designs. These factors, combined with the limited availability and author's signature, enhance their value. 

Overall, the combination of limited availability, condition, Stephen King's signature, and the cultural significance of "The Dark Tower" series make this signed limited edition of "The Gunslinger" a highly prized item among collectors and fans of Stephen King's work.

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger

The Gunslinger is a dark-fantasy novel by American author Stephen King. It is the first volume in the Dark Tower series.

The Gunslinger was first published in 1982 as a fix-up novel, joining five short stories that had been published between 1978 and 1981. King substantially revised the novel in 2003; this version has remained in print ever since, with the subtitle RESUMPTION.

The story centers Roland Deschain, the last gunslinger, who has been chasing his adversary, "the man in black," for many years. The novel fuses Western fiction with fantasy, science fiction, and horror, following Roland's trek through a vast desert and beyond in search of the man in black. Roland meets several people along his journey, including a boy named Jake, who travels with him part of the way.

About The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower is a series of seven books written by American author Stephen King and contains fantasy fiction, science fantasy, horror and western elements. They describe a gunslinger's quest toward a tower whose nature the books call both physical and metaphorical. King has described the series as his magnum opus; besides the seven novels that compose the series proper, many of his other books relate to the story, introducing concepts and characters that come into play as the series progresses. between 1970 and 2004. The series incorporates themes from multiple genres, including

The series was chiefly inspired by the poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" by Robert Browning, whose full text was included in the final volume's appendix. In the preface to the revised 2003 edition of The Gunslinger, King also identifies The Lord of the Rings, the Arthurian Legend, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as inspirations. He identifies Clint Eastwood's "Man with No Name" character as one of the major inspirations for Roland. King's style of location names in the series, such as Mid-World, and his development of a unique language abstract to our own, are also influenced by J. R. R. Tolkien's work.

About the Publisher : Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc.

Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc. has been producing specialty books in the fantasy genre for over 45 years. Over that period the company has published substantially more than 100 quality titles, placing an emphasis on time-honored book design and an abundance of full color and black and white illustrations.

Indeed, the company's forte is the production of fine editions designed for the book collector and for the book lover. Particular concern is always shown in the use of quality bindings, paper, typography and reproduction of artworks.

Many of the Grant imprint books are illustrated in full and striking color. Donald M. Grant, Publisher will continue to bring you fine quality books in the future. Many exciting projects are currently being discussed or are already underway

Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Called the "King of Horror", he has also explored other genres, among them suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy and mystery. He has also written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections.

His debut, Carrie (1974), established him in horror. Different Seasons (1982), a collection of four novellas, was his first major departure from the genre. Among the films adapted from King's fiction are Carrie, Christine, The Shining, The Dead Zone, Stand by Me, Misery, Dolores Claiborne, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile and It. He has published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman and has co-written works with other authors, notably his friend Peter Straub and sons Joe Hill and Owen King. He has also written nonfiction, notably On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft.

Several of King's works have won the Bram Stoker and August Derleth Awards. He has also won awards for his overall contributions to literature, including the 2003 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the 2014 National Medal of Arts. Joyce Carol Oates called King "a brilliantly rooted, psychologically 'realistic' writer for whom the American scene has been a continuous source of inspiration, and American popular culture a vast cornucopia of possibilities."

Michael Whelan

Michael Whelan (born June 29, 1950) is an American artist of imaginative realism. For more than 30 years, he worked as an illustrator, specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art. Since the mid-1990s, he has pursued a fine art career, selling non-commissioned paintings through galleries in the United States and through his website.

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted Whelan in June 2009, the first living artist so honored. According to his Hall of Fame citation

Michael Whelan is one of the most important contemporary science fiction and fantasy artists, and certainly the most popular. His work was a dominant force in the transition of genre book covers away from the surrealism introduced in the 1950s and 1960s back to realism.

His paintings have appeared on the covers of more than 350 books and magazines, including many Stephen King novels, most of the Del Rey editions of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series, Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series, the Del Rey edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Mars series, Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince and Dragon Star series, the Del Rey editions of H. P. Lovecraft's short story collections, the Grand Master edition of Ray Bradbury's fix-up novel The Martian Chronicles, DAW editions of Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné books, numerous DAW editions of C. J. Cherryh's work, many of Robert A. Heinlein's novels including Friday and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, the Ace editions of H. Beam Piper's Fuzzy novels, and Tad Williams's Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Otherland, and Shadowmarch series and Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive. Whelan provided covers and interior illustrations for Stephen King's The Gunslinger and The Dark Tower, the first and last of his Dark Tower books.

Cover art by Michael Whelan has graced many music record albums including Demolition Hammer's Epidemic of Violence, The Jacksons' Victory; Sepultura's Beneath the Remains, Arise, Chaos A.D. and Roots; Soulfly's Dark Ages; Obituary's Cause of Death; and every album by the Elric-influenced metal band Cirith Ungol. He painted original works for the covers of Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell and The Very Best of Meat Loaf albums and several of his older paintings illustrate the liner notes of the former. In 2009, he painted the cover art for thrash metal band Evile's album Infected Nations.