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Collect this excellent First Edition of "Salem's Lot" by Stephen King. It is one of his personal favorite books that he has written.
 

King has said, "In Salem's Lot, the thing that really scared me was not vampires but the town in the daytime, the town that was empty, knowing that there were things in closets, that there were people tucked under beds, under the concrete pilings of all those trailers. And all the time I was writing that, the Watergate hearings were pouring out of the TV, I was thinking about secrets, things that have been hidden and were being dragged out into the light."

Garden City. Doubleday, Copyright May 1975. Stephen King. "Salem's Lot" First Edition, Second State Dust-jacket. "Father Cody". 439 pages. Octavo with original half black cloth and original dust jacket. "First Edition" as stated on copyright page. Jacket design by Al Nagy. Jacket illustration by Dave Christensen. ISBN 0-385-00751-5. Printed in the U.S.A. Includes a custom clamshell case which is a $250 value.

Rare book in this condition. A very original first edition from 1975. A well cared for book in Near Fine condition that is now almost 50 years old. All photos of actual item

A great opportunity to own the rare first edition of King's second novel, 'Salem's Lot. This is the haunting story of one New England village’s sinister secrets. This is the first edition  in the second-issue dust jacket. It is virtually impossible to find this edition with the first-issue dust jacket.

This is the Second State: The $8.95 price is factory clipped off and a price of $7.95 is printed on instead. Father Cody is referred to instead of Father Callahan on the dust-jacket. First Edition printing run was relatively small and only 20,000 copies.