Stephen King, Stewart O'Nan "Faithful" Signed Deluxe Lettered Edition "O" of 26, Slipcased [Very Fine]

Personally signed by Stewart O'Nan with "Go Sox" message.

SIGNED LETTERED EDITION "O" OF ONLY 26 PRODUCED

Books To Benefit, Harrisburg. 2014. Stewart O'Nan and Stephen King "Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season". The 10th Anniversary Special Limited Edition.  "First Limited Edition Printing" as stated on the copyright page. Signed & Slipcased Deluxe Hardcover Lettered Edition. Limited to a one-time printing of only 26 hand-lettered copies signed by Stewart O’Nan with the message "2004  2007  2013  Go Sox!".

Printed on a high quality acid free paper stock and featuring a hand-bound “three piece” binding with a special Japanese book cloth and a fine leather, two-color printing throughout the book. Includes a sewn-in ribbon page marker, illustrated endpapers, and housed in a deluxe hand-made custom Maple slipcase. Individually stamped slipcases for each edition, this one "is designated as Letter O".

• Signed by Steward O'Nan
• Signed Lettered Edition "O" of only 26
• "First Limited Edition Printing"
• Custom Maple Slipcase 
• Hardcover Edition

Special Bonus Features:

Includes the essays “It’s Weird But True: The Gloom is Gone in Mudville” by Stephen King and “Love Train” by Stewart O’Nan, which did not appear in the original hardcover.

This Book Benefited:

Thirty percent of the retail price from this special edition was donated to The Haven Foundation and to The Jimmy Fund. The Haven Foundation gives financial assistance to provide temporary support needed to safeguard and sustain the careers of established freelance artists. The authors also support cancer care and research organizations such as The Jimmy Fund in Boston, Massachusetts. You can donate directly to The Haven Foundation via their website and to The Jimmy Fund via their website.

About Books to Benefit:

Books to Benefit publishes collectible special edition books to raise funds for non-profits, charities, and foundations.

Faithful

A fan's notes for the ages, Faithful grew from an email exchange last summer. Filled with the heady mix of exhilaration and frustration familiar to all Boston Red Sox fans, Stewart O'Nan fired off a note to fellow Sox fan, Stephen King, who responded with his thoughts on Pedro, Nomar, Manny, Mueller, and Theo. From the supposed Curse of the Bambino to f###in' Bucky Dent to the recent off-season battle for Alex Rodriguez, Sox fans have seen it all since 1918...except for that elusive World Championship. Baseball history has transformed these fans into a "nation" -- not to mention the most dedicated, knowledgeable fanbase on the planet.

Stewart O'Nan and Stephen King, proud members of Red Sox Nation, will chronicle the 2004 baseball season from spring training to the last game of the season -- the important plays, the controversial managerial decisions, the significant front office moves, and the spectacular finish (whether heartbreaking or joyous). Attending games together, keeping a running diary of observations and arguments, and occasionally evoking great or tragic events in Red Sox history. King and O'Nan will cheer on their beloved team with the eternal hope that this just might be the year. If you don't have season ticket box seats right behind the firstbase dugout, you can't beat Faithful.

About the Book:

Early in 2004, two writers and Red Sox fans, Stewart O’Nan and Stephen King, decided to chronicle the upcoming season, one of the most hotly anticipated in baseball history. They would sit together at Fenway. They would exchange emails. They would write about the games.

As it happened, they would also witness the greatest comeback ever in sports and the first Red Sox championship in eighty-six years. What began as a Sox-filled summer like any other became a fan’s notes for the ages. And now, ten years later, this special edition will allow fans everywhere to relive that magical season one more time.

Faithful: The 10th Anniversary Special Edition is the debut title from Books to Benefit, a new specialty press that works with bestselling authors to publish collectible Limited Edition books to raise funds and awareness for good causes.

Reviews

“Of all the books that will examine the Boston Red Sox’s stunning come-from-behind 2004 ALCS win over the Yankees and subsequent World Series victory, none will have this book’s warmth, personality or depth… But King and O’Nan are, admittedly, more eloquent than average baseball fans (or average sportswriters, for that matter), and their book will provide Red Sox readers an opportunity to relive every nail-biting moment of a memorable season. ”
– Publishers Weekly

“Faithful isn’t just about the Red Sox. It’s also about family, friendship, and what it truly means to be a baseball fan and to be — well, faithful, come hell or high water… The season was full of priceless moments, and King and O’Nan catch nearly all of them in amber.”

– Frank Mosher, The Boston Globe

“King and O’Nan are the kind of fans who make for great baseball companions: knowledgeable, opinionated, funny, and irreverent.”
– Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today

“A sweet romance… the details are priceless.”
– Kyle Smith, People

“Faithful is ultimately a quasi-religious book about what all great religions should be founded upon: love — in all its blindness and terror and euphoria and purity and, yes, addiction.”
– Dennis Lehane, Entertainment Weekly

About the Authors

Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller as well as the Best Hardcover Book Award from the International Thriller Writers Association. He is the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

Stewart O’Nan’s award-winning fiction includes Snow Angels, A Prayer for the Dying, Last Night at the Lobster, and Emily, Alone. Granta named him one of America’s Best Young Novelists. He lives in Pittsburgh.