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KING**, STEPHEN: : CELL

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2006.

ISBN 0340921447.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Stated First Edition.] VG+/VG+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,wrap-around,matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with author's capitalised,embossed,glossy white-lettered name with capitalised,embossed,glossy black-lettered title and flat printed capitalised,matt white-lettered strapline,and a glossy illustration of a cell phone towards front's lower corner; spine /backstrip with thumbnail repeated front's cell phone illustration at it's head; similarly coloured+lettered author name and title as the front's,and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered initialled colophon and similarly coloured+lettered name respectively,to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with continuation of the front's background with 5 critics' white+ black-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,majority of light creasing along dw/dj top edges and head of spine with gentle pushing; front's top and rear's lower opposing corner tips with miniscule paper loss - but no other nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges with ubiquitous ageing/toning; contents brigth,crisp and clean,one intentional dog-ear reading corner tip crease to pp47/48 - but no other pages' tips creased.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked metallic red gilt lettered and thumbnail illustrated spine/backstrip,a red+orange striped heaband and immaculate plain maroon endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-399pp [paginated] includes 9 Pts/sections with vaying numbers of chapters in each,author's Acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,an epigram page [2, Sigmund Freud and Konrad Lorenz],a title separator page,repeated  paragraph front inner flap of dw/dj - see the first paragraph of story's synopsis below, individual Pts/sections separator pages,and to the rear,as last pages,author's two sentence biography,a separator page advising of a facsimile excerpt of 12pp - in the author's handwriting - of forthcoming novel 'Lisey's Story' to be published in October,2006 by Hodder & Stoughton (UK),followed by 4pp blanks.         Visually,the external appearance is acceptable, and even internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it’s age.It is only the faults described that prevent a slightly higher grading overall.                                **Civilization slipped into its second dark age on an unsurprising track of blood, but with a speed that could not have been foreseen by even the most pessimistic futurist. It was as if it had been waiting to go.On October 1,God was in his heaven,the stock market stood at 10,140,and most of the planes were on time (except for those landing in Chicago,and that was to be expected).Two weeks later the skies belonged to the birds again and the stock market was a memory.By Halloween,every major city from New York to Moscow stank to the empty heavens and the world as it had been was a memory'.          The event became known as The Pulse. The virus was carried by every cellular phone operating in the world. Within hours,those receiving calls would become insane - or die.                    In Boston, a young artist, Clayton Riddell, flees the explosive heart of the city. He makes the connection between those using their cell phones and the mayhem that ensues. Clay's son has a little red cell phone. Often out of juice. But what if this time the battery is full? Clay has to reach his son, before his son reaches for his phone. . .                                    There are one hundred and ninety-three million cell phone users in the United States alone. Who doesn't have one? This utterly gripping, gory, and fascinating novel doesn't ask the question 'Can you hear me now?' It answers it with a vengeance.                                     High concept, ingenious, and terrifying: 'Cell' is the perfect nightmare for a whole new generation of Stephen King readers. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE.                       ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                                                                  

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

King, Stephen : Cell

Scribner, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A., 2006

ISBN 0743292332

Number 1 in the number line. Quarter bound, red boards with black cloth end cover. Silver lettering on the spine. 353 pages plus 12 page excerpt frm Lisey's Story. Terror on the Cell Phone. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine

First Edition