The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
Price: $2,250.00
Hard Cover. Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant, 1997. First Limited Edition. Near Fine / Dust Jacket Included.
Two volumes. Illustrated by Dave McKean. First limited edition. One of 1,250 copies (1,200 of which were for sale) signed by King and McKean on the limitation page in Vol. I, this being number 272. Publisher's white cloth, stamped in red foil, with pictorial pink endpapers; in original black pictorial dust jackets designed by Dave McKean, with an image of a man biting a bullet to the front panels, lettered in black and white; publisher's navy cloth slipcase. Very light soiling to boards of Vol. 2, else fine books; fine unclipped dust jackets, with a touch of fading to spines; very good or better slipcase, with some sunning to edges, and light soiling. Overall, an excellent set. Wizard and Glass is the fourth novel in the Dark Tower fantasy series, which is widely considered Stephen King's magnum opus. The book continues the story of gunslinger Roland Deschain of Gilead, and incorporates elements from King's 1978 novel The Stand (both novels are set in a post-apocalyptic near future where society has been devastated by the same pathogen) and the classic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Based on five short stories King wrote for The Magazine of Fantasy and Fiction, the entire Dark Tower series comprises eight novels, which King considers one long, epic work. King drew his inspiration for the series from Robert Browning's poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came." Item #SK059
