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Cujo , Boldly Inscribed By Stephen King KING, Stephen. Cujo. New York, 1981. Octavo, original half black cloth, dust jacket.

$2100.

View on Website First trade edition of “perhaps the cruelest [and] most disturbing” Stephen King novel, boldly inscribed in the year of publication: “For Betty—With good wishes, Stephen King 8/16/81.” On the publication of Cujo , The New York Times praised it as “perhaps the cruelest, most disturbing tale of horror King’s written yet… He certainly hits the jugular with Cujo .” In this return to a Maine setting after King’s Colorado novels, “ Cujo represents the fullest and most complete elaboration of King’s ‘myth of Maine’ to date… In this novel King has… come fully into his own” (Underwood & Miller, 56-61). Basis for the 1983 film directed by Lewis Teague. First-issue dust jacket , with $13.95 price and “0981” code on front flap. Published the same year as a signed limited edition of 750 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies. Brooks A13. A fine copy.

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