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Permissions to Come. BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Pages 33-64 Yellowed by Comparison to All Others (Aging of Publishers' Choice of Paper). DUST JACKET: Colouring Distorted in Lettering of Author's First Name (Publication Flaw); Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SYNOPSIS: Late last night and the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers, Knocking at the door. I want to go out, don't know if I can, 'cause I'm so afraid Of the Tommyknocker man. It begins with nothing more frightening than a nursery rhyme; yet in Stephen King's hands it becomes an unforgettable parable of dread, a threat from an unimaginable darkness that drags the practical inhabitants of a New England village into a hell worse than their own most horrible nightmares . . . and yours. It begins with a writer named Roberta Anderson, looking for firewood in the forest that stretches behind her house. Bobbi stumbles over three inches of metal, which unusually heavy spring runoff has left sticking out of the soil. A logger's beer can, she thinks at first, but "the metal was as solid as mother-rock." It begins with Bobbi's discovery of the ship in the earth, a ship buried for millions of years, but still vibrating faintly, still humming with some sort of life . . . faint . . . weak . . . but still better left alone. Bobbi then begins to dig - tentatively at first, then compulsively - and is joined by her old friend (and onetime lover), Jim Gardener. Aided by a weirdly advanced technology, their excavation proceeds apace. And as they uncover more and more of an artefact both familiar and so unbelievable it is almost beyond comprehension, the inhabitants of Haven start to change. There is the new hot-water heater in Bobbi's basement - a hot-water heater that apparently runs on flashlight batteries. The vengeful housewife who learns of her husband's affair . . . from a picture of Jesus on top of her TV, a picture that begins to talk. Not to mention the ten-year-old magician who makes his little brother disappear . . . for real. The townspeople of Haven are "becoming" - being welded into one organic, homicidal, and fearsomely brilliant entity in fatal thrall to the Tommyknockers. In this riveting, nightmarish story, Stephen King has given us his tautest, most terrifying novel to date. And the next time someone raps at your door, you may want to keep the chain on. It just might be the Tommyknocker Man. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Mylar Wrapped Dust Jacket

Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket

Hunter-green and black boards with gold writing on spine; top and bottom of book spine slightly rumpled. Author's name in gold on front dust jacket, but showing wear; slight shelf wear to top and bottom of dust jacket spine. Price of $19.95 on front dust jacket flap; book has tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.G. P. Putnam's Sons First Edition, First Printing as indicated by "Permissions to Come" and complete number line ending in "1" on copyright page. Book has green endpapers.King's horror story about a town being taken over by an alien mental entity. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

New York, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition/First Printing (Number Line With The One Present). Minor Wear With No Ownership Information Present. Code 8711 On The Jacket Flap. $19.95 U.S. And $27.95 Canada On The Flap. Complete Number Line With The One Present. Minor Wear.

Hardcover. First Edition/1st Printing [no number line]. DJ: soiled on upper wrap, chipped at head edge, 8711 inside bottom front DJ. Quarter Black/green [embossed upper] boards with gold gilt spine text. Jacket design by One Plus One Studio.

Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations, top edge has moderate foxing, hard cover and pages are in great condition, dust jacket has moderate wear. LF.