Cujo
King, Stephen
- Publisher: The Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date published: 1981
- Format: Hardcover
- ISBN: 9780670451937
The Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1981. Book Club Edition (stated on front flap with 4-digit number on the rear flap), with Gutter Code "L35" on page 308, signifying that it was printed in the first week of September, 1981. The first Trade Edition came out on September 8, 1981, so this is the first (1st) printing of the Book Club Edition. Fine in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square, with no markings of any kind. The Binding is black quarter cloth to carrot colored boards, colors uniform throughout, with the author's initials in silver to the front board, bright silver title, etc., to the spine, white endpapers unmarked but for a prior owner's book plate on the front free endpaper, and all corners square and sharp. The Dust Jacket is bright, colors uniform throughout, and intact with wear visible at the head and heel of the spine and at the corners and folds. See photos. 309 pages. 5 3/4" x 8 3/8". This horror novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1982, and was a nominee for the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1982) and for the Balrog Award for Best Novel (1982). A good-natured Saint Bernard contracts rabies and terrorizes the author's favorite mythical town, Castle Rock, Maine. Notwithstanding all that, according to the American Library Association, Cujo was the 49th most banned and challenged book in the United States between 1990 and 1999 ISBN 10: 0670451932 / ISBN 13: 9780670451937
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