REVIVAL.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - so,generally believed to be the export 1st edn - preceding the UK's trade issue.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Rhett Podersoo illustrated dw/dj panels with glossy white author name and glossy orange with white spots title annd other white+orange lettering to front,similar lettering to illustrated spine/backstrip,rear panel also illustrated and black lettered prose extract and critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without any blemish; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – pristine, unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered original plain lemon yellow cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked black ink lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain black sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-373pp [paginated] includes 14 chapters and to rear,author's Note; plus [unpaginated] half-title with publisher's list of other King titles to its verso,title page,a dedication,an H.P. Lovecraft epigraph, and a title separator page. A spectacularly dark and electrifying novel about addiction, religion, music and what might exist on the other side of life. In a small New England town,in the early 60s,a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers.Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man,the new minister.Charles Jacobs along with his beautiful wife,will transform the local church.The men and boys are all a bit in love with Mrs Jacobs; the women and girls - including Jameie's mother and beloved sister - feel the same about Reverend Jacobs.With Jamie,the Reverend shares a deeper bond,based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity. Then tragedy strikes the Jacobs family;the preacher curses God, mocking all religious belief,and is banished from the shocked town. Jamie has demons of his own.In his mid-thirties,he is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll.Addicted to heroin, stranded,desperate,he sees Jacobs again - a showman on stage, creating dazzling 'portraits in lightning'.Decades later,Jamie is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll.Now an addict,he sees Jacobs again - a showman on stage,creating dazzling 'portraits in lightning' - and their meeting has profound consequences for both men.Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings.Because for every cure there is a price. . . This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written.It's a masterpiece from King,in the great American tradition of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE orderin through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note, stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.