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The Tommyknockers
by Stephen King
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1987. Book Club Edition. 1/4 cloth. Very good/very good. A very good book club edition in a very good dust jacket with burnished gold lettering. Green paper boards with black embossed quarter cloth on spine. Cover has fascimile of King's signature embossed. Title stamped in gold foil on spine. White endpapers. Inner pages are clean. Small dog ear on pp. 257-264. Binding is tight. DJ has 1/2 inch tear on rear cover near spine and wear to foot and crown. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. DJ has "8711" on inner flap. 558 pp. Octavo, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall. Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic, terrifying #1 New York Times bestseller about a terrifying otherworldly discovery and the effects it has a on a small town. “Late last night and the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers, knocking at the door…” On a beautiful June day, while walking deep in the woods on her property in Haven, Maine, Bobbi Anderson quite literally stumbles over her own destiny and that of the entire town. For the dull gray metal protrusion she discovers in the ground is part of a mysterious and massive metal object, one that may have been buried there for millennia. Bobbi can’t help but become obsessed and try to dig it out…the consequences of which will affect and transmute every citizen of Haven, young and old. It means unleashing extraordinary powers beyond those of mere mortals—and certain death for any and all outsiders. An alien hell has now invaded this small New England town…an aggressive and violent malignancy devoid of any mercy or sanity… “Wonderful creeping terror…a great storyteller!”—The New York Times Book Review “Brilliant, riveting, marvelous.”—Boston Globe “King at his best!” —San Francisco Chronicle
Synopsis
Don't open the door... Bobbi Anderson and the other good folks of Haven, Maine, have sold their souls to reap the rewards of the most deadly evil this side of hell.
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Details
- Seller
- Uncommon Works
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1292
- Title
- The Tommyknockers
- Author
- Stephen King
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- fiction, king, horror, prank
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works
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Gridley, California
About Uncommon Works
Not your ordinary book store! Uncommon Works specializes in rare, odd, unique, and handmade books, with a focus on the Maya, Latin America, Native America, and the Spanish Conquest. You'll find rare, first editions and first or early printings. You'll even find a few first printings of living authors for sale. We provide services and referrals for book mending, repair, restoration, and binding.
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- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- G
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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