Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional Book Club edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Green Mile by Stephen King in a new archival wrap.
The book is in Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with the previous owner’s name inked on the front pastedown and the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions or signs of ownership inside. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear. First state jacket with no price on the front flap, as issued with barcode on the rear cover. (Book Club Edition dust jackets usually have no barcodes.) Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap, which was cut extra long to hide the previous owner’s name. The missing jacket price is the only evidence of being a book club edition.
When The Green Mile first appeared, serialized as one volume per month, Stephen King’s The Green Mile was an unprecedented publishing triumph: all six volumes ended up on the New York Times bestseller list—simultaneously—and delighted millions of fans the world over. In 2000, Scribner first published The Green Mile in its entirety.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
