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Stephen King, 'Salem's Lot, 1st British edition.

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Stephen King, 'Salem's Lot, 1st British edition.
<B>Stephen King</B></I>. <B><I>'Salem's Lot</B></I></B></I>. London: New English Library [1975]. <BR>First UK edition. Octavo. 439 pages.<BR><BR>Black cloth. Tiny nick on left edge of pages 87-118. The dust jacket with a tiny amount of wear at the foot of the spine. Overall near fine condition.<BR><BR>This is the first British edition of King's second novel, which depicts a small New England town slowly besieged by vampires. King changed his original title, "Second Coming" to "Jerusalem's Lot," which eventually was shortened by Doubleday prior to publication in the U.S. The novel has been dramatized three times, once for BBC Radio and twice as a television miniseries. <I>From the Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)