Joyland
London: Hard Case Crime, 2013.
First hardcover edition, limited issue. Number 130 of 724 numbered copies, signed by Stephen King on the limitation page tipped in at front. 293, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards lettered in gilt on spine. Fine in a Fine dust jacket illustrated by Robert McGinnis and featuring a pictorial map by Susan Hunt Yule. Together with a limited edition oversized dust jacket commissioned by David Hinchberger and illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne, his signature and number 311/500 to the rear flap.
One of three limited hardcover editions, issued simultaneously one week after the paperback edition, the others a signed lettered edition (26 copies) and an unsigned gift edition (1,500 copies). A "satisfyingly warped yarn," per Kirkus Reviews. "As ever, King writes a lean sentence and a textured story, joining mystery to horror, always with an indignant sense of just how depraved people can be."
Price: $2,000