[Rarebooks] Offering: King, THE PLANT, Parts 1-3

[Michael John Thompson]

KING, Stephen. THE PLANT. Parts 1-3. Bangor, 
Maine: The Philtrum Press. 1982, 1983, 1985. 
First Edition, First Printing. King had the 
Stinehour Press print limited editions of The 
Plant in three installments, from 1982 to 1985, 
to be given by him as gifts. Each book was issued 
separately, in editions of 226 copies. Vols 1 and 
2 are single signatures, sewn in a printed wrap; 
Vol 3 is multiple signatures, sewn and glued 
(unsewn, unlike the others) into a printed wrap. 
This set is out of series and not signed; Vol 2 
is marked "Printer's Copy"on the colophon, so 
presumably the other two volumes are as well. Vol 
3 is complete with wrap (many were left unbound). 
All are in fine condition, and enclosed in a 
custom clamshell box (covered in green handmade 
paper) with a printed spine label (& extra label 
in the box). Complete sets are very, very scarce.

The original issues of King's unfinished novel, 
issued as chapbooks sent to friends (in lieu of 
Christmas cards) in the early 1980ís. The novel 
is about an editor in a paperback publishing 
house who gets a manuscript from what appears to 
be a crackpot. The manuscript is about magic, but 
it also contains photographs that seem very real. 
The editor writes the author a rejection slip, 
but because of the photographs, he also notifies 
the police where the author lives. This enrages 
the author, who sends a mysterious plant to the 
editor's office. The story is told in epistolary 
format, consisting entirely of letters, memos and correspondence.


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$2,750.00 Cdn


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