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Product Details
his is a True First Edition / First Printing — Trade Edition of Bag of Bones (1998), Stephen King’s award‑winning literary ghost story and one of his most critically praised novels of the 1990s. Blending grief, romance, supernatural suspense, and small‑town secrets, the novel follows bestselling author Mike Noonan as he retreats to his lakeside home—only to find himself haunted by both personal tragedy and a decades‑old mystery.
Bag of Bones won the Bram Stoker Award and the British Fantasy Award, cementing its reputation as a modern King classic. The trade edition is the standard hardcover release from Scribner. This copy retains its original $28.00 price, first‑state identifiers, and the expected Scribner first‑printing points. This offering includes a near fine book and fine dust jacket. There is a light stain on the page block (see picture).
All Signed Products Have Been Authenticated and Verified with Lifetime Provenance Validation
High-level authentication is an advanced discipline that operates at the intersection of long-term expertise, forensic observation, and controlled verification standards. All items are verified for its origin, composition, production context, and historical alignment. First editions, first printings, and original works require a different level of scrutiny, where paper stock, binding methods, printing indicators, publication sequencing, and manufacturing variances must align precisely with documented release standards. Authenticity at this level is determined by convergence.
Extremely Limited Availability
Once a specific item, edition, or production run exits the market, it cannot be reproduced, reissued, or replaced. Many pieces offered here originate from private collections assembled decades ago and have been permanently removed from normal circulation, placing them beyond conventional availability. When verifiable rarity is combined with expert authentication grounded in over 30 years of specialization, these items represent asymmetric investment opportunities, where limited supply, protected provenance, and sustained collector demand create meaningful long-term appreciation potential.
