Under the Dome: A Novel [Signed in Slip-case]

New York: Scribner, Publishers, 2009. First printing w/full number-line at copyright. Beautifully flat signed by Stephen King at title page: "Stephen King." Navy boards, textured spine wrap, silver spine titles, light shelf wear. Page fine, no writing. Bind fine; hinges intact. Dust wrapper, light shelf wear; unclipped 35.00, protected in new clear sleeve. Classic wrap-around jacket art by Platinum FMD and design by Rex Bonomelli using a combination of illustration, photographs, and 3D renderings w/cover, spine titles, and publisher info being the only words on entire jacket. Rare near fine, signed example in same wrapper. Housed in a fine brown leather or leatherette slip-case with black cover design and spine titles. Designed for the collector's edition (though this first edition is fine and apropos) with room at top for the illustrated boxed pack of character cards in this novel. Also includes a large fold-out leaflet with lengthy article on SK and this title from Talking Volumes event and signing at the Fitzgerald theater. Along with this is the original event ticket. An invisible and mysterious force field descends upon a small fictional town of Chester's Mill, Maine, USA, trapping residents inside, cut off from the rest of civilization. The trapped townsfolk must discover the secrets and purpose of the "dome" and its origins, while coming to learn more than they ever knew about each other. Don't be caught in Chester's Mill on Dome Day. King's epic novel continues the intrigue. On a beautiful fall day, the town of Chester's Mill is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. No one knows what this barrier is and when - or if - it will go away. After the firmament seals off Chester Mills from the rest of the world, it is up to Dale Barbara, an Iraq veteran, and a select group of citizens to save the town, if they can get past Big Jim Rennie, a murderous politician, his son, who hides a horrible secret in his home, and a strange device at the center. "THE PERFECT AMERICAN SMALL TOWN..." 1074 pages. Large 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" x 3" design. Printed in the U.S.A. Insured post.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.