Stephen King's apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by virus and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as when it was first published. 'THE STAND is a masterpiece' (Guardian). Set in a virus-decimated US, King's thrilling American fantasy epic, is a Classic. First come the days of the virus. Then come the dreams. Dark dreams that warn of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death, his worn-down boot heels tramping the night roads. The warlord of the charnel ...
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Stephen King's apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by virus and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as when it was first published. 'THE STAND is a masterpiece' (Guardian). Set in a virus-decimated US, King's thrilling American fantasy epic, is a Classic. First come the days of the virus. Then come the dreams. Dark dreams that warn of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death, his worn-down boot heels tramping the night roads. The warlord of the charnel house and Prince of Evil. His time is at hand. His empire grows in the west and the Apocalypse looms. When a man crashes his car into a petrol station, he brings with him the foul corpses of his wife and daughter. He dies and it doesn't take long for the virus which killed him to spread across America and the world.
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Add this copy of The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition to cart. $59.95, like new condition, Sold by The Warm Springs Book Company rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fremont, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Doubleday Books.
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Berni Wrightson. Fine in very good dust jacket. A fine copy in a very good mylar protected DJ. Stated 1st Trade edition followed by 'BVG with no additional printings listed. DJ is the one for the original edition of the book and has some general wear, light rubbing and small closed tears to the top back panel edge and the bottom back spine edge. Previous owner's gift inscription on the front endpaper. Tiny trace of corner creasing to the page tip edges ~ from pages 579-592. Overall, a very solid copy of a large book prone to wear and tear. Illustrated. Cover does not match stock copy photo. A larger book requiring additional postage for international and priority orders. 8vo; ~ xxx + 1152 pages.
Add this copy of The Stand to cart. $97.95, good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Doubleday & Company, Inc.
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Good. First Edition. first edition book, does not include a dust jacket, light amount of wear along the edges of the cover of the book, light fading on the spine of the book, foxing on the edges of the book Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.
Add this copy of The Stand: the Complete and Uncut Edition to cart. $99.97, very good condition, Sold by mark henderson rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Olathe, KS, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Doubleday.
Add this copy of The Stand, the Complete and Uncut Edition to cart. $125.00, very good condition, Sold by My Book Heaven rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Alameda, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Doubleday.
Add this copy of The Stand to cart. $149.93, fair condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Doubleday Books.
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Acceptable. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. 1st edition, stated on cp, code T39. 8vo hardcover. 823pp. Good book. No dust jacket. (Horror, Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.
Add this copy of The Stand to cart. $279.95, very good condition, Sold by RARE BOOK CELLAR rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pomona, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Doubleday.
Add this copy of The Stand to cart. $300.00, good condition, Sold by Dunaway Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Saint Louis, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Doubleday.
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Good. First edition stated. First printing as indicated by $12.95 dustjacket price and code T39 on page 823. Binding tight and square, modest rubbing. The dustjacket is not price-clipped, has rubbing at the corners with small bit of loss, much heavier rubbing at the bottom of the spine and front panel where there is some shallow but visible loss, three closed tears, about 3', at the top of the rear panel.
Add this copy of The Stand to cart. $450.00, very good condition, Sold by Montclair Book Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Montclair, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Doubleday.
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VERY Good. Good Jacket. Conforms to Stephen King's own website's guide to identifying his first editions: copyright page states 'first edition'; 1978; dust jacket price $12.95; 'T39' on page 823. Jacket not clipped, but worn, in a mylar dust jacket protector: some crinkling and small (less than an inch) tears around the edges of the front panel, with a four-inch tear at the top of the back panel intersecting with the top of the spine, and a two-inch tear at the bottom of the back panel. Pages not written on but with some discoloration to edges, and binding tight. Old pencil-price marks in top right corner of ffep. A few pages have previously been dog-eared.
Add this copy of The Stand to cart. $500.00, very good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Doubleday.
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Very Good jacket. First Edition. First ed, first printing, T39 code at p. 823 gutter. Jacket price clipped, minor chipping at jacket corners. Minor shelf/reading wear. Pages/boards/jacket clean, binding sturdy. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.
Add this copy of The Stand to cart. $699.00, like new condition, Sold by Bronze Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Victorville, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Doubleday Books.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 1200 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Doubleday, USA, 1978. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Signed. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. SIGNED First Edition USA hardcover book club edition in ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET! Hand signed and inscribed "To Kevin, Best, Stephen King ". This is The Stand. This book was obtained via the Skemer system (Stephen King EMailER). The Stand is one of Stephen King's classic early novels and remains one of the most desired and valuable from the famous author! Fantastic similarities to the true USA First printing. Despite being a book club edition it is hard to tell on first looking! Identical size, jacket, graphics etc. The condition on this book and jacket are outstanding. The jacket is the best I have ever seen with hardly any wear. The book is square with very clean pages. A very rare personal hand signed STEPHEN KING book as shown. A GREAT ORIGINAL STEPHEN KING AUTOGRAPH. Genuine STEPHEN KING HAND SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOKS ARE HARD TO COME ACROSS. Here is stunning original hand signed STEPHEN KING. RAREANDSIGNED. Signed by Author.
I'm not Stephen King's biggest fan, but I've always had a weakness for THE STAND. One thing I've always appreciated about Stephen King is his liberal doses of gallows humor -- and that is very much in evidence here (particularly in the early chapters as a plague is passed from one unsuspecting victim to the next).
I first read THE STAND during the summer of either 1979 or 1980. I recently decided to reread it and dutifully bought the "uncut" version for my Kindle. Unfortunately King didn't just put back pages from his original manuscript, he also updated the action and references. I found this very distracting, so I immediately came to Alibris to purchase a copy of the original version of the novel... which I think is much better.
whitey
Jul 30, 2010
i have really enjoy the book the stand I feel it is one of the b est books that he had written also I would reconned it to anyone. the book actually give more stuff than the movie. It keep you on your seat wondering what going to happen next. thanks for getting it for me kathy cox.
nathaniel
Apr 16, 2009
stand
another great book....also series on tv....will add to collection for birthday gift.
DavidM
May 11, 2007
Good Read for summer
This is a long and detailed tail in the King tradition. You must be a dedicated reader in order to start this one. But it's worth it.
DrBones
Apr 6, 2007
Possibly the greatest novel?
Well in my humble opinion it is the greatest piece of fiction I have read. The depth that you get to go into the lives and mins of each one of these characters is staggering. What a more over-played out theme (the struggle of good verses evil) to take onand truely do something original with. I can't say enough about the style this book was written in. The attention to detail the history of each player laid out so that the reader can form whole opinions based the merit or character flaws of every piece on the chess board. no stone left unturned so that when the books apocalyptic theme starts to develope you are actually in a position to feel like you can pass judgement on who should triumph or fal.
It is often hard for me to find characters in mass market novels that really scare me, and make my skin crawl. The killer who takes on the identity of Vincent Mungo in the Shane Stevens novel "By Reason of Insanity", or the pretyy rich boy nut job in Bret Easton Elliss' "American psycho" both hit the mark. But evil pound for evil pound, the "waking dude" in "The Stand" scared the crud out of me. With an understated grace almost he draws people in to a living nightmare that surrounds him and dictates his every move and thought.
And on the good side of the Rocky Mountains,lovable heroes by the truck load. a team of misfits that despite being as mixed up and challenged as the scumbags out to get them, mange to succeed in winning the readers hearts and leave them cheering.
Just great entertainment for hours and hours. I've reread it 6 times since my first go around the lonely highways of Stephen Kings imagination.
