Desperation (#11 of 19 with an Original Remarque at Title Pages by Illustrator Don Maitz)

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Donald M. Grant, 1996. Gift edition with matching traycase published by Donald M. Grant in a special print-run of 19; each uniquely remarqed copy with different artwork. Signed to title page: "Don Maitz, 11/19". Features a hand painted color illustration by Don Maitz spreading across title and adjacent page featuring the wolf amongst desert lizards and scorpions. Very attractive. Retains original wax leaf to contain design from bleed. Large 7 1/2" x 10 3/4" design weighing nearly four lbs. in case. Accompanying this special edition, a sealed pencil sketch of same wolf scene mounted on stiff foam board w/card to back: "Certificate of Original Artwork. This is an original work of art created and signed by the artist, Don Maitz. Title: Desperation Wolf Sketch in Pencil, 'Don Maitz, 1-9-10'". Dark maroon textured leather or leather-like boards, bright gilt cover and spine titles overlay blind-stamped block lettered 'Stephen King,' fine. Pages fine. Pictorial collage matte endpapers. Illustrated with four dynamic full color glossy plates; two span over adjacent page. Also, full and partial-page vignettes, headers, etc. in b&w greet the reader throughout. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Unique dust wrapper features version of the cop with smoke willowing from pistol wrapping around to back cover where a glowing orb ebbs; unclipped 75.00, protected in new clear sleeve. Includes the original slipcase matching boards in design with maroon textured leather or leather-like design, bright gilt cover and spine titles, and a scorpion vignette to front corner, slight wear. Black felt interior. Fine artist signed first edition in same slipcase with an original signed sketch. Includes original errata set in: "Errate Sheet, Follows Page 96, Desperation, '96b' 'cop was talking about. 'Lips which lie are best kept silent,' the cop said, tossing the hat that wasn't his over into the passenger seat. It landed on a tan-'" This tale follows a group of cross-country travelers, a writer, a family on vacation, and a professor with his wife, who all end up in the little mining town of Desperation where a crazed policeman and a pervasive evil compels them to fight for their lives. Somewhere along Route 50 in the Nevada desert exists this dead-end town. Those who enter embark on a never-ending journey of desperation, lunacy, and terror, as they find true desolation in a town that no one leaves. Companion piece to the Bachman's "The Regulators." 525 pages. Insured post.. Signed by Artist. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Maitz, Don . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.