Under the Dome [Signed Collector's Edition in Custom Tray Case]

New York, London, Toronto, Sydney: Scribner, Publishers, 2009. Limited signed edition of 1,500 in custom slipcase. From copyright: "This Scribner collector's edition November, 2009." Beautifully signed by Stephen King at front endpaper: "Stephen King". Black full cloth boards, silver embossed spine titles, light shelf wear. Horace Greeley, the feisty Corgi, blind-stamped at front board. Pages fine; no writing. Book itself also includes a black satin ribbon marker. Pictorial map endpapers in vibrant colors unique to this edition. Fine bind; hinges intact. Dust wrapper near fine; unclipped 200.00, 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. This special wrapper features wrap-around orange metallic half-jacket with the titles; moderate roll to spine area. This edition is enhanced with illustration by Matthew Diffee; frontispiece and illustrated character vignettes before each chapter. Also, a matching set of collector cards with summary character descriptions at back; stored in small tray case. Re-live the story through the cards! Presented and preserved in an attractive ruddy brown leather (or leather-like) slipcase w/black impressed cover design and spine titles, author's name in gilt. Accompanying this slipcase is an interesting black satin ribbon attached to ruddy brown stiff leather marker piece which slides into case either at top or bottom of book. Impressive finely crafted volume weighing in at over five lbs. in custom slip case. When invisible and mysterious force field descends upon a small fictional town of Chester's Mill, Maine, trapping residents inside, they are 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. On a beautiful fall day, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible dome. 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. King's epic novel stirs the intrigue. 1074 pages. Printed in the U.S.A. Insured post.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Diffee, Matthew. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.