CARRIE (The first published work by Stephen King)

First UK Edition: 224 pages, original purple cloth titled gilt on the spine and publisher's imprint on the upper cover, the leaves are toned around the margins, page edges browned and foxed, light blue endpapers with the signature of a previous owner on the front free endpaper, the unclipped (£2.50) dust jacket is very lightly worn along the edges with a 1cm split at the bottom of the first fold and is now preserved in a Brodart protector, the jacket design is by Ray Feibush, a very good copy.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_(novel), 'Carrie is a 1974 horror novel, the first by American author Stephen King. Set in the town of Chamberlain, Maine, the plot revolves around Carrie White, a friendless, bullied high school girl, from an abusive religious household who discovers she has telekinetic powers. After a revenge prank pulled by one of her bullies on prom night humiliates Carrie, she decides to destroy the town with her powers out of revenge. An epistolary novel, Carrie deals with themes of ostracization and revenge, with the opening shower scene and the destruction of Chamberlain being pivotal scenes.'

The first UK edition of Stephen King's first novel which was published in a small edition thought to be 600 to 1000 copies.