Special Limited Hodder and Stroughton edition of The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass by Stephen King (1997)
Fist impression
Medium format hardback in as new condition
In an edition of 500 numbered copies (this is 136/500)
Signed by Stephen King to a dedicated bookplate stuck to title page
Presented in a black slipcase
No markings to book
Illustrations by Dave McKean
About
Wizard & Glassis the 39th book published by Stephen King; it was his 33rd novel, and the 27th under his own name. The bookis the fourth volume of theDark Tower series.
The novel begins whereThe Waste Landsended. AfterJake,Eddie,SusannahandRolandfruitlessly riddleBlaine the Monofor several hours, Eddie defeats the mad computer by telling childish jokes. Blaine is unable to handle Eddie’s “illogical” riddles, and short-circuits.
The four gunslingers andOythe billy-bumbler disembark at theTopekarailway station, which to their surprise is located in the Topeka, Kansas, of the 1980s. The city is deserted, as thisversion of the worldhas been depopulated by another version ofCaptain TripsfromThe Stand.
