The Shining

New York: Doubleday & Co., 1977 First edition, first printing. Publisher's black cloth-backed gold paper-covered boards, with spine lettered in gilt; in its original white pictorial dust jacket, with a wraparound illustration of the Torrance family and the Overlook Hotel, lettered in green, gray, and yellow. Very good book, with some rubbing to spine ends and spine gilt, light staining to rear board and top and bottom edges of text block, and a small area of staining to p. 281; very good unclipped dust jacket, with light toning to spine, light wear to spine ends with very shallow chipping to foot of spine, minimal staining, soiling, and scratching to panels, and light edgewear. Overall, a pleasing copy of this masterpiece of psychological horror. The Shining tells the story of Jack Torrance, a struggling writer and recovering alcoholic, who relocates with his wife, Wendy, and five-year-old son, Danny, to the enormous Overlook Hotel in the Colorado mountains after accepting a job as the hotel's caretaker for the winter offseason. The hotel begins to exert a supernatural influence on Jack, and he descends into madness, terrorizing Wendy and Danny. Meanwhile, Danny has a psychic gift called "the shining," which allows him to glimpse the true, horrific nature of the hotel. The book was King's third published novel, and his first bestseller. In 1980, it was adapted by Stanley Kubrick into what is generally considered one of the greatest horror films of all time, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.