KING, Stephen [Ray Bradbury; Gerald Ford; Jim Harrison; Norman Mailer; Joyce Carol Oates; John Updike; Eudora Welty; et al].

Lord John Signatures.

First Deluxe Limited Edition of Lord John Signatures; Signed by Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Gerald Ford, Jim Harrison, Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, John Updike and Many Other Authors

Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1991.

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First deluxe limited edition of this collection of author photographs and signatures. Oblong octavo, original half cloth with faux navy morocco spine, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, facsimile signature endpapers, illustrated throughout with photographs. Signed by Stephen King at the conclusion of his introduction in addition to authors John Barth, James Blaylock, Robert Bloch, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Ray Bradbury, James Lee Burke, Ramsey Campbell, Harry Crews, James Crumley, Louise Erdrich & Michael Dorris, Dennis Etchison, Gerald R. Ford, Richard Ford, Bruce Francis, Ellen Gilchrist, Jim Harrison, Tony Hillerman, William Kennedy, Ursula K. LeGuin, John L'Heureux, Elmore Leonard, Thomas McGuane, Norman Mailer, Richard C. Matheson, Brian Moore, Joseph A. Mugnaini, Joyce Carol Oates, Edna O'Brien, Robert B. Parker, Tim Powers, Reynolds Price, James Purdy, Dan Simmons, Peter Straub, Ross Thomas, Anne Tyler, John Updike, Eudora Welty, and Donald E. Westlake. One of 150 deluxe numbered copies, this is number 15, from a total of 576 copies. In fine condition. Housed in the original navy cloth slipcase.

King states in his introduction to the present volume, "... I found the book which follows - particularly the photographs - utterly fascinating. There is a common denominator to these faces, you see: it's intelligence, and to me intelligence always conveys a feeling of beauty and fulfillment, a sense that things are working a little better than they have any right to work. And in most cases there is also an expression of happiness in the eyes. These are, for the most part, people who are being allowed to do for money what they would do for free, and it shows."