Stephen King Blockade Billy Limited Hardcover Novella In Shrink - Wrap
Item History & Price
Key Details About Blockade Billy First Edition Novella HC• printed in a very limited and collectible print run of just 10, 000 copies — a tiny fraction of what a New York publisher normally prints for a new release• heavily illustrated with interior artwork that did not appear in the Scribner edition• the only trade hardcover edition to be protected by a full-color dust jacket• shrinkwrapped to protect your book if you're keeping it as a collector's item• includes... the Limited Edition William "Blockade Billy" Blakely baseball card• beautifully designed with both the collector and general reader in mind• published almost six weeks before any other print edition in the world• Is it a young Stephen King On The Card?
About the Book:
Even the most diehard baseball fans don't know the true story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first — and only — player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game's history.Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional baseball, and with good reason. Blockade Billy had a secret darker than any pill or injection that might cause a scandal in sports today. His secret was much, much worse... and only Stephen King, the most gifted storyteller of our age, can reveal the truth to the world, once and for all.This original, never-before-published novella represents Stephen King at his very best, and this Cemetery Dance World's First Hardcover Edition brings it into print for the very first time.
About the Book:
Even the most diehard baseball fans don't know the true story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first — and only — player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game's history.Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional baseball, and with good reason. Blockade Billy had a secret darker than any pill or injection that might cause a scandal in sports today. His secret was much, much worse... and only Stephen King, the most gifted storyteller of our age, can reveal the truth to the world, once and for all.This original, never-before-published novella represents Stephen King at his very best, and this Cemetery Dance World's First Hardcover Edition brings it into print for the very first time.
