Stephen King. The Complete Dark Tower Series Plus The Little Sisters of Eluria and The Wind ... (Total: 12 Items)
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"The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed."
Stephen King. The Complete Dark Tower Series Plus The Little Sisters of Eluria and The Wind Through the Keyhole. Signed and Matching Numbered Set, including: The Gunslinger. 1982. The Drawing of the Three. 1987. The Waste Lands. 1991. Wizard and Glass. 1997. Wolves of the Calla. 2003. Song of Susannah. 2004. The Dark Tower. 2004. The Little Sisters of Eluria. 2008. and The Wind Through the Keyhole. 2012. West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant Publisher Inc., [1982 - 2012]. First editions, signed limited editions, all numbered 376 from limitation totals ranging from 500 to 1,500 copies. Each book has been signed by King, and by the artist that illustrated that book in the series: Michael Whelan, Phil Hale, Ned Dameron, Dave McKean, Bernie Wrightson, Darrel Anderson and Jae Lee. Twelve octavo volumes. All books in this Dark Tower collection are in the original cloth-covered slipcases and dust jackets, and are in as-new condition (The Wind Through the Keyhole is still in the publisher's shrinkwrap). All books are unread and in very fine condition.More Information:
Roland of Gilead's long march to the Dark Tower began in 1970,
when University of Maine undergraduate Stephen King wrote the first
few chapters of what many consider to be his greatest and most
influential work. For the next quarter century, King crafted his
dramatic tale, taking inspiration from all points of the compass.
Robert Browning's narrative poem Childe Roland to the Dark Tower
Came provided King with a central motif and a name for his
tough-as-boot-leather protagonist. Other influences include J.R.R.
Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Clifford D. Simak and the work of
filmmakers such as John Sturges, Akira Kurosawa and, most
importantly, Sergio Leone. Leone's sprawling spaghetti western
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, created the template for
Roland - a distinctly Clint Eastwood-like figure - and for the
alternately brutal and beautiful landscape through which he
travels.
It is not too far a stretch to call The Dark Tower the
modern era's epic tale - our contemporary version of The
Odyssey, so to speak. As author and literary critic Bill
Sheehan notes: "The Dark Tower is a humane, visionary epic
and a true magnum opus. It will be around for a very long
time."
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