Description
The first edition, first printing of Rage by Richard Bachman, the pen name of Stephen King.
Small octavo, [x], 211pp, [1], [2pp ads]. Original paperback covers, title printed on front cover and spine. Stated “First Printing, September, 1977” on copyright page, with full number line listed. Solid text block, light wear to corners, faint creasing to paperback covers. A near fine example. Housed in a custom blue cloth clamshell case.
Rage is a psychological thriller that tells the story of a deranged student who commits a school shooting in Maine. As real-life school shooting incidents grew throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Stephen King decided to let the novel fall out of print.
This is the first book published by Stephen King under the pen name “Richard Bachman.” The other titles include: The Long Walk (1979), Roadwork (1981), The Running Man (1982), Thinner (1984), The Regulators (1996), Blaze (2007), and a collection titled The Bachman Books (1985).
