Plume, new york, 1994, trade paperback, with french wraps, first edition of the stephen king collectors edition full number line. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Cujo is a huge saint bernard dog, the best friend brett camber has ever had. Instead of falling in with the wrong crowd, staying out late, and getting into rumbles, cujo is bitten by a bat and contracts rabies.
Hardcover paperback movie dvd first edition release date. King wrote the book while he was on a cocaine binge. Cujo is a good and gentle animal, but what dog can resist a rabbit racing by. The title of this book is cujo and it was written by stephen king. Cujo is one of stephen kings classic novels and it remains one of the most desired and valuable true first editions from the famous author. Bernard until he is bitten on the nose by a rabid bat and slowly begins manifesting the symptoms of his fatal illness. Throwback thursday misery horror books, stephen king. Then i saw the movie and kathy bates made this movie.
Mar 28, 2014 cujo is a twohundredpound saint bernard, the beloved family pet of the joe cambers of castle rock, maine, and the best friend tenyearold brett camber has ever had. One day cujo chases a rabbit into a boltholea cave inhabited by sick bats. Well, all of them freak me out, but this one takes the cake. During their conversation, cujo appears and joe notices something isnt right.
A book without chapters is a little unusual, but you soon get used to it and a good story is a good story. The hb is clean and tight with very minor bumps at the corners. Cujo is not the only book stephen king has written in this way. Cujo german edition by stephen king nook book ebook. Cujo 1981 book club edition by stephen king for sale online ebay. Donna trenton and her fouryearold son, tad, find this out all too well when they are trapped in their car by a rabid saint bernard in castle rock, maine. Bernard into a slobbering killing machine who, if were being honest here, is still a little cuddly. Cujo begins as a remarkably good natured german shepherd and descends into a psychotic beast. When cujo tries to follow the rabbit into the hole, he gets bitten by one of the rabid bats. Stephen king 1981 cujo, us first edition, first printing, published by viking. Cujo by stephen king at the best online ebook storage. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
The story can be described as a relentless, dark novel that vividly shows the horror of reality and, when a dog cujo goes rabid, the realities of that horror. Cujo s mother and her son go on a trip and leave cujo and the father at home. Stephen king signed cujo book club edition bce hardcover. Cujo stephen king 1981 hardcover book club edition ebay. Cujo stephen king 1981 hardcover w book club edition dust jacket. I know you have said that may mean it is a book club edition but the book cover price is there and correct and the book is not significantly smaller.
Cujo by stephen king, first edition, signed abebooks. Cujo is a novel by bestselling horror author stephen king. This is so reccomended, in fact i might blow of the dust and reread it. Moderate wear to edges of jacket which will arrive in a fresh mylar cover. Cujo is a twohundredpound saint bernard, the beloved family pet of the joe cambers of castle rock, maine, and the best friend tenyearold brett camber has ever had. Then, donna the main character and tad her son trenton go to get their car fixed and the car quits halfway in cujos owners driveway. King goes nonsupernatural this timeand the result, despite the usual padding, is a tighter, more effective horror novel. Cujo by stephen king 1981 true rare 1st edition 7th print hb dj. They used about 10 dog and fake one for some parts best scary movie ever. Box f 5 cujo stephen king 1981 hardcover book club edition. Inscribed for bob good wishes, stephen king 10982 though a book club edition, appears on first sight to be identical to the original first printing with same wrapper and graphics etc. The two of them shoot the breeze as joe expresses his relief that charity is gone and his plans for boston. So cujo chases the rabbit into a hole in the side of a meadow, which turns out to be the entrance to a small limestone cave full of rabid bats. His condition deteriorates as he attacks people again and again, until finally, mom donna trenton dee wallace and her son tad danny pintauro are trapped inside the family car with cujo lurking nearby.
Cujo is the only horror novel i have read that kept me. Bce shanna by kathleen e woodiwiss 1977, hardcover book club edition rare. This particular edition is in a mass market paperback format. Cujo s illness goes unnoticed by his owners, who are embroiled in their own drama, allowing the illness to progress to the point that cujo turns from a gentle, loving dog into a horrifying killer. An elusive first even as a book club edition in vgvg condition. Often, book club editions will have an string of numbers on the last page of the book near the margin, running vertically, just before the endpaper. One day cujo pursues a rabbit into a boltholea cave inhabited by some very sick bats. This transforms cujo from a big, fluffy, cuddly st. When cujo tries to follow the rabbit into the hole, he gets bitten by. Cujo by lewis teague dee wallace, danny pintauro, daniel. So i decided to download cujo due to the repeats of the movie being shown on the telebox.
Cujos illness goes unnoticed by his owners, who are embroiled in their own drama, allowing the illness to progress to the point that cujo turns from a. Outside a peaceful town in central maine, a monster is waiting. Color reproduction of the first editions cover opposite title page. It was published by pocket books and has a total of 496 pages in the book. Once upon a time, not so long ago, a monster came to the small town of castle rock, maine. I went back to the old ones after reading mr mercedes. Recent arrival vic trenton, who has brought a big ad account with him from new york, is having a hard time hanging onto both the. Cujo by stephen king book club edition code m07 castle rock saint bernard bce. Unfortunately like hardware firewalls by other manufacturers cisco, fortigate, dell, etc that have enterprise level features and definitions cujo plays to the home market that have much more limited budgets. I enjoyed the book although it is not king at its finest. Cujo attacks gary and despite his attempts to evade the dog, has his throat torn open and is killed. Cujo is a book that in my mind changed the way many authors write horror books. By stephen king cujo 1st first edition hardcover stephen king on amazon.
Misery by stephen king bomc book club edition 1987 hcdj full size bce. The book was published in a signed, limited edition by the tiny rhode island publishing house donald m. Recently moved to castle rock, the trentons are nice, responsible people, the sort who definitely wouldnt have. Cujos name was based on the alias of willie wolfe, one of the men responsible for orchestrating patty hearsts kidnapping and indoctrination into the symbionese liberation army.
Look at the tips below to help identify a 1st edition cujo. As with many early viking editions, this book can be hard to authenticate as a true 1st edition. Im keeping up with horror october a picked the one stephen king book that has always sort of freaked me out. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read cujo. This book is written like many of kings novels, as a suspenseful horrifying novel full of twists and bends and freaky story telling. Nov 15, 2016 the book was published in a signed, limited edition by the tiny rhode island publishing house donald m.
It would perhaps not be amiss to point out that he had always tried to be a good dog, stephen king notes in his 1981 novel cujo. Download and read online for free cujo by stephen king. Nov 02, 2012 in fact, though, cujo spends most of the book involved with donna and tad trenton. The only disappointment was, mckeens copy of the book was a book club reprint. Cujo is the only horror novel i have read that kept me up for weeks and made me think. Stephen king lot 23 books stand it christine cujo dead zone pet. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading cujo. Mr mercedes the bill hodges trilogy book 1 english edition stephen king. Cujo is a good dog who cant help but go bad once the rabies virus gets into his blood, and that sense of random helplessness infects the entire book.
He was not a werewolf, vampire, ghoul, or unnameable creature from the enchanted forest or snow wastes. The new york times with the story of a friendly saint bernard that is bitten by a sick bat. Dec 20, 2012 cujo is a good dog who cant help but go bad once the rabies virus gets into his blood, and that sense of random helplessness infects the entire book. Cujo is a twohundredpound saint bernard, the best friend brett camber has ever had. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Stephen king it 1986 rare true first edition 1st1st hodder. It was almost time to go in and freshen it up, as the country club cunts said. Book club editions also may have four or five numbers printed in a contrasting box on the back of the book. We are once more up in castle rock, maine, ayuh, where the natives are striving to survive some earlier king visitations of the unspeakable. Cujo is a hardware based solution for a product that already exists. Grant, but once word got out about the book and the succeeding novels interest began to spiral upwards, along with the value of the original grant editions. Hardcover book club editions may be a little smaller than a trade. Recent arrival vic trenton, who has brought a big ad account with him from new york, is having a hard time hanging onto. Editions of cujo by stephen king meet your next favorite book.
In fact, though, cujo spends most of the book involved with donna and tad trenton. Stephen king cujo book club edition 1981 hardcover dust jacket. Stephen king discusses cujo in on writing, referring to it as a novel he barely remembers writing at all. Cujos mother and her son go on a trip and leave cujo and the father at home. Look for vikings original address on the page and separately on the. Cujo s name was based on the alias of willie wolfe, one of the men responsible for orchestrating patty hearsts kidnapping and indoctrination into the symbionese liberation army. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of cujo by stephen king. In fact, some book club editions will have a blank box where the bar code normally goes. This information is provided because often, book club editions of books tend.
Both books have the 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 number lines. Bernard dog who terrorizes a woman and her son who are trapped in a stalled car. Cujo, a stephen king horror classic published in 1981, tells the story of a. Cujo is a frightening, but uneven horror tale of a rabid st. Arriving near the end of the book, that observation comes after cujo has killed three men and trapped a mother and son in a car for days. Stephen king and the lost oklahoma trip entertainment. So my hope of a signed first edition of the shining wasnt meant to be. It is there to protect the book, and if missing, the value of the book is severely diminished. He gestured at the roof of his house, and a sticky mixture of orange juice and vodka trickled down his sunburned, scrawny arm. K book i had read, it is without doubt one of the best reads and the reason im an constant reader.
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