RAGE; THE LONG WALK; ROADWORK; THE RUNNING MAN

First UK editions, first printings. Four volumes. Paperback originals. Publishers original pictorial card covers. 'Rage' is a very good copy the binding square and firm with just minor creasing, the colours bright. The contents, with mild toning of the paper-stock are otherwise clean throughout. 'The Long Walk' is in very good condition, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing to the spine edges, the colours bright and fresh. The contents, with a little toning of the paper-stock are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. 'Roadwork' is in near very good condition, the binding firm with rubbing and creasing to the edges and corners, the spine a touch concave and with vertical reading creases. The contents, with a little toning of the paper-stock and some wrinkling to the lower right corner (probably from moisture but without staining) are otherwise clean throughout. The bottom edge of the closed text block has a faint circular ink stamp in red. 'The Running Man' is a very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing at the extremities, the clolour and bright and fresh. The contents, a little toned to the paper-stock are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.

An attractive set of paperback originals of novels written by Stephen King under his Richard Bachman pseudonym. Scarce in this form 'The Running Man' has twice been adapted for film, first in 1987 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and María Conchita Alonso, and again in 2025 starring Glen Powell and Katy O'Brian.