Author: Stephen King / Artist: Glenn Chadbourne - Author: Stephen King The Dark Man: An Illustrated Poem First Edition in Slipcase - 2013-2013

The Dark Man: An Illustrated Poem in original slipcase
Author: Stephen King
Artist: Glenn Chadbourne
Page Count: 88
Pub. Date: July 30, 2013
ISBN 978-1-58767-421-1
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Chadbourne, Glenn (illustrator). 1st Edition. First hardcover edition, as stated. number line includes 1. Rectangular, oblong black boards with silver printing on spine. Artwork by Glenn Chadbourne. Each page fully illustrated with black ink line drawings and bold typography. Dust jacket full color illustration clean, bright, unmarked, not price clipped, slight edge wear, no stickers. Boards clean, unmarked. Binding tight


First Edition:

5000 printed in a very limited and collectible print run — a tiny fraction of what a New York publisher normally prints for a new release
heavily illustrated — a story told through the blending of King's words and the artwork
the only trade hardcover edition planned at this time in any market
beautifully designed with both the collector and general reader in mind


The first 5000 copies of World's First Edition, First Printing trade hardcover

The Dark Man: An Illustrated Poem


"Randall Flagg came to me when I wrote a poem called 'The Dark Man' when I was a junior or senior in college. It came to me out of nowhere, this guy in cowboy boots who moved around on the roads, mostly hitchhiking at night, always wore jeans and a denim jacket. I wrote the poem in the college restaurant on the back of a placemat, but that guy never left my mind."

- Stephen King

The Dark Man: An Illustrated Poem by Stephen King

Stephen King first wrote about the Dark Man in college after he envisioned a faceless man in cowboy boots and jeans and a denim jacket forever walking the roads. Later this dark man would come to be known around the world as one of King's greatest villains, Randall Flagg, but at the time King only had simple questions on his mind: where was this man going? What had he seen and done? What terrible things...?

i have ridden rails...

More than forty years after Stephen King first wrote his breathtaking poem "The Dark Man," Glenn Chadbourne set out to answer those questions in this World's First Edition hardcover featuring more than 70 full-page illustrations from the talented artist behind The Secretary of Dreams.

i have slept in glaring swamps...

This Cemetery Dance Publications hardcover is a true marriage of words and art, with Chadbourne pulling the images from King's imagination and illustrating them in magnificent detail. You'll discover hidden layers and mysterious secrets for years to come as you return to these stunning pages.

i am a dark man...

So who is the Dark Man and why is he traveling the country? The answers are terrifying....

Pages : 88
Size: 22.86 x 1.27 x 14.61 cm

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