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KING, Stephen (b. 1947). The Bachman Books. Four Early Novels by Stephen King. Rage. The Long Walk. Roadwork. The Running Man. With an Introduction, “Why I Was Bachman". New York: New American Library, [1985]. 8vo. 692, [2, blank] pp. Publisher's black cloth backstrip over black boards, publisher's unclipped (“$19.95") dust jacket (minor rubbing to binding, light soiling to edge of text block; minor rubbing, creasing to edges of jacket). Fine. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, THE FIRST HARDCOVER APPEARANCE OF KING'S CONTROVERSIAL NOVEL, “RAGE," WHICH HAS NOT BEEN REPRINTED – RARE IN THIS CONDITION. After several school mass murderers cited “Rage" as one of their influences, King had it permanently taken out of print.