xi, [3], 75, [4] pp. Introduction by Stephen King. Illustrated from photographs and facsimiles. (Oblong 4to) navy blue morocco, spine lettered in gilt. This is the publisher's copy matching the issue of 26 deluxe lettered copies. No slipcase. First Edition.
A tribute to authorial signatures and other autographed material, with original ink signatures and portraits of more than 40 participants in the project, including Stephen King, former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, Robert Bloch, John Barth, Jim Harrison, Tony Hillerman, Ursula K. LeGuin, Robert B. Parker, James Purdy, John Updike, Eudora Welty, James Lee Burke, William Everson, and many others. This unique copy contains well over a hundred additional signatures collected by publisher Herb Yellin over a period of years, including Anne Rice, Kurt Vonnegut, William Styron, Jane Smiley, Doris Lessing, Graham Wilson, John Williams, Billy Wilder, Gore Vidal, Christopher Hitchens, Susan Sontang, Joe Dimaggio, Hubert Selby Jr. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan and numerous others.