Desperation by Stephen King (1996 1st Edition Hardcover in Dust Jacket) Several cross-country travelers--including a writer, a family on vacation, and a professor and his wife--end up in the little mining town of Desperation, where a crazy policeman and evil forces force them to fight for their lives. 1,750,000 first printing. $1,000,000 ad/promo. BOMC Main. xiv + 690pp. Desperation is a horror novel published in 1996 at the same time as its "mirror" novel, The Regulators, itself published under King's Richard Bachman pseudonym. It was also made into a TV film starring Ron Perlman, Tom Skerritt and Steven Weber in 2006. Book design by Jaye Zimer. Jacket art direction and design by Paul Buckley. Front jacket art and typography by Mark Ryden. Special effects by Shasti O'Leary. Author photograph by Jill Krementz. Hardcover has teal paper boards with tan cloth spine, SK impressed into front cover metallic red lettering on Spine, in a Fine (As New) unclipped Dust Jacket. Book opens as if never read. Interior is tight, clean, and unmarked. No ownership markings. Copyright 1996. Stated first published in 1996 by Viking Penguin. Full print-line indicates this copy from the first printing. Printed in U.S.A. Dust Jacket coded 0996. ISBN: 0-670-86836-1. LCCN: 96-17259. MSR = US $27.95. Thanks for Looking!