Stephen King

Stephen King's first published work The Glass Floor, printed as part of Startling Mystery Stories, inscribed by the author.

• Stephen King (American).
• The Glass Floor, in Startling Mystery Stories, Fall No. 6.
• New York: ACME, 1967. 
• Octavo pulp magazine.
• Signed and inscribed by the author in blue ink on the opening page of his story, “To Debi, All best, Stephen King, 7/25/82.”
• Original pictorial wrappers.

The first commercial Stephen King appearance, featuring the first published of his short stories, originally written while still a student and preceding his breakthrough novel Carrie (1974). The Glass Floor represents an important formative work, illustrating themes and narrative techniques that would later come to define King’s career.

Copies of this fragile pulp magazine seldom survive in collectible condition, having been produced as ephemeral reading material. The present example is further distinguished by King’s signature and dated inscription from 1982, a period during which he had already achieved international recognition, lending an added layer of historical interest.

A scarce and evocative item, combining an early appearance in a now-elusive pulp publication with a contemporary authorial inscription.