Front Cover
Core Fiction Hardcover
Novel
1975
'Salem's Lot
Doubleday
Synopsis
'Salem's Lot: Ben Mears returns to the town that haunted his childhood, intending to write about the abandoned Marsten House. As residents begin disappearing or changing, Ben joins a small group that recognizes a spreading vampiric threat. The novel follows their attempt to understand the evil rooted in the town and stop it before Jerusalem's Lot is lost.
Verification Summary
Verified Edition
The copyright page does not state First Edition, the jacket remains unpriced, and page 439 shows gutter code MP44 rather than the Q37 code required for the 1975 first trade printing. This confirms the copy as a Doubleday Book Club Edition, printing not stated.