Publication: Clive Barker's Books of Blood

Publication: Clive Barker's Books of BloodPublication Record # 180793
Author: Clive Barker
Date: 1985-10-00
ISBN: 0-910489-14-9 [978-0-910489-14-0]
Publisher: Scream/Press
Price:
$50.00^?$: US dollar
Pages: xiv+455
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Notes:
- Limitation page after the front endpaper prints this statement: "This Volume Is Number ___ Of A 250 Copy Boxed Edition Signed by Author and Artists" above which are the signatures of Barker, Potter and Morris.
- "FIRST PRINTING" (over) "October 1985" stated on the copyright page.
- "First Published in Great Britain by Sphere Books Ltd., 1984" stated on the copyright page.
- "Illustrations © 1985 by JK Potter/Harry O. Morris" (over) "Endpaper design © JK Potter" stated on the copyright page.
- Dustjacket is glossy bright red with the only text being the author, title, and publisher printed in silver foil on the spine. (The accompanying scan doesn't depict the silver foil as it appears on the actual jacket.)
- Although it includes all of the stories and presented in the same order as in Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of Barker's Books of Blood series, this book is not published as an omnibus.
- No printed price. Price from Locus1.
- From Locus1: "First American edition of an original collection which was split into three volumes for its first appearance. All 3 have corrected texts and some slight rewriting here."
- There is a frontispiece and each story has a full-page B&W photo-illustration by Potter and Morris.
- In all instances of its appearance, Potter's name is presented without periods in his initials.

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Collection Title: Clive Barker's Books of Blood • [Books of Blood] • collection by Clive Barker

Contents (view Concise Listing)

iv • Clive Barker's Books of Blood (frontispiece) • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter
xi • Introduction: The Barker in Darkness • essay by Ramsey Campbell
xiv • The Book of Blood • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter
1 • The Book of Blood • (1984) • short story by Clive Barker
12 • The Midnight Meat Train • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter
13 • The Midnight Meat Train • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker
38 • The Yattering and Jack • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter
39 • The Yattering and Jack • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker
58 • Pig Blood Blues • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter
59 • Pig Blood Blues • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker
86 • Sex, Death and Starshine • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter
87 • Sex, Death and Starshine • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker
120 • In the Hills, the Cities • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter
121 • In the Hills, the Cities • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker
148 • Dread • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter
149 • Dread • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker
182 • Hell's Event • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter
183 • Hell's Event • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker
204 • Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter
205 • Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker
236 • The Skins of the Fathers • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter
237 • The Skins of the Fathers • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker
266 • New Murders in the Rue Morgue • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter
267 • New Murders in the Rue Morgue • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker
292 • Son of Celluloid • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter
293 • Son of Celluloid • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker
324 • Rawhead Rex • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter
325 • Rawhead Rex • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker
364 • Confession of a (Pornographer's) Shroud • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter
365 • Confession of a (Pornographer's) Shroud • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker
394 • Scapegoats • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter
395 • Scapegoats • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker (variant of Scape-Goats)
418 • Human Remains • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris and J. K. Potter
419 • Human Remains • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker

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Mhhutchins	2007-12-08 12:56:27	Permanent	2022-08-24

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Publication: Clive Barker's Books of Blood

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