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Publication: Clive Barker's Books of Blood

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  • 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

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