# Is "Mister B. Gone" by Clive Barker a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker (HarperCollins, 2007) is identified by: US first edition: HarperCollins, New York, published October 2007, with First Edition stated and a full number line ending in 1; the trade edition is deliberately designed to resemble an aged, distressed antique book. Published in the US by HarperCollins and in the UK under the Harper Voyager imprint in October 2007, effectively simultaneous; no firm precedence, and both are collected as firsts.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- US first edition: HarperCollins, New York, published October 2007, with First Edition stated and a full number line ending in 1; the trade edition is deliberately designed to resemble an aged, distressed antique book
- Publisher imprint reads HarperCollins
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Clive Barker |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Year | 2007 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | US first edition: HarperCollins, New York, published October 2007, with First Edition stated and a full number line ending in 1; the trade… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
US first edition: HarperCollins, New York, published October 2007, with First Edition stated and a full number line ending in 1; the trade edition is deliberately designed to resemble an aged, distressed antique book.

## Is this the true first?
Published in the US by HarperCollins and in the UK under the Harper Voyager imprint in October 2007, effectively simultaneous; no firm precedence, and both are collected as firsts.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Book club copies lack the printed jacket price and the number line.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Mister B. Gone* by Clive Barker a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/mister-b-gone
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.