NMLP P-004984 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Volume 1

Clive Barker · Sphere Books · 1984

The 1984 Sphere paperback original is the true first edition. The Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardcover followed in 1985 (with a 200-copy signed and boxed limited issue) and is the first hardcover, not a simultaneous first. US editions, including the Berkley paperback and the illustrated Scream/Press limited, came later.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-004984 for "Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Volume 1" by Clive Barker (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-004984, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).