NMLP P-004998 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Volume 4

Clive Barker · Sphere Books · 1985

The 1985 Sphere paperback original is the true first edition. Weidenfeld & Nicolson issued a UK hardcover the same year (with a 200-copy signed and boxed limited issue). The US Poseidon hardcover, retitled The Inhuman Condition, followed in 1986, and a Scream/Press signed limited in 1987.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-004998 for "Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Volume 4" by Clive Barker (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-004998, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).