First edition. Limited edition. Signed by the author. Hardcover. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles and borders to the spine, in the black cloth slipcase with gilt lettering to the left side and a small illustration in gilt to the right side. Black satin bookmark. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete in the slightly marked, structurally sound slipcase.
Issued in an edition of 1000 copies, from which this example is numbered 369, and signed by Clive Barker in black ink on the limitation page. A short horror novel, in which the demonic narrator confesses to being trapped within the pages of the book itself, and attempts numerous times to convince the reader to burn it, thereby freeing him.
Stock code: 30382
£275