The Thief of Always
by Clive Barker
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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About This Item
The Thief of Always by Clive Barker (author of the Books of Blood, The Hell-Bound Heart (aka Hellraiser), Weaveworld, Cabal, Imagica, Abarat, etc) Hardcover First Edition - First Printing HarperCollins UK 1992 Export market dust jacket without a printed price. Cover artwork and interior illustrations all by Clive. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket, a beautiful near-perfect copy with only the slightest hint of aging in a perfect dust jacket. Note on Edition: The UK edition has some slight differences to the US edition, mainly it's a slightly wider book with better paper. NOTE: The picture is the actual item for sale. (The picture is NOT a stock photo.)
Synopsis
The Thief of Always is a novel by Clive Barker that was published in 1992. It is a fable written for children, it is included for adults too. The book contains many black and white drawings by the author, and the cover illustrated by the author. His official site has an extensive online gallery of all the Thief of Always illustrations.
Reviews
I have been searching for this book for 20 years. An absolute favorite.
I received this book as a gift from a family member when I was a young teen. Dubious about how much I'd enjoy it, I put it aside for a while until a terrible, rainy February day when I was all in a snit about the weather and thinking that spring would never come.The first lines of the book snared me and reeled me in for the long haul, "The great grey beast February had eaten Harvey Swick alive. Here he was, buried in the belly of that smothering month, wondering if he would ever find his way out through the cold coils that lay between here and Easter."This fable goes into some interesting territory, and I'd encourage it for just about anyone to enjoy when they think that there is no end to the shortest month of the year.
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Details
- Bookseller
- TristanBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ThiefAlwaysUK
- Title
- The Thief of Always
- Author
- Clive Barker
- Illustrator
- Clive Barker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first UK hardcover edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins UK
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- quarto
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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