The Thief of Always
UK and US Bibliography
UK ARC
HarperCollins, London, UK 1992. Paperback Advance review copy.
UK First Edition
HarperCollins, London, UK 1992. Hardback UK first edition @ £9.99.
US ARC
HarperCollins, New York, USA 1992. Paperback Advance reading copy.
US First Edition
HarperCollins, New York, USA 1992. Hardback US first edition @ $20.00.
US Limited Edition
HarperCollins, New York, USA 1992. Hardback US limited edition. 500 signed, numbered and boxed copies @ $[100] and 26 signed, lettered and boxed copies for private distribution.
US Book Club Editions
SFBC, USA 1993. Hardback edition @ $7.98. Literary Guild, USA [1993. Hardback edition]. Doubleday, USA [1993. Hardback edition].
UK Paperback Edition
HarperCollins, London, UK 1993. Paperback @ £4.99.
US Paperback Edition
HarperPrism, New York, USA 1993. Paperback @ $5.99.
UK Paperback Edition
Collins, London, UK, 1995. Paperback @ £3.99.
US Paperback Edition
HarperPrism, New York, USA 1997. Paperback @ $3.99.
US Paperback Edition
HarperPrism, New York, USA 1997. Paperback @ $4.50.
UK Hardback Edition
Collins Educational / Collins Cascades, London, UK 1999. Hardback @ £5.99.
US Hardback Edition
Econo-Clad Books, US, 1999. Hardback @ [$13.40].
UK Hardback Edition
Collins Educational / Collins Cascades, London, UK 1999. Hardback @ £6.25
US Paperback Edition
As : CLIVE BARKER'S THE THIEF OF ALWAYS, HarperCollins Children's Books, Trophy, US, 2002. Paperback @ $5.95. Also contains new Barker introduction.
US Paperback Edition
Harper Paperbacks, New York, US 2008. Paperback @ $13.95
US Anniversary Edition
Seraphim Ink, US, 2017. Hardback signed edition, limited to 100 copies @ $425.00
Seraphim Ink, US, 2017. Hardback signed edition, limited to 200 copies @ $70.00
A promotional chapter sample (Chapter One) was issued in a mini-book format by HarperCollins in the UK ahead of the November 1992 publication. Included were the illustrations for the title page and chapters one and five.
Note: an excerpt from Chapter One : Harvey Half-Devoured was posted online at www.harpercollins.com and a short excerpt from the same chapter was made available to read as a downloadable pdf file at www.fireandwater.com and www.collinseducation.com.
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