...Adding to the prestige of certain of the limited editions of books over the years has been the concept of including a unique piece of artwork inside each one. More than 200 different sketches for the deluxe edition of the Illustrator book led the way. For those people whose enthusiasm for Barker's art was such that $350 was an acceptable price to pay for a book showcasing years of sketches and paintings, the lure of an original piece of artwork inside each copy was irresistible. This was followed by the much rarer lettered copies of Shadows In Eden a year later. More than a decade passed before the appearance of the 50 copy deluxe edition of Abarat brought a new collection of artwork for collectors to track down.
We are lucky enough to own several of the books which are represented below and the publishers at Earthling and Bad Moon Books have been kind enough to allow us to present images from their records. Other images have been sent to us by fans and collectors and more still have ticked past on eBay where we are unsure as to who owns them now...

Jump to: Illustrator - 1990 ~ Shadows In Eden - 1991 ~ Abarat, Book One - 2002 ~ Abarat, Book Two - 2004 ~ The Hellbound Heart - 2007 ~ Maximillian Bacchus - 2010 ~ The Painter, The Creature And The Father Of Lies - 2015 ~ The Midnight Meat Train - 2014 ~ The Body Book - 2017 ~ Tonight, Again - 2015

Illustrator

Published in 1990 by Arcane / Eclipse, this book was issued in several forms (see bibliography here). The rarest edition was a slipcased hardback, limited to 200 copies (and a handful of artist presentation copies) each of which had a numbered limitation page with a pre-printed square inside which Clive drew a sketch...

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  Illustrator - Number 27
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  Illustrator - Number 45
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  Illustrator - Number 49
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  Illustrator - Number 58
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  Illustrator - Number 66
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  Illustrator - Number 77
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  Illustrator - Number 80*
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  Illustrator - Number 80*
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  Illustrator - Number 199
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  Illustrator - AP Copy
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  Illustrator - AP Copy**
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  Illustrator - Number Unknown

* Curiously, both of these illustrations are numbered 80...
** And this AP sketch is in a regular, not deluxe edition copy.

Shadows in Eden

The 52 lettered copies of Stephen Jones's 1991 collection, Shadows In Eden (see bibliography here), each came with an original sketch, as did 8 Publisher's Copies...

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  Shadows In Eden - Letter A
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  Shadows In Eden - Letter J
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  Shadows In Eden - Letter M
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  Shadows In Eden - Letter N
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  Shadows In Eden - Letter P
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  Shadows In Eden - Letter R
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  Shadows In Eden - Letter T
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  Shadows In Eden - Letter W
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  Shadows In Eden - Letter Z
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  Shadows In Eden - Letter KK
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  Shadows In Eden - Letter YY
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Abarat

To mark the release of Abarat in 2002 (see bibliography here) Clive contributed an original full-page sketch for each of the 50 Deluxe editions of Abarat produced by B.E. Trice. These are on a blank page opposite the limitation page...

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  Abarat, Deluxe 6
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  Abarat, Deluxe 12
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  Abarat, Deluxe 49

Abarat II

Matching the design of the first volume, 2004 saw the release of B.E.Trice's Abarat II (see bibliography here) complete with unique sketches by Clive within the pages of their Deluxe editions. As with Abarat, B.E.Trice produced a run of 50 of these deluxe, lettered editions which sit proudly alongside volume one...

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  Abarat II, Deluxe 47
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  Abarat II, Deluxe 48
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  Abarat II, Deluxe 49

The galleries above need your help!
If you can help by sending us any additional images from your own collection, we'd love to hear from you. Also, if you've got a copy of one of these limited editions for sale, let us know and we'll include the details for you here on the site.
Thanks in advance..!
Contact Phil and Sarah @ Revelations

The Hellbound Heart

Earthling's 20th anniversary edition of The Hellbound Heart (see bibliography here) took 26 of Clive's specially drawn sketches and encased one inside each of the custom traycases that contained a lettered edition, together with several more in both PC copies and an early prototype...

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  The Hellbound Heart, Letter A
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  The Hellbound Heart, PC

The Adventures of Mr Maximillian Bacchus and his Travelling Circus

When Mr Maximillian Bacchus and his adventures finally saw print some 25 years after they were written, alongside the regular and other limited editions (see bibliography here) Bad Moon Books lovingly crafted 10 'ultra' copies with original artwork from both Clive and Richard Kirk - Clive's showcased below...

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The Painter, The Creature And The Father Of Lies

For our collection of Clive's non-fiction works from Earthling Publications (see bibliography here) Clive added sketches to each of the 26 lettered copies.

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The Midnight Meat Train

The signature sheets for Dark Regions Press' 13 copy (plus 5 PC) edition of The Midnight Meat Train each featured an original sketch by Clive (see limited editions of Books of Blood stories here). NB: a number of unbound signature sheets were released separately with no letter designated.

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The Body Book

Dark Regions Press collected The Body Politic and In The Flesh into a single volume and the 13 copies (plus 5 PC copies) of its ultra-deluxe limited edition came with an original sketch by Clive. (see limited editions of Books of Blood stories here)

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  No Letter

Tonight, Again

Not a limited edition but, when Subterranean Press released a collection of short erotic pieces, Tonight, Again, Clive remarqued 12 trade copies for sale (see bibliography here).

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