Clive Barker's Books of Blood: Volume III [U.S. FIRST EDITION PAPERBACK] 1986 • Berkley

Clive Barker's Books of Blood - Volume III [THE BOOKS OF BLOOD VOL. 3]

U.S. FIRST EDITION [1986] BERKLEY HORROR

12th printing of this U.S. first edition issued exclusively in paperback.

Book is in very good condition.   Cover shows some general wear but overall, very lightly read and in perfect reading condition. 

To a mortician, the preparation of a corpse is an art. The smooth, silent exchange of blood and embalming fluid is like a symphony to be orchestrated. The presentation of the deceased -- lying in a shining casket framed by flowers -- is an exquisitely composed tableau. And the burial itself is the magnificent climax to his craftsmanship. — Clive Barker also knows how to prepare a body for the grave.

He knows how to plunge his readers into unearthly depths, spiraling from dark horror to dizzying madness. He knows how to lower the body temperature to an icy chill -- and make the heart pound faster and faster.  Until it stops...

To a mortician, the preparation of a corpse is an art. The smooth, silent exchange of blood and embalming fluid is like a symphony to be orchestrated. The presentation of the deceased - lying in a shining casket framed by flowers - is an exquisitely composed tableau. And the burial itself is the magnificent climax to his craftsmanship.

Clive Barker also knows how to prepare a body for the grave.  He knows how to plunge his readers into the unearthly depths, spiraling from dark horror to dizzying madness. He knows how to lower the body temperature to an icy chill - and make the heart pound faster and faster.

This books includes the following stories:

(1) Son of Celluloid;
(2) Rawhead Rex;
(3) Confessions of a Pornographer's Shroud;
(4) Scape-Goats;
(5) Human Remains