GALILEE A Romance

First edition and printing ONE OF ONLY 176 SPECIALLY BOUND HAND-NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY CLIVE BARKER. Decorated limitation page printed in red and black preceding the half-title and with cover art by Clive Barker. Large 8vo, in the special binding by B. E. Trice of full crimson cloth, the upper cover with gilt facsimile signature and gilt frame around am colour pastedown of artwork by Barker, the spine gilt lettered, in the matching original slipcase featuring a gilt-framed opening which shows the pastedown of the book below. [xii], 582pp. As mint, a perfect copy in pristine condition.

Edizione: rare, one of only 150 numbered copies of a total issue of only 176 specially bound signed copies. we know of no other copy of this issue currently available on the online market.<br> one of barker's most widely appealing novels, galilee chronicles the rise and fall of two very different dynasties. the first dynasty is the gearys, who are a glamorous and wealthy family in america who have been powerful in business and politics since the reconstruction. the second is the barbarossas, a family of godlike beings. the two elders, cesaria and nicodemus, came into existence during the bronze age, somewhere between canaan and the city of samarkand. they have since had four children, the first of which is the titular galilee.