Blackwater [Centipede Press]

McDowell, Michael

Publication: Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press, 2014.

Notes: The six-volume cult classic Southern Gothic supernatural novel. This edition, limited to 250 copies, was published in six hardcover volumes issued in a slipcase with an introduction by Poppy Z. Brite.

The first volume (I think) is signed by Brite and the illustrators, Patrick Loehr and Paul Wedlake.

Edition + Condition: All six books are fine in fine dust jackets. The slipcase is very good, with a solid bump to one corner (which did not affect the books). This set was shrinkwrapped when I got it, but I felt I needed to open it to see if the books were damaged. The slipcase also has a production flaw (which was visible through the shrink), where a one-and-a-half-inch piece of the cloth covering had curled to reveal a thin sliver of the white paper underneath. This is copy 234, signed by Poppy Z. Brite and the illustrators.