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Red As Blood (or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer)

Tanith Lee

First published 1983
Publisher DAW Books / SFBC
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Catalog ID 4006
Cover art Victoria Poyser
Pages 186
Price $4.98

  • First hardcover edition (not stated.)
  • Title page gives the subtitle in parentheses as shown in this record. Front of the dustjacket gives the titles as Red as Blood or Tales From the Sisters Grimmer.
  • "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front flap of the dustjacket indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
  • Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for March 1983.
  • No printed price or stated date of publication. Both given here are taken from the SFBC announcement flyer for March 1983, confirmed by the listing in Locus #268 (May 1983).
  • "Interior Illustrations by Tanith Lee" stated on the copyright page.
  • "4006" printed at the bottom on the back of the dustjacket ("04006" after June 1985).
  • First printing has a gutter code of N01, indicating a printing in Feb. 1983.
  • There is no gutter code in the verified copy. This may indicate that the verified copy is from a later printing.
  • "Jacket illustration by Victoria Poyser" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
  • The ISBN of the DAW Books paperback edition, 087997-790-6 [sic], is printed on the copyright page.
  • The contents page gives the setting and time period in which the story takes place, e.g. "Paid Piper (Asia: The Last Century B.C.)". These places and dates do not appear on the individual stories' title pages.

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Paid Piper Tanith Lee Short Story
18 Red As Blood Tanith Lee Short Story
29 Thorns Tanith Lee Short Story
39 When the Clock Strikes Tanith Lee Short Story
55 The Golden Rope Tanith Lee Novelette
82 The Princess and Her Future Tanith Lee Short Story
91 Wolfland Tanith Lee Novelette
121 Black As Ink Tanith Lee Novelette
149 Beauty Tanith Lee Novelette