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STOKER, BRAM.
Dracula.
8vo, original tan pictorial cloth, front cover stamped
and lettered in dark blue, gilt and green, few tiny spots to top of front joint, additional few
to portion of top of rear board, trace of rubbing to spine tips; deckle edges with occasional
small chips as usual; contents clean.
NewYork: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899
[2,500/3,500]
BEAUTIFUL
,
MOSTLY UNOPENED
,
COPY OF THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
,
FIRST PRINTING
with the front cover showing Dracula’s castle atop a hill with bats in-flight and the gilt-stamped sun
setting. Copies without significant faults are uncommon; this a superior example with none of the
spine fading or cover soiling usually seen. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.
WITH
-
Autograph Note
Signed to unknown recipient, dated 1 May [18]95, 1 (of 4) page, folded, on Lyceum Theatre sta-
tionery.
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STOKER, BRAM.
Dracula.
8vo, original yellow cloth, lettered and ruled in red
on covers and spine, faded somewhat, extremities rubbed with exposure to bottom edges,
corners soft; joints starting, discreet bookseller’s label to front pastedown, spotting confined
to endpapers; housed in
1
/
4
morocco clamshell case.
Westminster:Archibald Constable, 1897
[2,000/3,000]
FIRST EDITION
,
SECOND
(
OR THIRD
)
ISSUE
,
with half-title, advert for “The Shoulder of Shasta”
follows the last text page, and without publisher’s catalogue at end. Dalby 10(a); Bleiler Checklist, p.
187. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.
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