STOKER, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable, 1897. 8° (194 x 125mm). 16-page publisher's advertisements. Original yellow cloth, covers and spine lettered in orange (covers slightly soiled, spine a little darkened and with a few short tears at the ends). Provenance: Bram Stoker (presentation inscription dated December 1897 to:) -- E.H. Bull.
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STOKER, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable, 1897. 8° (194 x 125mm). 16-page publisher's advertisements. Original yellow cloth, covers and spine lettered in orange (covers slightly soiled, spine a little darkened and with a few short tears at the ends). Provenance: Bram Stoker (presentation inscription dated December 1897 to:) -- E.H. Bull.

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STOKER, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable, 1897. 8° (194 x 125mm). 16-page publisher's advertisements. Original yellow cloth, covers and spine lettered in orange (covers slightly soiled, spine a little darkened and with a few short tears at the ends). Provenance: Bram Stoker (presentation inscription dated December 1897 to:) -- E.H. Bull.

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND INFLUENTIAL OF ALL VAMPIRE NOVELS: 'Dracula remains the definitive treatment of the classical vampire, a work of great imagination and conviction' (Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 1546). This copy from the thicker, preferred variant printed on uncoated wove paper, and the second issue with the add for The Shoulder of Shasta. Dalby 10; Wolf 6581.