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STOKER, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable, 1897.
8o. Original yellow cloth, lettered and ruled in red on covers and spine (some darkening and leaning to spine, corners slightly bumped, minor staining to upper cover); quarter morocco slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, first issue, with final blank and without publisher's advertisements. Arthur Conan Doyle praised Dracula: "the very best story of diablerie which I have read for many years. It is really wonderful how with so much exciting interest over so long a book there is never an anticlimax." Stoker died 20 April 1912, not living long enough to see Dracula's immense cultural impact, and its many permutations in print and on the screen. Dalby 10(a). A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.
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FIRST EDITION, first issue, with final blank and without publisher's advertisements. Arthur Conan Doyle praised Dracula: "the very best story of diablerie which I have read for many years. It is really wonderful how with so much exciting interest over so long a book there is never an anticlimax." Stoker died 20 April 1912, not living long enough to see Dracula's immense cultural impact, and its many permutations in print and on the screen. Dalby 10(a). A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.