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Bram Stoker | First Editions
1847 - 1912
Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula. However, during his lifetime, Stoker was better known as the personal assistant of actor Henry Irving, and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London (which Irving owned). F.W. Murnau's 1922 German Expressionist horror film Nosferatu was an unathorised adaptation of Stoker's Dracula, and is immensely successful; indeed, as of 2015, it is Rotten Tomatoes' second best-reviewed horror film of all time.
Stoker believed in progress and took a keen interest in science and science-based medicine. Some Stoker novels represent early examples of science fiction, such as The Lady of the Shroud (1909). He had a writer's interest in the occult, notably mesmerism, but despised fraud and believed in the superiority of the scientific method over superstition. Stoker counted among his friends J. W. Brodie-Innis, a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and hired member Pamela Colman Smith as an artist for the Lyceum Theatre, but no evidence suggests that Stoker ever joined the Order himself.
See below our stock of Bram Stoker First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
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contribute to '50 Years of Ghost Stories'.
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1935]. [Ghost Story Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.702; [2], blank. Publisher's mid-green cloth blocked in black, illustrated green dust-wrapper. Discreet owner name and date stamped in ink to flyleaf else a crisp, fine copy with a few tiny nicks to..... More
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave.
UK (no place). [1968]. An original UK quad for Hammer Films' 'Dracula Has Risen From the Grave', based on characters created by Bram Stoker, and starring Christopher Lee. Folded, condition A (fresh). Approx dimensions 40x30 inches, landscape format. (Will be despatched rolled, in tube). One of the best of Hammer's..... More
Dracula.
London: William Rider and Son, 1913. [Strange Tales] VINTAGE EDITION. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.viii; 404; [4]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind to upper board, with blind decoration. Heavily browned, commensurate with the paper quality. Some small tears to preliminaries, with recent archival repairs, larger..... More
The Lady of the Shroud.
London: Rider, n.d. [1920]. [Strange tale] VINTAGE EDITION. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth titled and decorated in black to spine and front board. Faded to spine, light wear to edges. Page block toned as ever with such Rider productions. A most respectable vintage reprint edition of a scarce book. More
The Lair of The White Worm.
London: W. Foulsham and Co., no date [circa 1930s]. [Strange tale] Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.188; [4] blank. Publisher's purple cloth lettered in yellow, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 4/6. Gift inscription dated Xmas 1946, cloth a touch sunned. Jacket a little nicked and soiled but shows extremely well. A clean..... More
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