Stoker (Bram) Dracula
£495
New York, Grosset and Dunlap, [c.1927].
First stage play edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket.
Another important edition of Stoker’s gothic masterpiece, issued to tie-in with the Broadway adaptation starring Bela Lugosi in his first major English-speaking role.
Out of stock
Contemporary ink ownership signature and date on the front free end paper, else a bright very good or better copy in a very good jacket with some minor chipping (undated).
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