Stoker (Bram) Dracula’s Guest
£175
London, George Routledge, 1914.
Fifth impression. 8vo. Advertisement for The Lair of the White Worm. Original red cloth decorated in black.
A collection of nine supernatural short stories by Bram Stoker, published posthumously in 1914 by George Routledge & Sons at the behest of his widow Florence Balcombe. The title story is widely believed to be the deleted opening chapter of Dracula (1897): Florence Stoker writes in her preface that it was “originally excised owing to the length of the book.”
In stock
Toning to text-block; ink name to advertisement leaf; minor lightening and rubbing to cloth, but overall a good copy.
Related products
London, C.Arthur Pearson, 1916.
First abridged edition. Small 8vo. Original dark grey cloth blocked in black.
An attractive abridgment of the weird & supernatural tales of psychic detective Flaxman Low, written by mother & son team 'E. & H. Heron'. The stories first appeared in Pearson's Magazine (1899). Hesketh was a prolific turn-of-the-century author, creator of then then very popular sadistic bandit character Don Q., as noted by Bleiler now "deservedly forgotten".
Horror & Gothic
Horror & Gothic
Tales of Thrill and Horror Selected and Arranged By Christine Campbell Thomson. First edition. London, Selwyn & Blount, [1933] This is No 9 in the Famous Not At Night Series of books.
Horror & Gothic
London, Methuen, 1897.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original red cloth blocked & lettered in gilt.
A very good first edition of this collection of short stories by Wells, comprising ghost stories, tales of horror and even a cautionary tale about an apple.
Horror & Gothic
First edition. Includes stories by, E.S. Knights, Hester Gorst, Elliott O'Donnell, John Ratho, Charles Lloyd and others. London, Philip Allan, 1933 In our experience the most elusive of the Creeps series with no copies currently for sale online.