Stoker (Bram) The Jewel of Seven Stars
£650
London, Heinemann, 1903.
First edition, first issue (with Chapter XVI present). 8vo. Original red cloth with blind-tooled scarab motif to covers, lettered in black to upper cover, with gilt lettering to spine.
One of the rarer Stoker titles as a first edition, probably due to the fragile nature of the production. This edition features the original ending, before it was updated to a slightly more upbeat version.
In stock
Usual toning to margins of text block; spine darkened, some marking to covers, some creasing and wear to spine.
Scarab vignette to title-page.
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