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STOKER, Bram (1847-1912)

Lot 138
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ID 1362977
Lot 138 | STOKER, Bram (1847-1912)
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£ 7 000 – 10 000
STOKER, Bram (1847-1912)
Dracula. London: Archibald Constable, 1897
First edition of the archetypal vampire tale, early issue with the advertisement for Stoker's The Shoulder of Shasta on page [392] and the eight-leaf publisher's catalogue inserted at the end.

According to Bram Stoker's son Noel, the genesis of Dracula was a terrifying dream about a vampire king rising from his tomb, brought on by eating too much lobster. 3,000 copies of Dracula were sent to bookstores on 26 May 1897, and although reviews were mixed, Stoker's mother Charlotte wrote to him: ‘My dear, it is splendid, a thousand miles beyond anything you have written before, and I feel certain will place you very high in the writers of the day—the story and style being deeply sensational, exciting and interesting ... No book since Mrs. Shelley's Frankenstein or indeed any other at all has come near yours in originality, or terror.’ This maternal praise was echoed by a devoted Victorian readership but not by all contemporary critics, some of whom objected to the novel's imaginative structure. Arthur Conan Doyle, however, wrote that Dracula was ‘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. Bleiler, The Checklist of Science-Fiction and Supernatural Fiction (1978), p.187; Dalby 10(a); Wolff 6581.

Octavo (193 x 125mm). Half-title, 8-leaf publisher's advertisements at end (scattered minor stains and slight creasing). Original yellow cloth lettered in red (spine slightly darkened, upper hinge mostly split); custom modern black morocco box with gilt bat motifs to spine and upper cover.
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