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Bram Stoker. The Mystery of the Sea. William Heinemann, UK, 1902.

Price: US$974.66 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The Mystery of the Sea by Bram Stoker First Edition William Heinemann 1902. No name inscriptions or signs of previous ownership. Some light sporadic foxing to preliminary pages. Contents are clean and unblemished throughout. A VG+ copy with no bumping to corners and no rubbing to covers.

Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Stoker, Bram. The Mystery of the Sea. Heinemann, London, 1902.

Price: US$974.66 + shipping

Description: (London: William Heinemann 1902). First UK Edition, First Impression. London: Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix-x [xi-xii] [1-2] 3-498 [499: list of Stoker books] [500: blank] + [32]-page undated publisher's catalogue inserted to the rear. Publisher's original full dark blue pictorial cloth, front panel stamped in gold and light green, with the design of a full moon among clouds, spine panel stamped in gold, publisher's windmill device/emblem stamped in blind to the rear panel. A pretty nice copy overall. The UK First Edition is much rarer than its US counterpart. First British edition, first impression. The usual rubbing/minor wear to the cloth edges and softening to the spine tips, minor soiling/marks in places to several pages, dustiness to the top edge. Minor corner creasing to the first few pages at the bottom right hand corner. No previous owner inscriptions and of the usual foxing to the title page (so often seen). Inner hinges slightly tender but still just about holding. Spine bright and not dull (as often found). none Bram Stoker's seventh novel. The novel is is a combination adventure, romance, mystery, and fantasy with supernatural elements. The mystery is solved by decoding a cipher devised by Francis Bacon. An overlooked classic. Wolff 6584 (notes the binding as very dark green). The US Edition precedes by a few months. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom

Bram Stoker. The Mystery of the Sea. William Heinemann, London UK, 1902.

Price: US$1234.57 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The Mystery of the Sea by Bram Stoker. First edition.William Heineman, London 1902. A first edition of the thriller, The Mystery of the Sea, in a very good condition. Bram Stoker is best known for his 1897 novel of Dracula. Original pictorial cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. The covers have very light rubbing to the joints and corners. Bumped spine ends. Contemporary signature of previous owner on the front free page dated 1904. Light spotting on the title page. The contents have marks/spotting on a few pages. Fold on p 81. 8vo 498 pp plus 32 pages of advertisements.

Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom

Stoker, Bram. THE MYSTERY OF THE SEA .. William Heinemann, London, 1902.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix-x [xi-xii] [1-2] 3-498 [499: list of Stoker books] [500: blank] + [32]-page undated publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, original pictorial dark blue cloth, front panel stamped in gold and light green, spine panel stamped in gold, publisher's windmill device stamped in blind on rear panel. First British edition, first impression. The U.S. edition published by Doubleday, Page preceded the Heinemann edition by several months. Ingenious mystery solved by decoding a cipher devised by Francis Bacon. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1547. Bleiler (1978), p. 187. Reginald 13732. Dalby 13c. Cloth lightly rubbed at edges, top edge of text block dusty, preliminary leaves tanned, title leaf foxed, a very good copy. A nice copy overall. The U.S. edition is more easily found than its British counterpart. (#162980)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

Stoker, Bram. The Mystery of The Sea. William Heinemann, London, 1902.

Price: US$3675.28 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 498 pp. Original dark blue cloth, blocked in light green and gold with the design of a full moon among clouds. First British Edition (Third Impression, August 1902), the American Edition preceded a few months later. Signed and dated (26.11.1902) by Bram Stoker himself with some remarks at the address of the actress, singer and performer Cecilia Loftus (1876-1943), some foxing [first/last pages], very good, a special part in the collection Igor Cornelissen, sent as parcel post

Seller: In 't Wasdom - antiquariaat Cornelissen & De Jong, Notter, Netherlands

Stoker, Bram. The Mystery of the Sea. William Heinemann, London, 1902.

Price: US$5000.00 + shipping

Description: Original dark blue cloth, blocked in light green and gold with the design of a full moon among clouds, endpapers cracking (front repaired), very good. Inscribed "J.S. Ragland Phillips from Bram Stoker 17.7.02". Ragland Phillips (1850-1919) was the editor of the Yorkshire Post (1903-1919), and a close friend of Stoker, who frequently stayed with him, at his home "Balmoral", in Hedingley, Leeds. It was to him that Stoker gave the desk upon which he wrote "Dracula". Wolff 6584 (notes the binding as "very dark green"). First British edition, the American precedes by a few months.

Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.