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Description: WESTMINSTER : 1895. [ The Acme Library ]. First published in 1894. This is the first British (and first published) edition. Preceded by a handful of copies printed in New York in late 1894 by Theo. L. De Vinne & Co. to secure American copyright. The second book in this Acme Library series.]. Grey printed paper covers. Tight, bright and clean. Neat contemporary owner name; no internal markings. Minor wear (and a couple of neat repairs). GOOD; internally VERY GOOD. (ix), 165 pages. 8pp adverts to rear. ABRAHAM STOKER (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author who wrote the 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the West End's Lyceum Theatre, which Irving owned. In his early years, Stoker worked as a theatre critic for an Irish newspaper, and wrote stories as well as commentaries. He also enjoyed travelling, particularly to Cruden Bay in Scotland where he set two of his novels. During another visit to the English coastal town of Whitby, Stoker drew inspiration for writing Dracula. He died on 20 April 1912 due to locomotor ataxia and was cremated in north London. Since his death, his magnum opus Dracula has become one of the best-known works in English literature, and the novel has been adapted for numerous films, short stories, and plays. Sm.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ] SCARCE.
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
Stoker, Bram. THE WATTER'S MOU.'. A. Constable and Co., Westminster, 1895.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Small octavo, pp. [1-14] [1-2] 3-164 [165] [166: blank] [1]-8 publisher's ads [9-12: blank] [note: first two and last two leaves are blanks], original pictorial blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First British (and first published) edition. Preceded by a handful of copies printed in New York in late 1894 by Theo. L. De Vinne & Co. to secure U.S. copyright. The second book published in Constable's "Acme Library" series. Issued both in paper wrappers and in cloth, this being one of latter. A short sensational novel set in a remote fishing village on the Aberdeenshire coast of Scotland. Dalby 8b. Early owner's signature on front free endpaper. Cloth rubbed at spine ends, corner tips and along outer joints, several tiny marks to cloth on front cover (possibly a touch of insect tracking), free endpapers darkened, a bright, tight, very good copy. (#95832)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
STOKER, BRAM. The Watter's Mou'. A. Constable, Westminister, 1895.
Price: US$753.93 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bound in blue cloth with gilt decorations to front board & to spine. Gilt to upper page edges; other edges uncut. Light wear to outer corners & to head & heel of spine. Spine somewhat darkened. Age darkening to pages and page edges. Rear hinge starting. Ex libris plate to front pastedown; number written in ink above plate. Two stains to the fore edge of pages.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada