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Rice, Anne. Chronicles of the Vampire Lestat (Second Book in the Chronicles of the Vampires). Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.

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Anne Rice. Vampire Lestat (Hardcover). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1985.

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Description: Hardcover. Returning to the hypnotic world she so brilliantly created in Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice demonstrates once again her power to enthrall. Brilliant . its undead characters are utterly alive.The New York Times Book ReviewWith the same richness of drama, atmosphere and incident, she tells the fantastic story of the vampire Lestat, whom we first perceived as the seductive devil-vampire of Interview with the Vampire and whom we now follow through the ages as he searches for the origin and meaning of his own dark immortality. And who, more and more, engages our sympathy until he stands revealed as a questing romantic, a vampire-hero with his own strange and passionate courage and morality.As the novel opens, Lestat, having risen from the earth after a fifty-five years' sleep, and infatuated with the modern world, presents himself in all his vampire brilliance as a rock star, a superstar, a seducer of millions. And, in this blaze of adulation, daring to break the vampire oath of silence, he determines to tell his story, to rouse the generations of the living dead from their slumbers and to penetrate the riddle of his own existence.As he speaks we are plunged back into eighteenth-century France, into the castle where we meet the young Lestat: child of impoverished aristocrats, heroic hunter of wolves, at odds with his tyrannical father, running away to join a traveling troupe of actors. We see him in the licentious Paris of the day, first apprentice at a boulevard theater, then its most celebrated actor, idolized, adored by many and--night after night--watched by one . . . until, in a sleep filled with dreams of the wolves he killed as a boy, he is shocked awake by a dark figure and suddenly, horribly, eternally joined to the unholy brotherhood.We follow Lestat as he searches for others like him--in churches and brothels, in gambling houses, huts and palaces--sometimes joined by the vampire-angel Gabrielle, who is bound to him both by blood and by passion; sometimes traveling with his adored Nicolas, the violinist whose music and beauty are equally transcendent. We follow Lestat as he travels from the snowcapped mountains of the Auvergne and the primeval forest of ancient Gaul to Sicily, Istanbul, Venice and Cairo, searching for his origins, sometimes finding clues to the birth of the vampire race, knowing always that the central truth eludes him.But all the while, throughout his travels, through many lands and many times, Lestat has made enemies among his brethren--vampires who are in terror of his questions, who fear he will disturb the uneasy balance in which they exist with the mortal world, and who suspect in him a desire to rule. And when, in the caves below a craggy Greek island, in a sanctuary whose walls are covered with gold-flecked murals, the very first of the living dead awake, the truth at the heart of his quest is at last revealed. Ancient forces held immobile through the ages are irreversibly set in motion, and as the novel rushes to its stunning climax, Lestat's vampire foes converge in pursuit of him on the demonic freeways of the twentieth century. Returning to the hypnotic world she so brilliantly created in Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice demonstrates once again her power to enthrall. With the same richness of drama, atmosphere and incident, she tells the fantastic story of the vampire Lestat, whom we first perceived as the seductive devil-vampire of Interview with the Vampire and whom we now follow through the ages as he searches for the origin and meaning of his own dark immortality. And who, more and more, engages our sympathy until he stands revealed as a questing romantic, a vampire-hero with his own strange and passionate courage and morality. As the no Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Rice, Anne. The Vampire Lestat. Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.

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Anne Rice. Vampire Lestat (Chronicles of the Vampires, 2nd Book). Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1985.

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Condition: New

Description: 496 pages. 9.50x6.75x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom

(PORTIS, Charles, Anne Tyler, Ray Bradbury, Doris Lessing, John Hersey, Bob Dylan, Anne Rice, Robert Capa, Julia Child, and many others). [Publisher's Catalog]: Alfred A. Knopf: Fall 1985. Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Books, New York, 1985.

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Description: Publisher's catalog. 48pp. Illustrated. Fine in stapled wrappers. Advertises new books by Anne Tyler (*The Accidental Tourist*), Ray Bradbury (*Death is a Lonely Business*), Doris Lessing (*The Good Terrorist*), John Hersey (*Hiroshima*), Bob Dylan (*Lyrics, 1962-1985*), Charles Portis (the delightful and very funny *Masters of Atlantis*), Anne Rice (*The Vampire Lestat*), a biography of and book of photographs by Robert Capa, and Julia Child on VHS!

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Anne Rice. Vampire Lestat (Hardcover). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1985.

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Description: Hardcover. Returning to the hypnotic world she so brilliantly created in Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice demonstrates once again her power to enthrall. Brilliant . its undead characters are utterly alive.The New York Times Book ReviewWith the same richness of drama, atmosphere and incident, she tells the fantastic story of the vampire Lestat, whom we first perceived as the seductive devil-vampire of Interview with the Vampire and whom we now follow through the ages as he searches for the origin and meaning of his own dark immortality. And who, more and more, engages our sympathy until he stands revealed as a questing romantic, a vampire-hero with his own strange and passionate courage and morality.As the novel opens, Lestat, having risen from the earth after a fifty-five years' sleep, and infatuated with the modern world, presents himself in all his vampire brilliance as a rock star, a superstar, a seducer of millions. And, in this blaze of adulation, daring to break the vampire oath of silence, he determines to tell his story, to rouse the generations of the living dead from their slumbers and to penetrate the riddle of his own existence.As he speaks we are plunged back into eighteenth-century France, into the castle where we meet the young Lestat: child of impoverished aristocrats, heroic hunter of wolves, at odds with his tyrannical father, running away to join a traveling troupe of actors. We see him in the licentious Paris of the day, first apprentice at a boulevard theater, then its most celebrated actor, idolized, adored by many and--night after night--watched by one . . . until, in a sleep filled with dreams of the wolves he killed as a boy, he is shocked awake by a dark figure and suddenly, horribly, eternally joined to the unholy brotherhood.We follow Lestat as he searches for others like him--in churches and brothels, in gambling houses, huts and palaces--sometimes joined by the vampire-angel Gabrielle, who is bound to him both by blood and by passion; sometimes traveling with his adored Nicolas, the violinist whose music and beauty are equally transcendent. We follow Lestat as he travels from the snowcapped mountains of the Auvergne and the primeval forest of ancient Gaul to Sicily, Istanbul, Venice and Cairo, searching for his origins, sometimes finding clues to the birth of the vampire race, knowing always that the central truth eludes him.But all the while, throughout his travels, through many lands and many times, Lestat has made enemies among his brethren--vampires who are in terror of his questions, who fear he will disturb the uneasy balance in which they exist with the mortal world, and who suspect in him a desire to rule. And when, in the caves below a craggy Greek island, in a sanctuary whose walls are covered with gold-flecked murals, the very first of the living dead awake, the truth at the heart of his quest is at last revealed. Ancient forces held immobile through the ages are irreversibly set in motion, and as the novel rushes to its stunning climax, Lestat's vampire foes converge in pursuit of him on the demonic freeways of the twentieth century. Returning to the hypnotic world she so brilliantly created in Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice demonstrates once again her power to enthrall. With the same richness of drama, atmosphere and incident, she tells the fantastic story of the vampire Lestat, whom we first perceived as the seductive devil-vampire of Interview with the Vampire and whom we now follow through the ages as he searches for the origin and meaning of his own dark immortality. And who, more and more, engages our sympathy until he stands revealed as a questing romantic, a vampire-hero with his own strange and passionate courage and morali Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Anne Rice. Vampire Lestat (Chronicles of the Vampires, 2nd Book). Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1985.

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Description: 496 pages. 9.50x6.75x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom

Anne Rice. Vampire Lestat (Hardcover). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1985.

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Condition: New

Description: Hardcover. Returning to the hypnotic world she so brilliantly created in Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice demonstrates once again her power to enthrall. Brilliant . its undead characters are utterly alive.The New York Times Book ReviewWith the same richness of drama, atmosphere and incident, she tells the fantastic story of the vampire Lestat, whom we first perceived as the seductive devil-vampire of Interview with the Vampire and whom we now follow through the ages as he searches for the origin and meaning of his own dark immortality. And who, more and more, engages our sympathy until he stands revealed as a questing romantic, a vampire-hero with his own strange and passionate courage and morality.As the novel opens, Lestat, having risen from the earth after a fifty-five years' sleep, and infatuated with the modern world, presents himself in all his vampire brilliance as a rock star, a superstar, a seducer of millions. And, in this blaze of adulation, daring to break the vampire oath of silence, he determines to tell his story, to rouse the generations of the living dead from their slumbers and to penetrate the riddle of his own existence.As he speaks we are plunged back into eighteenth-century France, into the castle where we meet the young Lestat: child of impoverished aristocrats, heroic hunter of wolves, at odds with his tyrannical father, running away to join a traveling troupe of actors. We see him in the licentious Paris of the day, first apprentice at a boulevard theater, then its most celebrated actor, idolized, adored by many and--night after night--watched by one . . . until, in a sleep filled with dreams of the wolves he killed as a boy, he is shocked awake by a dark figure and suddenly, horribly, eternally joined to the unholy brotherhood.We follow Lestat as he searches for others like him--in churches and brothels, in gambling houses, huts and palaces--sometimes joined by the vampire-angel Gabrielle, who is bound to him both by blood and by passion; sometimes traveling with his adored Nicolas, the violinist whose music and beauty are equally transcendent. We follow Lestat as he travels from the snowcapped mountains of the Auvergne and the primeval forest of ancient Gaul to Sicily, Istanbul, Venice and Cairo, searching for his origins, sometimes finding clues to the birth of the vampire race, knowing always that the central truth eludes him.But all the while, throughout his travels, through many lands and many times, Lestat has made enemies among his brethren--vampires who are in terror of his questions, who fear he will disturb the uneasy balance in which they exist with the mortal world, and who suspect in him a desire to rule. And when, in the caves below a craggy Greek island, in a sanctuary whose walls are covered with gold-flecked murals, the very first of the living dead awake, the truth at the heart of his quest is at last revealed. Ancient forces held immobile through the ages are irreversibly set in motion, and as the novel rushes to its stunning climax, Lestat's vampire foes converge in pursuit of him on the demonic freeways of the twentieth century. Returning to the hypnotic world she so brilliantly created in Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice demonstrates once again her power to enthrall. With the same richness of drama, atmosphere and incident, she tells the fantastic story of the vampire Lestat, whom we first perceived as the seductive devil-vampire of Interview with the Vampire and whom we now follow through the ages as he searches for the origin and meaning of his own dark immortality. And who, more and more, engages our sympathy until he stands revealed as a questing romantic, a vampire-hero with his own strange and passionate courage and morali Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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RICE, ANNE. The Vampire Lestat. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1985.

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Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition. Second book in Rice's Vampire Chronicles. Presumed first state binding, with unstained top page edges. Fine in dustjacket with tiny tear at upper spine corner, else fine.

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RICE, ANNE. The Vampire Lestat. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1985.

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Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition. Second book in Rice's Vampire Chronicles. Presumed first issue binding with unstained top page edges. Fine in dustjacket with very light crease down spine panel, else fine. Pretty copy of this large volume.

Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.

Rice, Anne. THE VAMPIRE LESTAT (FIRST EDITION). Alfred A. Knopf, US, 1985.

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Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition, as stated. Quarter white cloth over white paper-covered boards with gilt AR emblem to front cover and gilt particulars to spine. Deckled fore edge. Pages are clean and unmarked. Text block has a small red ink smear across top edge, but is otherwise clean. Boards are clean with light wear to extremeties. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket is clean with light wear to edges and a single small closed tear to rear bottom corner. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.

Seller: Atlanta Vintage Books, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

Rice, Anne. The Vampire Lestat. Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.

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Condition: Good

Description: Signed By Author

Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada

Rice, Anne. The Vampire Lestat (SIGNED). Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, NY, 1985.

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Condition: Good

Description: 481 pages, 8vo. SIGNED by Anne Rice in thick marker on front endpaper, no inscription. Stated First Edition. Jacket price unclipped: $17.95. Shelfwear to DJ: scuffing along edges and covers, 1-inch tear at bottom spine corner of rear cover, some light creasing on rear cover, light tanning. DJ in mylar. Light water stain along bottom edge of front cover, light water stains at bottom corners of last few page leafs, scuffing along cover edges, corners are lightly bumped. Volume is in Good-plus condition.

Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Anne Rice. The Vampire Lestat. Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.

Price: US$395.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Fine Copy In Like Jacket.$17.95 On Flap. Stated First Edition. Second Vampire Classic. Rare Presentation & Association Copy."For Brian, All The Best, Anne Rice New York 1985" Signed In Year Of Publication. Brilliant Copy.

Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.

Rice, Anne. The Vampire Lestat [UNCORRECTED PROOF]. Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.

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Condition: Good

Description: This is a tight and unmarked but clearly read uncorrected proof copy displaying some soiling but an overall desirable book for Anne Rice collectors considering the rarity and normal market value for this book. Please see my attached photos.

Seller: Virginia Books & More, Spotsylvania, VA, U.S.A.