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

Price: US$3636.26 + 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.