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English: First edition imitation cover to Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.

Collation: [5], viii-ix, [1], 390, [2] p. ; 184 x 124 mm. : hardcover Westminster, Archibald Constable and Company, 2 Whitehall Gardens Copyright 1897, in the United States of America, according to Act of Congress, by Bram Stoker. [All rights reserved.] (now in public domain)

This is a newly and finely bound in mustard-yellow morocco in imitation of the original cloth binding: lettered in red on spine and upper cover, single-line border tooled in red on sides, marbled end papers, all edges gilt.

This is a scan of the cover for a first edition, later issue, with the advertisement for “The Shoulder of Shasta” at the back. Bound by The Chelsea Bindery.
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Source http://isd.usc.edu/~melindah/Stoker/sto1890s/1897ff.htm
Author AnonymousUnknown author

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current16:00, 16 August 2020Thumbnail for version as of 16:00, 16 August 20201,256 × 1,842 (978 KB)HohumSame leather cover version, clearer image
10:53, 31 January 2006Thumbnail for version as of 10:53, 31 January 2006306 × 450 (78 KB)Szumykfirst edition cover to Bram Stoker's novel Dracula from http://isd.usc.edu/~melindah/Stoker/sto1890s/1897ff.htm Collation: [5], viii-ix, [1], 390, [2] p. ; 184 x 124 mm. : hardcover Westminster, Archibald Constable and Company, 2 Whitehall Gardens Copyri

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