Varney the Vampire (Paperback)

James Malcom Rymer

ISBN 10: 1986174417 / ISBN 13: 9781986174411

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

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Paperback. James Malcolm Rymer (1814-1884) was a writer of penny dreadfuls and is one of the possible authors of Varney the Vampire (1847). Another possible author was Thomas Preskett Prest. Very little is known about James Malcolm Rymer except that he was a writer of thrillers from the 1840's to the 1860 's for the English bookseller and publisher, Edward Lloyd. In the London Directory for 1841 he is listed as a civil engineer, living at 42 Burton Street, and the British Museum catalogue mentions him in 1842 as editing the Queen's Magazine. Rymer's novels appeared in England under his own name as well as under the anagrams Malcolm J. Errym and Malcolm J. Merry. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Varney the Vampire (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1986174417
• ISBN 13: 9781986174411
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

James Malcolm Rymer (1814-1884) was a writer of penny dreadfuls and is one of the possible authors of Varney the Vampire (1847). Another possible author was Thomas Preskett Prest. Very little is known about James Malcolm Rymer except that he was a writer of thrillers from the 1840's to the 1860 's for the English bookseller and publisher, Edward Lloyd. In the London Directory for 1841 he is listed as a civil engineer, living at 42 Burton Street, and the British Museum catalogue mentions him in 1842 as editing the Queen's Magazine. Rymer's novels appeared in England under his own name as well as under the anagrams Malcolm J. Errym and Malcolm J. Merry.