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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing with a complete numberline. Signed by Author on title page. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. // ' In 1893, a trail of ashen footprints leads Deputy Archie Lean to the body of a murdered thief. The man's exposed flesh has been horribly burned and occult symbols mark the nearby walls. Most troubling of all is what Lean witnessed two days earlier: this same man being lowered into his grave without a burn mark on him. Once again, the Portland, Maine, police deputy must turn to the brilliant criminalist Perceval Grey for help. Grey, a half-Abenaki Indian detective, faces problems of his own after agreeing to an elderly tycoon's death-bed plea to find his long-lost granddaughter. The dying man's family is less interested in the missing heiress than with the recent theft of an obscure heirloom carved with curious symbols. As the family's shadowy history is revealed, the three mysteries intersect to draw Lean and Grey into a maze of murder, deceit, and revenge. Each deadly new clue points toward an even greater puzzle--one that will pit Grey against a devious murderer in a race to unlock an ancient and mysterious power.' -- publisher.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Inscribed by Author(s).

1st Dessert Island Books Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.Provenance: signed by author. Physical description: 256 pages; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-251) and index. Contents: Background. The vampire -- The vampire in Christian Europe -- The vampire in literature -- The life and works of Bram Stoker -- Origins of Dracula -- Dramatis personae. From Vlad Dracula to Count Dracula -- 'Thank God for good brave men/ -- 'Sweet, sweet, good, good, women' -- Perspectives. 'Kiss me with those red lips -- Freud, orality, and incest -- 'The blood is the life' -- Tarot and the Grail -- 'The count is criminal'. Subjects: Dracula Count (Fictitious character). Stoker, Bram 1847-1912 Dracula. Stoker, Bram 1847-1912 Dracula Criticism and interpretation. 1800-1899. Gothic revival (Literature) Great Britain History 19th century. Horror tales, English History and criticism. Vampires in literature. Gothic revival (Literature). Horror tales, English. Vampires in literature. Gothic revival (Literature). English fiction. 3 Kg.

1st Dessert Island Books Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.Provenance: signed by author. Physical description: 256 pages; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-251) and index. Contents: Background. The vampire -- The vampire in Christian Europe -- The vampire in literature -- The life and works of Bram Stoker -- Origins of Dracula -- Dramatis personae. From Vlad Dracula to Count Dracula -- 'Thank God for good brave men/ -- 'Sweet, sweet, good, good, women' -- Perspectives. 'Kiss me with those red lips -- Freud, orality, and incest -- 'The blood is the life' -- Tarot and the Grail -- 'The count is criminal'. Subjects: Dracula Count (Fictitious character). Stoker, Bram 1847-1912 Dracula. Stoker, Bram 1847-1912 Dracula Criticism and interpretation. 1800-1899. Gothic revival (Literature) Great Britain History 19th century. Horror tales, English History and criticism. Vampires in literature. Gothic revival (Literature). Horror tales, English. Vampires in literature. Gothic revival (Literature). English fiction. 1 Kg.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: covered - good. Signed. First Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR Stated First Edition Hardcover. Minor wear to the covered dust jacket. Little cover wear. Clean unmarked text. Tight binding. ** WE SHIP DAILY (Mon-Fri) ** Free Tracking Information.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First printing. Light foxing on page edges, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco and his wife Elena by the author.

Softcover. Condition: Near Very Good. PhD dissertation printed by xerographic process, softcover with title plated affixed to the front, and a typed signed letter by the author to their parents regarding publication progress. The book has a mild skew with shallow bowing starting to the binding, bumps with some creasing to the spine ends and corners, a longer diagonal crease across the back cover, strong sunning to the spine and hinges, a circular yellow sticker to the head of the spine, lifting starting to the title plate, and smudging with small spots to the edges of the text block. Overall, this is a solid, tight, Near Very Good copy.

8vo. pp xii, 264. Colour illustrated covers with black lettering at front and spine. Original publisher's grey cloth boards with silver and green lettering at spine. Signed presentation copy from the author to fellow scholar Marie-Luise Waldeck; "For Marie-Luise. With all good wishes. John.". ISBN: 0691062102 Very good indeed. In lightly shelfworn at edges, very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Blue boards with small abrasion mark to upper board near bottom inner corner. The DJ is clean but rubbed along the top and bottom edges. Spine ends gently crushed. Inscribed by author 8-IV-1952 on ffep to the then Minister of Justice CR Swart thanking him for writing the Foreword. Signed by Swart to the ffep. 184pp unmarked, undiscoloured and presenting as unread. Rectangle of uniform browning to ffep and to bfep verso. Binding tight. Very scarce. Inscribed by Author(s).