Dracula Collected: (Illustrated Edition)

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Featuring a fascinating introduction by Val McDermid and new illustrations by Juan Esteban Rodríguez, each copy has been signed by both the introducer and the illustrator. An epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking a business trip to stay at the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula.

Turning off the personalised advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. Bram Stoker’s classic, in which the instantly recognisable Count Dracula plans to sate his dreadful appetites in England only to be thwarted by an intrepid band of friends, remains an enthralling read. The first great English detective novel, Wilkie Collins’ The Moonstone is presented in a Folio Society limited edition of 750 numbered copies. The illustrations accentuate the sense of foreboding and despair in Stoker’s narrative, while the metallic-blocked binding and blood-red marbling on the slipcase complete this sumptuous new edition of the classic 19th-century horror.Used books have different signs of use and might not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material.

Featuring extraordinary illustrations by Clive Hicks-Jenkins and an exclusive introduction by Janina Ramirez, each of the 750 numbered copies has been signed by both contributors. Book is in Very Good condition with minimal signs of wear, sewn-in black satin bookmark, black and white character drawings by Edward Gorey, pages are clean, no previous owner markings. From the delicate webbing of a bat’s wing to the arresting portrait of the Count that forms the frontispiece, every detail invites the reader to look deeper.Born in Dublin in 1847, Bram Stoker escaped the monotony of a career in the Irish Civil Service by accepting the job of manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London.

Housed in a black cloth slipcase, blocked in cream and gold and with curved edges to facilitate removing the book, it is the attention to detail that makes this new limited edition such a fitting tribute to Stoker’s gothic masterpiece. The first adventure in the Folio Society editions of ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ series, Enid Blyton’s The Enchanted Wood features Jonathan Burton’s enchanting illustrations and a new introduction by Michael Morpurgo. Classic deluxe edition of Dracula, beautifully illustrated by Edward Gorey with fore-edge painting of bats, Edward Gorey-designed endpapers, and a beautiful red velvet fabric cover. The edition is introduced by Irish novelist John Banville, who reflects on Stoker’s life and the circumstances and influences that led to Dracula becoming not only his most successful novel, but also revered as one of the greatest horror stories ever written. If you’ve already done that, your item hasn’t arrived, or it’s not as described, you can report that to Etsy by opening a case.Cette édition reprend les dessins d'Edward Gorey pour les décors de la reprise de la pièce (adaptée dans les années 20 du roman de Bram Stoker en 1977) au Martin Beck's Theater de Broadway, avec Frank Langella dans le rôle du Comte. He won the Man Booker Prize for The Sea in 2005, the Franz Kafka Prize in 2011 and the Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Achievement in Irish Literature in 2013. Exploring themes of sexuality, religion, technology and good versus evil, and told through journal entries, letters and telegrams, its cultural and literary significance is undisputed.

There are slathering wolves, and sleeping bats interwoven through sinister boughs of conifer for Transylvania; high-masted ships and the ruins of the abbey for Whitby; frail fragments of spiders’ webs, complete with spiders, for Purfleet; tall, slender townhouses for London, and threatening conifers, their malevolent roots twining round a steam launch, for the desperate race towards Dracula’s castle. It an interesting read and easy to get on with, I find some biographies can drag on but I felt compelled to read on. Bram Stoker: Author of Dracula - An Illustrated Biography is a beautiful introduction to Dracula's author, as much as the time in which he lived.The nineteenth is my favourite century and, as with Stoker, ‘London is my dream’, but also forests and snow and the dark corners. From the carmine leather binding, beautifully blocked with a design by Angela Barrett featuring howling wolves, a forbidding castle, bats, garlic and a crucifix, to the red laid endpapers which perfectly set off the parchment-like limitation label, printed in red, numbered by hand and signed by the artist, every aspect has been carefully considered. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies.