DRACULA.
Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1901. Octavo, pp. [1-11] 12-138 [139-144: ads], original pictorial gray-green wrappers printed in black. First printing of the revised text. Most copies of DRACULA take their text from the first edition of 1897 (or the first American edition of 1899, or a 1912 edition that corrected some typographical errors in the first edition). However, in 1901, another significantly different edition appeared, a paperback with a slightly abridged text, revised by Stoker himself at the request of the publisher. Stoker cut about 15% of the text, mainly from descriptions and conversations, in order to make the action scenes stand out a bit more. The paperback edition of 1901 is very rare. Some think this version reads better than the original edition. Text block mildly age darkened, tiny loss upper front corner tip, slight loss at base of spine, some overall mild spotting and soiling to wrappers, neat initials to upper right front cover, a very good to nearly fine, attractive, unsophisticated copy. A remarkably nice copy of this fragile and very uncommon book. Housed in an attractive custom clamshell box. (28711). Item #28711
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