Dracula

Dracula is a gothic horror book written by Bram Stoker and published in 1897. The story is told through a series of journal entries, letters, and newspaper articles, and it follows the efforts of a group of people led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing to defeat the vampire Count Dracula.

Dracula by Bram Stoker has been attributed to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel, and invasion literature. It has become a cultural icon, spawning countless adaptations in film, television, and other media. The novel's depiction of the struggle between good and evil continues to captivate readers today.

Bram Stoker’s Dracula was first published by Archibald Constable and Company; London, 1897. First edition first impression ran 3,000 copies and is yellow cloth, lettered in red. True first editions are marked by a blank integral last page, with no ad for The Shoulder of Shasta. 

They were two bindings of the first printing. The first one was bound without a publisher’s catalog, while the second was bound with an undated publisher's advertisement catalog listing no books published after 1897. The last book published that's listed in this ad catalog is Warren's editing of The Faerie Queene.

Dracula’s undisputed cultural influence makes other collectible editions a must. Besides the original first edition, these are other rare and special copies to be considered, all of them available on BIBLIO:First American edition of Dracula was published by Doubleday & McClure Co, 1899. US first Dracula printing is bound in beige cloth, the front cover ruled and lettered in blue, and decoratively stamped in blue, brown, and gilt, spine lettered in blue. Dracula illustrated by Edward Gorey, New York: Barnes & Noble, 1996. This edition ran 776 numbered copies accompanied by a lithograph by the illustrator.Dracula illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Limited edition to 100 numbered copies published by Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia, on the occasion of the Bram Stoker's Dracula a Centennial Exhibition. All copies are numbered and signed by Sendak himself.