Dracula by Bram Stoker - 1927

Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Stage play tie-in edition. Issued to coincide with the hugely successful stage adaptation of Stoker's classic of horror originally published 30 years earlier, which took to the Broadway stage in 1927, this is one of the most visually arresting editions of Dracula. The play starred Bela Lugosi in his first major English-speaking role, with Edward Van Sloan as Van Helsing, roles the actors reprised for the famous 1931 film version. Jacket protected in mylar and shows mild chipping and tears around edges, spine sunned and loss at spine head. Else minor rubbing and shelf wear. Bound in publisher's orange cloth stamped in black. Heavy staining/soiling to both front and back boards with what might have been pencil writing that what attempted to be erased away. Else minor shelf wear to the edges of the boards and spine as well as minor bumping to the corners. Faint soiling to page edges. Internally clean and unmarked. Binding is firm but has an ever so slight lean to spine. Overall, still a vibrant copy.