INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE:; Claudia's Story / Art and Adaptation by Ashley Marie Witter by Rice, Anne - 2012

New York, N.Y.: Yen Press / Hatchette Book Group, 2012. First Edition Thus Illustrated, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. Ashley Marie Witter. INSCRIBED and with an Original SKETCH by Anne Rice Illustrator-&-Adapter Ashley Marie Witter, 8vo (8 1/2" x 6:), red cloth with gold lettering on spine, profusely illustrated with sepia drawings (occasionally highlighted in blood red) by Ashley Marie Witter, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Witter, black multiple endpapers, 224 pages Weight: 1 lb 8 oz. A richly-illustrated toothsome adaptation of Anne Rice's interview with the Vampire, as reenvisioned through the eyes of the vampire Claudia, who was just a little girl [illustrated on the cover art] when she was turned by the vampire Lestat into a creature with a lust to bite and kill. . " Most effectively drawn is young Claudia, flashing from innocent to monstrous by the panel." Contains ORIGINAL full-page SILVERPOINT ARTISIC SKETCH & personalized inscription by the incredible Ashley Marie Witter (of Squarriors). EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! Tight, clean, bright copy and dust jacket.