STOKER, Bram

The Mystery of the Sea

First edition, preceding the English edition by three months. Front hinge neatly repaired, "V"-shaped tidemark from dampstaining at the top of the text block, outwardly attractive and near fine with slight sunning to the spine. Inscribed by the author: "Harry Sowers from Bram Stoker 22-3-02." A very early inscription, likely in the first month of publication. A novel of witchcraft and Scottish history, it revealed something of Stoker's youth as an invalid (he recovered so well through a personal exercise regimen that later in life he was famous for his robust health), as well as his interest in ciphers (those in the book greatly impressed his friend Arthur Conan Doyle). A nice copy.

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