The Mystery of the Sea
London: William Heinemann, 1902. First British edition, the American precedes by a few months. Original dark blue cloth, blocked in light green and gold with the design of a full moon among clouds, endpapers cracking (front repaired), very good. Inscribed "J.S. Ragland Phillips from Bram Stoker 17.7.02". Ragland Phillips (1850-1919) was the editor of the Yorkshire Post (1903-1919), and a close friend of Stoker, who frequently stayed with him, at his home "Balmoral", in Hedingley, Leeds. It was to him that Stoker gave the desk upon which he wrote "Dracula". Wolff 6584 (notes the binding as “very dark green”). Item #29298
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