Stoker, Bram.

8vo, first edition later issue ('Shoulder of Shasta' advertisement present at end), presentation copy inscribed by the author ("To J.J. Thomson, | With best wishes | Bram Stoker | 18. Nov 1899" on half-title), 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original yellow cloth lettered in red, full black morocco pictorial slipcase by sangorski and sutcliffe, signed on reverse with red and gilt "SS" monogram, large onlaid white calf design of Count Dracula and reclining lady, red morocco inside section, round spine lettered in palladium, full black morocco solander box, lettered in blind, some spotting and browning, occasional soiling, minor chip to foot of title-page, browning to endpapers, binding worn and soiled, some minor bubbling to covers, slightly skewed, extremities bumped, hinges split

J.J. Thomson (presentation inscription)

Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone

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a rare inscribed presentation copy of the first edition of the world's most famous vampire story, presented here in a sumptuous slipcase and box.

The image on the slipcase recalls the 1930s film and the type on the spine reinforces this period feel. The slipcase has been designed to open at an oblique angle revealing a band of red morocco between Dracula and his victim.

The recipient of this copy, Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics for 1906 ("in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases")