{"product_id":"rare-dracula","title":"Dracula","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“It was butcher work...the horrid screeching as the stake drove home; the plunging of writhing form, and lips of bloody foam.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBram Stoker's 1897 gothic novel introduced Count Dracula to the world, an ancient supernatural creature bent on bringing his contagion to London. As the horrifying story unfolds in the diaries and letters of young Jonathan Harker, Lucy, Mina, and Dr Seward, Dracula will be victorious unless his nemesis Professor Van Helsing can persuade them that monsters still lurk in the era of electric light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe most famous of all vampire stories, \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e is a mirror of its age, its underlying themes of otherness, race, religion, science, superstition, and sexuality never far from the surface. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAbout this book\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliography information: Published 2021 with the original 1897 text; Introduction by John Banville; Illustrations by Angela Barrett - 14 plates of full-colour illustrations; Typeset in Clifford with Bernard for display; Printed and bound by Graphicom, Italy. Please note that titles published by Folio do not carry an ISBN. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAbout this pre-owned copy\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a very find copy from the fourth printing in 2025 with pristine with jacket, pages and marbled slipcase. The internal illustrations and borders are well chosen and the cover foil design is stunning. Overall a beautiful book in immaculate condition. Only the final few copies of this edition are available brand new from the Folio Society directly making this certain to become very collectible very soon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bram Stoker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54433817395539,"sku":"FOLDRACU001","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1071\/6997\/2563\/files\/IMG_3337.jpg?v=1787081068","url":"https:\/\/www.vanitaspress.co.uk\/products\/rare-dracula","provider":"Vanitas Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}