THE JEWEL OF SEVEN STARS . Stoker, Bram Supernatural

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] vii [viii] 1-307 [308: blank] [309-312: ads], publisher's decorated red cloth, front panel stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold and blind. First printing of the abridged and amended text. Novel of the supernatural concerning an ancient Egyptian queen whose mummy is taken to England to be resurrected. Perhaps Stoker's best novel after Dracula. "The conclusion was as hair raising as the book's beginning, with a stark final scene that no reader could forget. In fact, it was so disturbing that Bram was asked by the publishers to rewrite it for later editions, so as to provide a happier denouement." Ludlam, A Biography of Dracula (1962), p. 128. This is the first edition to incorporate Stoker's revised "happy" ending. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-188. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1548. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 405. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 187. Reginald 13729. Dalby 14d. Private owner's small monogram stamped on the front free endpaper and the title page. Light wear to cloth along the fore-edge of the front cover, pulpy text paper tanned, a bright, very good copy. A fairly uncommon edition of this novel. (#177675)