THE JEWEL OF SEVEN STARS . Stoker, Bram Edwardian Fiction,Supernatural

Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-310 [311] [312: blank], title page printed in orange and black, publisher's decorated dark gray cloth, front panel stamped in light green and silver, spine panel stamped in light green. First U.S. edition, first printing. 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. 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 14b. Small private owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, early owner's signature on front free endpaper. Slight spine lean, just a touch of rubbing to lower corner tips and along outer front joint, a bright, tight, very good or better copy. A lovely copy. (#177674)