THE MYSTERY OF THE SEA: A NOVEL . Stoker, Bram Edwardian Fiction,Supernatural

Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] [1-2] 3-498 [499-500: blank], publisher's decorated olive green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and black, rear panel stamped in black. First edition, first printing. The Doubleday, Page edition preceded the British Heinemann edition by several months. Ingenious romantic adventure novel "set in Cruden Bay, involving a gun battle at sea, a castle with secret passages, and coded writing based on a cipher described by Francis Bacon." - Dalby, p. 38. "I found the story admirable. It has not the fearsomeness of 'DRACULA' but it is beautifully handled and the girl very admirable indeed . I've done a bit in cryptograms myself, but that knocks me out!" - Arthur Conan Doyle. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1547. Bleiler (1978), p. 187. Reginald 13732. Dalby 13a. Spine panel lightly sunned (less than is usually the case), a tight, bright, very good copy. A much better than average copy of this book. (#177666)