BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA

First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Signed by the illustrator. Publisher's original illustrated boards, with titles printed in red to the upper board and in pink to the spine. Boldly illustrated with 27 colour plates, captioned to the verso, by Ben Templesmith. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh, lightly rubbed with a touch of surface wear to the extremities. The contents, with a bookplate to the front pastedown, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Scarce in signed state.

Signed by Ben Templesmith in silver ink on the front free endpaper. Stoker's classic of gothic fiction is richly illustrated here by Australian illustrator and graphic artist Ben Templesmith, best known for his 2002 vampire graphic novel series '30 Days of Night' (co-created with Steve Niles).