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Stoker (Bram). Dracula, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Archibald Constable, 1897, 1st issue with four titles listed to half title verso and no advertisements at end, a few small light marks, light toning to endpapers, hinges a little tender, original canary yellow cloth, lettered in red, spine a little darkened with 25 mm closed reversed 'L' shape tear at head (affecting the first letter 'A' of Dracula), a little light overall dust-soiling, 8vo (Qty: 1) Provenance: Arthur Samuel Peake (1865-1929), his signature to front pastedown. Arthur Peake was an author, biblical scholar and Methodist layman. After studying theology at Oxford he became the first holder of the Rylands Chair of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at Manchester University in 1904. Additional pencil signature of F. Lloyd to half title.