1914 Rare Book - Dracula’s Guest and Other Weird Stories by Bram Stoker
Author: Bram Stoker.
Title: Dracula’s Guest and Other Weird Stories.
Publisher: London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., Broadway House, 68–74 Carter Lane, E.C., 1914. Ninth Impression (first published 1914).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7" × 5".
Pages: 200 pages.
Binding: Very good publisher’s original red cloth binding, decoratively bordered and titled in black on the front cover and spine, with ornamental black motifs at head and tail (hinges fine, overall slightly sunned and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. A bright, attractive copy retaining the rich red tone of the binding.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing and toning - as shown).
Estimate: (USD 400– 700).
The Book: A lovely early printing of Dracula’s Guest and Other Weird Stories (1914), Bram Stoker’s posthumously published collection of gothic and supernatural tales, edited and introduced by his widow, Florence A. L. Stoker.
The title story, Dracula’s Guest, is widely believed to be an excised episode from Dracula (1897) itself, recounting an eerie encounter by Jonathan Harker in a snowbound Transylvanian village — rich with the same dark tension and atmosphere that made Dracula immortal. The collection also includes The Judge’s House, The Burial of the Rats, The Secret of the Growing Gold, and several other tales blending psychological horror and Victorian mysticism.
Florence Stoker’s preface—printed here—provides a moving account of her late husband’s creative intentions and her role in publishing this final volume of his stories “practically as it was left by him.”
The Author: Abraham “Bram” Stoker (1847–1912) was an Irish novelist, theatre manager, and short story writer best known for his masterpiece Dracula (1897), a landmark of gothic fiction that shaped the modern vampire myth. Beyond Dracula, Stoker’s work reflects his fascination with science, the occult, and the tensions of Victorian modernity. Dracula’s Guest and Other Weird Stories remains a vital part of his legacy, revealing his enduring command of the supernatural short form.