The Dracula Scrapbook, Haining, Peter

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The Dracula Scrapbook, Haining, Peter. Published by Chancellor Press, London, 1992. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 160pp., illustrated with images of newspaper clippings, comics, movie posters, woodcuts, programs from plays, and photos. Illustrated laminated boards. Includes a detailed listing of Dracula films and a chronology of famous real-life cases of vampirism from around the world. Contents in fine, unread condition; boards have very light shelf wear.

Since its publication in 1897, Bram Stoker’s novel “Dracula” has been adapted for the cinema, dramatized for the stage and inspired a whole series of books and films on the Dracula theme. This success story is explored here, with fascinating revelations about how Stoker’s novel came about, alongside details of the growth of the Dracula screen cult and interviews with the major film stars.