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Dracula: PB 230-2003

Object information

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Titles

Dracula

Maker(s)

Author: Stoker, Bram
Contributor: Boucher, Anthony
Illustrator: Hoffmann, Felix
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Printer: Press of A. Colish
Designer: Skaggs, Charles E.

Categories

Description

By Bram Stoker ; with an introduction by Anthony Boucher, illustrated with wood engravings by Felix Hoffmann.

X, [4], 410 p ; 29 cm

Place(s) associated

  • New York
  • Mt. Vernon

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1965

Note

"This edition of Dracula was planned for the members of The Limited Editions Club by Charles E. Skaggs. The text was printed by A. Colish in Mount Vernon, New York. The illustrations were engraved on wood by Felix Hoffman and the color prints were pulled at The Atelier of Buchdruckerei Aargauer Tagblatt in Aarau, Switzerland. There are fifteen hundred copies ..."--Colophon. Museum has copy no. "J.D.", signed by Felix Hoffman. Bound in quarter gold-stamped black linen with black cloth sides. Issued in slipcase (red paper over card).

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 230-2003
Primary reference Number: 95753
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 17 August 2012 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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