Stoker, Bram

The Snake’s Pass. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Ltd., 1891, 8vo (179 x 116mm.), first edition of the author’s first book, original red cloth lettered in gilt, vignette in gilt on upper cover, spine slightly soiled, head and foot of spine slightly bumped; The Lair of the White Worm. London: William Rider and Son, 1911, 8vo (186 x 120mm.), first edition, 6 coloured plates after Pamela Colman Smith, 4 pages of adverts at end together with 16pp. publisher’s catalogue, original red cloth lettered in gilt, some minor browning, head and foot of spine slightly bumped (2)

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Two novels from opposite ends of the novelist's career. The Snake's Pass was published seven years before Dracula.