{"product_id":"the-vampyre-and-other-macabre-tales-john-polidori-folio-society-2012-3","title":"The Vampyre and Other Macabre Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003ePOLIDORI, John; HOFFMAN, E. T. A.; IRVING, Washington; MATURIN, Charles; SCOTT, Walter; BULWER-LYTTON, Edward; SHELLEY, Mary; GORE, Catherine; LANDON, Letitia E.; HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel; LE FANU, Sheridan; POE, Edgar Allan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Vampyre and Other Macabre Tales.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLondon: The Folio Society, 2012. First printing thus. Introduced by Lucasta Miller, illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert. 229 × 150 × 27 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–xv [xvi], [1–2] 3–207 [208]: [7] leaves of colour plates (facing pp. [iii], 33, 48, 97, 112, 144 and 177). Type: Poliphilus. Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum. Bound by Real Lachen maier in full grey buckram printed in dark brown with a design by Gilbert; purple endleaves. Black slip case. Contains 12 short stories originally published in the nineteenth century. The title is taken from the opening story, written by John William Polidori.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very good copy, binding square and firm, pages clean and uninscribed, with just a small ding to head of spine. In like slipcase that is a little shelf-worn to sides, and with a few innocuous dings to rear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA chilling collection of 12 ghoulish 19th-century stories. 'The Bride of Lindorf' is a haunting tale about a ghastly family secret. Washington Irving's 'The Lady with the Velvet Collar' tells of a hapless German student intoxicated by a beautiful woman. Anne Yvonne Gilbert's superb illustrations evoke the interplay of innocence and evil, romance and terror, vitality and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54306668380499,"sku":null,"price":130.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/The-Vampyre-and-Other-Macabre-Tales-POLIDORI-POE-HAWTHORNE-Folio-Society-2012_2.webp?v=1784050164","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/the-vampyre-and-other-macabre-tales-john-polidori-folio-society-2012-3","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}