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Dracula first issue may fetch 10,000

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From: The Northern Echo
Date: 20020618
Author:Nigel Burton

A FIRST edition copy of Bram Stoker's Dracula, inscribed by the writer to the Lord Bishop of Ripon less than two months after publication, is set to fetch up to 10,000 at auction in London next month.

The presentation copy of one of the greatest horror story ever written is inscribed: The Right Reverend The Lord Bishop of Ripon, from Bram Stoker, July 31, 1897.

The Bishop - William Boyd Carpenter (1841-1918) - was a prolific writer and also a lover of drama.

Stoker was well acquainted with the Bishop's diocese in North Yorkshire, where he wrote part of Dracula. Chapters six, seven and eight of ...

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