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From: Yorkshire Post
Date: 20070706
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A copy of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula has been identified as a valuable first edition after being found among a late spinster's library during a house clearance in Yorkshire.

The book is believed to have been given as a present to a heiress at Christmas 1898.

Northallerton Auctions found a large number of books in the front room of the property between Northallerton and Darlington and called in an expert to find out if there were any valuable ones.

The dealer has now identified one in very good condition as a second print run of the first edition of Dracula, published in 1897 and originally ...

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