Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2483Location: BostonDate / Time: November 15, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
Polidori, John William,The Vampyre; A Tale, London: 1819, printed for Sherwood, Neely and Jones, three quarter calf, 8vo, (front hinge cracked, minor ink spotting).
Summers p 542; Wise, p. 96; Wolff 5577. Bibliographical note: Byron's name removed from half title and titlepages, watermarked 1818/G, the word "almost" misspelled in last line of p. 36, has extract (p. 73-84),but lacking publisher's ads.
Estimate $1,500-2,500