Dracula. London: William Rider & Son Ltd, 1912. Ninth Edition [First Edition Thus]. Pp 404, with four pages of publisher’s ads beginning with Stoker’s ‘Lair of the White Worm.” Original red cloth spine with gilt title, decorative blind-stamping to front cover. A very good copy.

The ninth edition of Dracula, the first to be published by Rider with a completely reset text, after the various issues and editions by Constable.

William Rider & Co. took over publication of the classic horror novel (which by this time had sold more than a million copies) from Constable in 1912, and issued the ninth edition onwards.

(Dalby p.28)