STOKER, Bram [along with] SHELLEY, Mary.

GIBBET HILL by Bram Stoker [along with] THE GHOST OF THE PRIVATE THEATRICALS by M.S. [Mary Shelley].

Penrith: Newell & Newell, 3 Cornmarket, 2025. Two Volumes. Octavo, original pictorial card wrappers, stapled at spine. 16 + 35 pp. A set of two chapbooks presenting rediscovered short stories from the authors of 'Frankenstein' and 'Dracula'. 250 numbered sets printed of which these are each No. 57. Accompanied by two reproductions of etchings by J.M.W. Turner - "Hind Head Hill" (Gibbet Hill) and "Heidelberg" (The Ghost...), as issued. Fine copies and fine prints. Item #314527

¶ 'The Ghost of the Private Theatricals' was first published towards the end of 1843 in 'The Keepsake for MDCCCXLIV', credited simply to 'M.S.' The attribution here is based on the likeness in style to Mary Sheeley and the similarities to a description of a mountain pass by Shelley published in 'The Keepsake' of 1830. It should also be noted that this is the second printing by Newell after an earlier edition of 100, now long out of print.'

Stoker's 'Gibbet Hill' was originally published in the 'Daily Express' (Dublin edition) on 17th December 1890. This is its first separate edition published in the UK.

The Ghost of the Private Theatricals by Mary Shelley comes with a print of 'Heidelberg', an engraving after J.M.W. Turner of a castle visited by Mary Shelley, which may have inspired Schloss Trubenstern in the story. Gibbet Hill by Bram Stoker comes with a print of 'Hind Head Hill', an etching after Turner from his 'Liber Studiorum', which directly inspired Stoker's tale.

Price (CAD): $75.00