Vampires, Werewolves from Tom Heywood Books

Dracula expert Leatherdale looks at the historical and folkloric background to the Dracula novel. He describes the rise of the vampire legend and looks at the many influences on author Stoker. This is the 1993 revised edition. An ex library book with a few small pieces of this evidence: a small sticker on the spine, a bar code on FEP… Read more about this item

A nice copy of the 1981 paperback edition of Hurwood's overview of Vampire mythology. Pages clean with no markings. Covers very good, just a little minor creasing at bottom right corner. See photos

Dracula expert Leatherdale looks at the historical and folkloric background to the Dracula novel. He describes the rise of the vampire legend and looks at the many influences on author Stoker. A very nice copy. Pages are excellent: bright, clean, uncreased and unmarked. Cover equally good: there is a small price sticker from presumably the original bookshop on the rear… Read more about this item

Bram Stoker expert Leatherdale turn his attention to the origins of the Dracula story, and shows the traditions of the Count were deep rooted and historical. An excellent copy of the first edition. Pages are clean and bright and, apart from a neat ex-libris stamp on the title page (see photo) there are no marks, inscriptions or spotting. DJ is… Read more about this item

Frayling's excellent compilation of Vampire stories and folklore. This is the first UK edition. Pages are clean and bright, no markings or inscriptions of any note, save a small brown streak on FEP and rear endpaper and on page edges. Other than that just natural wear from readings. DJ is unclipped and very good, no nicks just some mild rubbing… Read more about this item

Baring-Gould was - amongst other things - a researcher and collector of folklore. It was this which led to him writing this book, often regarded as one of the seminal works on lycanthropy. First published in 1865, this is the Causeway 1973 edition. A lovely copy. Pages are bright and clean with no markings, inscriptions or foxing. Perhaps the… Read more about this item

Ronay was actually born in Transylvania and participated in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, later decorated by the new President of Hungary. He became a linguist and historian and has published works on a range of topics, including books on Dracula. The Dracula Myth was one of these, and is a scholarly work tracing the influential cult of the vampire… Read more about this item

Holocaust survivor Eisler had previously studied and lectured on in history. A polymath, who wrote on mythology, comparative religion politics, astrology and many other topics. In Man Into Wolf he argues for a prehistoric variation of human violence. This is a first rate copy of the 1978 Ross-Erikson paperback edition, with a foreword by Donald Lathrop. Main text is… Read more about this item

McNally was a Professor of East European history at Boston College who specialised in books about horror, and researched the origins of the Dracula legend. Here he focuses on the story of Countess Elizabeth Bathory, the ancient 'vampire' of Transylvania who was reputed to have murdered hundreds of young women in the belief that their blood would keep her… Read more about this item

Ian Woodward's excellent work on the legend of the Werewolf, spanning hundreds of years and looking for kernels of truth amongst the superstitions and myths. A very nice copy. Pages are clean and bright with no noticeable wear, no markings or inscriptions. DJ is very good: unclipped, just a couple of small nicks front and back. Otherwise really good. Please… Read more about this item

Copper was a well known writer on the supernatural, as well as a range of fiction genres. Here he turns his attention the the Werewolf, and deals eloquently with the myths, history and artistic embellishment in the world of lycanthropy. A really interesting read. Book is ex-library but in fact in very good condition. See all photos. Pages are bright… Read more about this item