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Post by franklinmarsh on Apr 20, 2012 20:29:43 GMT
To celebrate Lord & Lady P's engagement, here' a few more Draculas (must see if I can find my Langella and Lugosi ones) We'll start off with one I'm sure Dem would approve of -  This Stoker fellow is no Fred Saberhagen, but he's recently celebrated his centenary. Marvellous. Coppola gets credit but no sign of Oldman. Talking of Lugosi -  How about this - a copy of the novel with a DVD of the Lugosi '31 fillum inside - read the book, watch the film. Top stuff! Bought for me by the Mrs. who also came up with this -  Too big for my scanner. Disconcerting pop ups amundo (especially the bat)- as you may have guessed this is a somewhat abridged version. I'm still waiting for the pop-up version of Flesh For Frankenstein. |
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Post by dem on Sept 18, 2012 18:01:27 GMT
Bram Stoker - Dracula: Adapted by Stephanie Spinner (Random House, 1982)  Jim SpenceBlurb He's evil. He's powerful. He's none other than the vampire, COUNT DRACULA!"The day was bright and sunny. Birds were singing. Flowers bloomed everywhere. But Jonathan Harker felt sad .....", etc., for 94 pages. Random House's Step-Up adventures ™ series includes adaptations of Frankenstein, King Kong, Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes, King Solomon's Mines, 20,000 League's Under The Sea and Tarzan Of The Apes. John Ruddy - The Bargain (Knightsbridge, 1990) Vlad meets Adolf in tasteful Easy-Eye WWII extravaganza The Bargain.
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Post by dem on Nov 8, 2012 11:27:41 GMT
yet more ... Stuart Kaminsky - Never Cross A Vampire (Mysterious Press, March 1984)  Joel IskowitzBlurb: IT'S A BLOODY CRIME
Bela Lugosi, America's favorite vampire, is receiving threatening messages, written in blood! No sooner does he ask Toby Peters to find the culprit than another case is tossed at the Hollywood detective — solving a murder. The prime suspect? An unknown screenwriter named William Faulkner!
This is a case Toby Peters can sink his teeth into — if he hasn't bitten off more than he can chew.
"Every Toby Peters tale is a delight, and this newest is no exception. Book by book, Kaminsky is building a set of characters fully as entertaining as his real-life 'guest stars'."' — John JakesReally must get around to a rematch with Stuart Kaminsky's smart-arse PI. Don't remember anything about William Faulkner's guest spot, but Lugosi steals every scene he appears in. Bruce Whiteman's Dracula. The co-founder of the Dracula Society's 'true to Stoker's original' version, from the back cover of from Peter Haining's Dracula Centenary BookArtist uncredited's Misery guts Dracula. From the Sphere 2nd edition of Rudorff's misleadingly titled Countess Bathory novel. (1977) Raymond Rudorff - The Dracula Archives (Sphere, 2nd edition, 1977) Blurb: The undead are haunting the night...
Out of the dim mists of the past, a mysterious narrator has reconstructed the terrible history of the House of Dracula.
He pieces together the letters and journals of seven people who became caught up in a web of terror, a nightmare that finally brought them face to face with a hellish legend turned to reality.
But what are this strange narrator's motives? Why has he dedicated himself with such fervour to uncovering the long-lost secret of the Vampire Count?
Could it be that the old prophecy that the blood of Dracula would rise again has yet to be fulfilled? Louis Jourdan as Count Dracula. A boring still from otherwise masterly BBC adaptation first screened over Christmas, 1977. The bat attack on Susan 'Lucy' Penhalagen will be with me to the last. Gerald Savory - Count Dracula (Corgi, 1977)  BBC Copyright photograph by Douglas PlayleBlurb: The dark deeds of the Transylvanian Count Dracula have thrilled generations.
In this dramatic re-telling of Bram Stoker's immortal classic, Gerald Savory chronicles the momentous conflict between the forces of good and evil as Professor Abraham Van Helsing, Dr Seward, Jonathan Harker and Quincey Holmwood confront the menacing vampire, Count Dracula, and his undead disciples.
The cover photograph shows Louis Jourdan in the title role in the BBC-tv production 'COUNT DRACULA' directed by Philip Savile and produced by Morris Barr.And one Whitby's famous God-help-us Dracula's .... |
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Post by andydecker on Nov 8, 2012 13:24:46 GMT
Kaminsky's series was a lot of fun. I read them when they published the series in translation in the 90s, and it was very well done done, with the right tongue in cheek approach.
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Post by dem on Jul 8, 2016 19:33:30 GMT
Bram Stoker - Dracula (Könemann, 1995) Blurb: ‘I could feel the soft, shivering touch of the lips on the supersensitive skin of my throat and the hard dents of two sharp teeth ... I closed my eyes in a languorous ecstasy and waited - waited with beating heart ..."
Pallid corpses litter a bloody path from Transylvania to London in this first ever British dance version of Dracula.
Using a spectacular mix of dancing styles, Northern Ballet Theatre breathes new life into the undead with their production of Bram Stoker‘s masterpiece of gothic fiction. Crackling with atmosphere, Dracula boasts a powerful and evocative new score, stunning costumes and dramatic set designs, complimented by suitably eerie and supernatural effects. The resulting work is breathtaking and richly cinematic, with the charismatic Count at its rich and bloody heart.I need another copy of Dracula like I need swamp rot, but this National Ballet tie-in edition was too beautiful to ignore at £1. Hope previous owner enjoyed the show!
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Post by dem on Oct 8, 2017 10:34:42 GMT
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Post by Dr Strange on Oct 8, 2017 12:03:51 GMT
Sorry, but I think you need to tell us if it's a best or a worst.
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Post by Michael Connolly on Oct 9, 2017 13:00:34 GMT
The cover of the Macmillan Collector's Library's edition of Dracula is striking:  |
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Post by Michael Connolly on Oct 9, 2017 13:06:27 GMT
Is this the worst cover to feature the Count? And Sherlock Holmes?  |
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Post by dem on Jan 10, 2021 18:46:10 GMT
Joan Cameron - Dracula (Ladybird, 1984) Blurb: By Bram Stoker
Retold by Joan Cameron
What is the mystery of Castle Dracula? Is the Count really a vampire? Here is one of the most bloodcurdling stories ever told, to thrill you from cover to cover.
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Post by Middoth on Jan 10, 2021 19:14:16 GMT
Граф Дракула М.: СП "Старт", 1993
Bram Stoker "Dracula" Amsterdam: AW Bruna, 1973
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Jan 10, 2021 19:16:34 GMT
Is the Count really a vampire? I fear there can be little doubt about that at this point. |
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Post by Middoth on Jan 10, 2021 19:45:18 GMT
Dracula: Ein Vampirroman (1989 Das Neue Berlin)
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Post by andydecker on Jan 10, 2021 23:05:39 GMT
Joan Cameron - Dracula (Ladybird, 1984) Blurb: By Bram Stoker
Retold by Joan Cameron
What is the mystery of Castle Dracula? Is the Count really a vampire? Here is one of the most bloodcurdling stories ever told, to thrill you from cover to cover. While my first impression of this pseudo Dracula for YA (?) was a heartfelt "really?", on the second view I liked the cover. "You can't be serious, get lost", this Dracula seems to say. Well done by Angus McBride. |
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Post by andydecker on Jan 10, 2021 23:19:32 GMT
Dracula: Ein Vampirroman (1989 Das Neue Berlin)
Another interesting original cover. I never saw this. Thank you! This was published at the last moments of the German Democratic Republic, before the wall came down. The then East-German publisher which did a lot a classics is still existent after some stormy times. The cover was done in a retro style reminiscent of the art of the 1920s. It reminds of the era of Murnau's Nosferatu and the Weimar Republic. They really put some thought into this. I wonder if the content was edited in some way. |
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