Dracula

Notes

• Dracula by Bram Stoker: The Mystery of the Early Editions by Simone Berni (Lulu.com, 2016) includes coverage of the historical roots and the early translations of the novel.
• Leslie S. Klinger's The New Annotated Dracula cites a "printed program for the prepublication theatrical reading (given to secure dramatic copyright at the Lyceum theatre)" on 1897-05-18, and a review of the book published in The Daily News 1897-05-27.

• Serial publication? Announcement of the US edition in "Notes and News", NY Times 1899-09-02 pSRB589, calls it "an exceedingly dramatic story of a human vampire, which has already attracted attention in America and England as a serial".
• —No serial publication found 2019-05-10 in search of 1896 to 1899 newspapers and magazines.

• 1st edition
• May publication may be reported by one of the listed sources of secondary verification. As of 2019-05-08, Wikipedia gives publication date 1897-05-26, citing Bram Stoker and the Man Who Was Dracula by Barbara Belford (see) from 2010 view at Google Books (no page number cited; not found 2019-05-08).
• Price is from listing in "Archibald Constable & Co.'s List: At All Libraries ...", The Athenaeum 3628 (1897-05-08) p632. There is no indication that the book is forthcoming rather than available. But the next listings found 2019-05-08 in automated search (dracula constable) of 1897 newspapers and magazines are three weeks later 1897-05-29 in Saturday Review ("This Week's Books") and The Academy ("New Books Received"). There are medium-length reviews in The Academy -06-12, Fiction Supplement p11, and Manchester Guardian -06-15 p9.
• One British Library copy (BL, below) is sometimes exhibited.