Dracula’s publishing contract brought to light

24 March 2012 · The Independent (UK)

Paul Bignell

Bram Stoker Estate account

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Paul Bignell reports the unveiling of Stoker’s Dracula publishing agreement, discussing its preservation and the novel’s complicated publishing and copyright history.

Paul Bignell, The Independent (UK), 24 March 2012. Complete publisher news report inspected. This is a modern report about the agreement, not a facsimile of the contract. The original contract has not been collated, so its precise signing date and financial terms are not asserted here. The publisher’s wider legal and medical claims are not adopted as Estate findings.

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Dracula, 1897 first edition, yellow cloth cover — The 1897 first edition of Dracula. Contextual book image; not the publishing contract discussed in the report.Courtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.